Pošlu dodavateli samoodečet z plynoměru.

Pošlu is the 1st person singular form of the verb poslat.

A very important point: poslat is a perfective verb, so its present-tense forms usually have future meaning. That is why pošlu means I will send, not I send.

Compare:

• poslat → pošlu = I will send once, as a completed action
• posílat → posílám = I am sending / I send regularly
• budu posílat = I will be sending / I will send repeatedly

Czech often leaves out subject pronouns when they are obvious from the verb ending.

Here, pošlu already tells you the subject is I, because the ending marks 1st person singular. So já is not needed.

You could say Já pošlu dodavateli samoodečet z plynoměru, but that would usually add emphasis, contrast, or emotion, for example:

• Já to pošlu, ne ty. = I’ll send it, not you.

Dodavateli is the dative singular of dodavatel.

The dative case is used for the recipient of something, so here it means to the supplier/provider.

Czech often does this without a preposition:

• Pošlu dodavateli samoodečet. = I will send the supplier the self-reading.

So English often uses to, but Czech just uses the dative case.

Samoodečet is a noun used especially in utility contexts. It means a self-reading: a meter reading that the customer reads and submits themselves, instead of a technician doing it.

So it is more specific than just a general reading.

It is usually understood in contexts like gas, electricity, or water billing.

Because here samoodečet is the direct object of the verb, so it is in the accusative singular.

But samoodečet is a masculine inanimate noun, and for masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular is often the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: samoodečet
• accusative: samoodečet

That is why the form does not change here.

Because the preposition z requires the genitive case.

So:

• plynoměr = gas meter
• z plynoměru = from the gas meter

This phrase tells you where the reading comes from.

A useful pattern:

• z domu = from the house
• z telefonu = from the phone
• z plynoměru = from the gas meter

It is a compound word:

• samo- = self-
• odečet = reading, readout

When these are joined, both vowels stay, so you get samoodečet with oo in the middle.

That spelling is normal and correct in Czech. It may look unusual to an English speaker, but it is just the result of joining the two parts of the compound.

No. Czech word order is much more flexible than English word order because case endings show the grammatical roles.

So the sentence can be rearranged more easily, for example:

• Pošlu dodavateli samoodečet z plynoměru.
• Dodavateli pošlu samoodečet z plynoměru.
• Samoodečet z plynoměru pošlu dodavateli.

These versions all mean basically the same thing, but the emphasis changes.

In general:

• what comes earlier is often old, known, or topical information
• what comes later is often newer or more important information

Because pošlu presents the action as one complete act: sending the reading.

That is the normal choice when you mean a single completed future action.

Budu posílat would sound more like:

• an ongoing process
• repeated sending
• or a less clearly bounded action

So in this sentence, pošlu is the natural choice.

Czech has no articles, so there are no direct equivalents of the and a/an in ordinary sentences.

That means words like dodavateli, samoodečet, and plynoměru can be understood as definite or indefinite depending on context.

English must choose between the supplier and a supplier, but Czech usually leaves that to the situation and context.