9.3 – posílat / poslat ‘to send’

We send various things:

dopis – letter

balík – package

e-mail – e-mail

esemeska – sms, text message

textovka (less frequent) – text message

zpráva – message

In this lesson we’ll learn a new verb posílat / poslat – 'to send'. Remember, now that we have learned verbal aspect, we need to learn both an imperfective and perfective verb:

Imperfective posílat ‘to send’

já	posílám	my	posíláme
ty	posíláš	vy	posíláte
on, ona, ono	posílá	oni (ony, ona)	posílají

Use imperfective posílat to talk about:

• what you are currently sending
• what you regularly send / will regularly send
• additionally, you can use posílat to talk about sending something to someone when you are unsure if it was received (and hence whether it was completed)

Posílám kolegovi e-maily každý týden.	Posílal jsem ti zprávy. Dostala jsi je?

Perfective poslat

Perfective poslat has an irregular conjugation:

já	pošlu	my	pošleme
ty	pošleš	vy	pošlete
on, ona, ono	pošle	oni (ony, ona)	pošlou

Use perfective poslat to talk about:

• a completed act of sending something in the past
• an intention or plan to send something a single time in the future

Minulý týden jsem poslala Milošovi balík.	Pošlu ti esemesku dneska večer.

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