7.9 – Having a bite to eat, having a drink…
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In addition to perfective verbs sníst ‘to eat (up)’ and vypít ‘to drink (down)’, there are perfectives that just mean ‘to have
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imperfective |
perfective |
meaning of perfective |
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jíst |
najíst se |
‘have a bite to eat’ |
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pít |
napít se |
‘have a drink’ |
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snídat |
nasnídat se |
‘to have breakfast’ |
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obědvat |
naobědvat se |
‘to have lunch’ |
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večeřet |
navečeřet se |
‘to have dinner’ |
These forms are especially used in sequences of events when you want to stress that an event was completed, i.e. eating or drinking some typical amount and then you are done.
Obvykle vstanu v sedm, vyčistím si zuby, nasnídám se a pak jdu do práce.
Usually I wake up at 7, brush my teeth, have breakfast, and then go to work.
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