Czech Word of the Day
rozumět
/RO-zu-mět/ • verb — 2nd of May, 2026
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Meaning: to understand (to grasp the meaning of something)
Examples
- Nerozumím, můžete to prosím zopakovat?
(I don't understand, can you please repeat that?) - Rozumíš angličtině?
(Do you understand English?) - On rozuměl situaci, ale neřekl nic.
(He understood the situation, but said nothing.)
Synonyms
- chápat
- pochopit
Use rozumět to say you understand something; it is imperfective and often used in present and past tenses (rozumím, rozuměl). It takes the dative case (rozumět někomu / něčemu), e.g. "rozumíš mi?" = "do you understand me?" For a perfective sense (to come to understand) you can use porozumět or pochopit.
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