Breakdown of Tisíc korun je vysoká částka.
být
to be
vysoký
high; tall
koruna
the Czech crown
částka
the amount of money
Questions & Answers about Tisíc korun je vysoká částka.
Why is it tisíc korun and not tisíc koruny?
Because after tisíc (thousand), the counted noun normally appears in the genitive plural.
- koruna = crown / koruna
- nominative plural: koruny
- genitive plural: korun
So:
- tisíc korun = a thousand crowns
- compare also:
- pět korun = five crowns
- sto korun = a hundred crowns
- milion lidí = a million people
This is a very common Czech pattern with numbers and quantity words.
Can I say jeden tisíc korun instead of tisíc korun?
Yes, but in normal everyday Czech, tisíc korun is much more natural.
- tisíc korun = the usual way to say one thousand crowns
- jeden tisíc korun sounds more explicit, contrastive, or formal
You might use jeden tisíc if you are emphasizing the number itself, for example in accounting, reading out figures, or contrasting it with another amount.
Why is the verb je singular, even though korun looks plural?
Because the whole phrase tisíc korun is treated as one amount, not as many separate coins or banknotes.
So Czech uses singular agreement:
- Tisíc korun je vysoká částka.
- literally: A thousand crowns is a high amount.
The idea is that one thousand crowns functions as a single quantity.