Cena únikové hry je vysoká.

Questions & Answers about Cena únikové hry je vysoká.

Why is it únikové hry and not úniková hra?

Because after cena (price), Czech normally uses the genitive case for of ....

So:

This is very common in Czech:

  • dům mé sestry = my sister’s house
  • konec filmu = the end of the film
  • cena vstupenky = the price of the ticket

So únikové hry here does not mean plural. It is genitive singular.

Why does hra change to hry?

Because hra is a feminine noun, and here it has to go into the genitive singular after cena.

The forms are:

So:

  • Úniková hra je drahá. = The escape game is expensive.
  • Cena únikové hry je vysoká. = The price of the escape game is high.

Even though hry can also be a plural form in other contexts, here it is singular because the meaning is price of the escape game.

Why does úniková change to únikové?

Adjectives in Czech must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.

The noun here is hry, which is:

So the adjective also has to be feminine singular genitive:

  • úniková hra = nominative
  • únikové hry = genitive

So the adjective changes because the noun changes.

Why is vysoká feminine?

Because it describes cena, and cena is a feminine singular noun.

In Czech, adjectives also agree with the noun they describe:

  • vysoký = masculine
  • vysoká = feminine
  • vysoké = neuter

Since the subject is cena, the correct form is:

  • Cena je vysoká.

Even though English says the price is high, Czech still treats high as an adjective that must match the noun.

Why is it vysoká and not drahá?

Both can make sense, but they are used a little differently.

  • Cena je vysoká. = The price is high.
  • Je to drahé. / Úniková hra je drahá. = It is expensive. / The escape game is expensive.

So vysoká cena is the natural Czech equivalent of high price.

If you want to talk about the price itself, vysoká is very natural. If you want to describe the thing as expensive, drahý / drahá / drahé is very common.

What is the subject of the sentence?

The subject is cena.

So the structure is:

  • Cena = subject
  • únikové hry = of the escape game (genitive phrase modifying cena)
  • je = is
  • vysoká = predicate adjective

So literally the sentence is:

  • [The price] [of the escape game] [is] [high].
Can je be omitted?

In a normal full sentence, no—you usually keep je.

So standard Czech is:

  • Cena únikové hry je vysoká.

In some special contexts like headlines, notes, advertising, or very informal speech, Czech sometimes drops forms of to be, but that is not the normal learner pattern.

So for standard usage, keep je.

Is the word order fixed?

Not completely. Czech word order is more flexible than English, but the version here is the most neutral and natural.

  • Cena únikové hry je vysoká. = neutral statement

You could also hear:

  • Vysoká je cena únikové hry.
  • Cena je vysoká.

But these usually change the emphasis.

For learners, the safest default is:

subject + je + adjective

with any genitive phrase staying next to the noun it belongs to.

Why is there no word for the?

Because Czech has no articles like a / an / the.

So:

  • cena can mean a price, the price
  • hra can mean a game, the game

You understand whether it is definite or indefinite from the context.

That is why Cena únikové hry je vysoká can naturally mean The price of the escape game is high without any separate word for the.

Is úniková hra the normal Czech term for escape room?

Yes, úniková hra is a common and natural term.

Literally it means something like escape game, but in practice it is commonly used for what English speakers call an escape room.

Depending on context, people may also say things that specify the event or venue more exactly, but úniková hra is a normal everyday term.

How is Cena únikové hry je vysoká pronounced?

Roughly:

TSEH-na OO-nee-ko-veh HRI yeh vee-so-kah

A few useful pronunciation points:

  • c in Czech sounds like ts
  • č would be ch, but there is no č here
  • ú / ý / á / é are long vowels
  • hry can be tricky for English speakers:
    • hr is pronounced together at the start
    • y is not the English y sound; it is a vowel
  • Czech stress usually falls on the first syllable of the word:
    • CE-na
    • Ú-ni-ko-vé
    • HRY
    • JE
    • VY-so-ká
What are the dictionary forms of the words in this sentence?

They are:

  • cenadictionary form: cena = price
  • únikové → dictionary adjective: únikový = escape-, escaping
  • hry → dictionary form: hra = game
  • je → dictionary form: být = to be
  • vysoká → dictionary form: vysoký = high

This is useful because Czech words often appear in changed forms depending on case, gender, and number.

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