Zamíchej balíček, prosím.

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Breakdown of Zamíchej balíček, prosím.

• balíček: the deck; the pack
• zamíchat: to shuffle; to mix up

Questions & Answers about Zamíchej balíček, prosím.

What does zamíchej mean grammatically?

Zamíchej is the singular informal imperative form of the verb zamíchat.

So it means shuffle! / mix! when speaking to one person you address as ty.

Related forms:

• zamíchat = infinitive, to shuffle / to mix
• zamíchej! = command to one person
• zamíchejte! = command to more than one person, or to one person formally

Why is it zamíchej and not míchej?

This is a very common Czech aspect question.

• zamíchat is perfective
• míchat is imperfective

In a command like this, Czech often uses the perfective imperative when you want someone to do one complete action:

• Zamíchej balíček. = Shuffle the deck.
  → do it once, as a completed action

By contrast:

• Míchej. = Keep mixing / be mixing.
  → focuses more on the process or repeated action

So zamíchej sounds natural for a single request such as shuffling a deck of cards.

Why is balíček in that form? Shouldn’t the object change?