Unlike English, Czech is a highly inflected language. This means that nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numerals change their endings depending on their role in the sentence. Czech has 7 grammatical cases.
The 7 Czech Grammatical Cases
- 1. Nominative (Kdo, co?): Used for the subject of the sentence.
- 2. Genitive (Koho, čeho?): Used for possession, after certain prepositions, and for negative quantity.
- 3. Dative (Komu, čemu?): Used for the indirect object (giving or showing to someone).
- 4. Accusative (Koho, co?): Used for the direct object of a verb.
- 5. Vocative (Oslovujeme, voláme!): Used when addressing or calling someone directly.
- 6. Locative (O kom, o čem?): Used only after certain prepositions (about, in, on).
- 7. Instrumental (Kým, čím?): Used to describe the tool or means of an action, and after 's' (with).
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