jednat

Czech edit

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jednat impf

(intransitive) to act
Je nejvyšší čas jednat. ― It is high time to act.
(intransitive) to negotiate, to treat
(reflexive with se) to concern, to be about
Jedná se o nedorozumění. ― It is a misunderstanding.

Praha je hlavní město České republiky. Jedná se o město ležící na řece Vltavě. ― Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic. It is situated on the Vltava river.

The pattern of phrasing "A je B. Jedná se o C" is often semantically equivalent to "A je B. A je C", and can be rendered as "A is B. It is C". In general, the part "Jedná se o C" has an unclear subject, one that is to be sought somewhere in the sentence that precedes it.

Conjugation

Infinitive	jednat, jednati	Active adjective	jednající
Verbal noun	jednání	Passive adjective	jednaný

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive jednat.