Dům je daleko.

The house is far away.

Breakdown of Dům je daleko.

• být: to be
• dům: the house
• daleko: far away

Questions & Answers about Dům je daleko.

How do you pronounce Dům je daleko?

A natural pronunciation is:

• Dům ≈ doom, but with a clean long oo sound
• je ≈ yeh
• daleko ≈ DA-le-ko, with the stress on the first syllable

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

doom yeh DA-le-ko

A few pronunciation notes:

• Czech stress is almost always on the first syllable of each word.
• ů is a long u sound.
• j in Czech is pronounced like English y in yes.

What does je mean here?

Je is the 3rd person singular form of the verb být (to be).

So:

• já jsem = I am
• ty jsi / jseš = you are
• on/ona/ono je = he/she/it is

In Dům je daleko, je means is.

Why is there no word for the or a?

Czech has no articles. There is no direct equivalent of English a or the in normal usage.

So dům can mean:

• a house
• the house

Which one is meant depends on the context.

If needed, Czech can add words like ten (that / the one) for extra clarity, but usually that is not necessary.