Czech/Nouns/Case/Nominative

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Nominative Case in Czech (1st)[edit | edit source]

The nominative case is the base form, and the form you will find in the dictionary. It is used as the subject, with some other verbs and after the preposition než "than".[1]


Declension[edit | edit source]

Number Gender Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
sg Ma doktor lekař, učitel kolega, turista
Mi hrad čaj
F kava kancelář radost
N auto letiště nadraží
pl Ma doktoři lekaři,učitelě kolegově, turisti
Mi hrady čaje
F kavy kanceláře radosti
N auta letiště nadraží
  • Group 1:
    • M: nouns whose nom/sg end in a consonant without haček (doktor/hrad)
    • F: nouns ending in -a
    • N: nouns ending in -o
  • Group 2 (soft ending):
    • M: nouns ending in a consonant with haček, -e,/ě -c, -j, -tel
  • Group 3:
    • M: nouns whose nom/sg end in -a
    • F: nouns ending in -st
    • N: nouns ending in

Uses[edit | edit source]

Used as the subject[edit | edit source]

  1. Káva je horká – The coffee is hot.

The subject in Czech may not be translated as the subject in other languages[edit | edit source]

  1. Kino se bratrovi líbí – My brother likes the cinema. (lit: Cinema pleases my brother.)


Used as the complement of the copula být "be"[edit | edit source]

  1. Muj kolega je učitel – My colleague is a teacher.


After the verbs jmenuje se and znamenat[edit | edit source]

jemenuje se – be named
  1. Muj kolega se jmenuje František – My colleague is named Frantisek.
znamenat – mean
  1. Co znamena auto – What does auto (car) mean?

After Prepositions[edit | edit source]

než – than
  1. Doktor je vyšší než turista. – The doctor is taller than the tourist.

= References -

  1. Holá, Lidá (2016). Česky krok za krokem 1 [Čzech Step by Step 1]. Akropolis. p. 215. ISBN 9788074701290.