pýtať
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpiːtac]
- Rhymes: -iːtac
- Hyphenation: pý‧tať
Verb
pýtať impf (perfective spýtať)
- (transitive) to ask, to demand
- Synonyms: požadovať, žiadať
- (transitive, obsolete) to ask for
- Synonym: prosiť
- (transitive, obsolete) to beg (to beg for alms and live on it)
- Synonym: žobrať
- (transitive, colloquial) to want (to demand a certain amount for something)
- (reflexive with sa) to inquire, to wonder
- (reflexive with sa) to ask (to be interested in, to inquire)
- (reflexive with sa) to ask (for permission to do something, to go somewhere)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pýtať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
| infinitive | pýtať | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | pýtam | pýtaš | pýta | pýtame | pýtate | pýtajú | |
| past | masculine | pýtal som | pýtal si | pýtal | pýtali sme | pýtali ste | pýtali |
| feminine | pýtala som | pýtala si | pýtala | ||||
| neuter | pýtalo som | pýtalo si | pýtalo | ||||
| past perfect | masculine | bol som pýtal | bol si pýtal | bol pýtal | boli sme pýtali | boli ste pýtali | boli pýtali |
| feminine | bola som pýtala | bola si pýtala | bola pýtala | ||||
| neuter | bolo som pýtalo | bolo si pýtalo | bolo pýtalo | ||||
| future | budem pýtať | budeš pýtať | bude pýtať | budeme pýtať | budete pýtať | budú pýtať | |
| conditional | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | masculine | pýtal by som | pýtal by si | pýtal by | pýtali by sme | pýtali by ste | pýtali by |
| feminine | pýtala by som | pýtala by si | pýtala by | ||||
| neuter | pýtalo by som | pýtalo by si | pýtalo by | ||||
| past | masculine | bol by som pýtal | bol by si pýtal | bol by pýtal | boli by sme pýtali | boli by ste pýtali | boli by pýtali |
| feminine | bola by som pýtala | bola by si pýtala | bola by pýtala | ||||
| neuter | bolo by som pýtalo | bolo by si pýtalo | bolo by pýtalo | ||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | — | pýtaj | — | pýtajme | pýtajte | — | |
| non-finite forms | participles | transgressive | verbal noun | ||||
| present active | past active | passive | l-participle | ||||
| pýtajúci | — | pýtaný | pýtal, pýtala, pýtalo, pýtali | pýtajúc | pýtanie | ||
Further reading
- “pýtať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025