Breakdown of Tato desková hra je známá.
být
to be
tento
this
desková hra
the board game
známý
familiar; well-known
Questions & Answers about Tato desková hra je známá.
Why does tato mean this here, and why not ten or ta?
Tato is the feminine singular nominative form of the demonstrative this.
Because hra (game) is a feminine noun, the demonstrative has to match it:
- ten = masculine
- ta = feminine, but usually that or a more neutral everyday the/that
- tato = this for feminine nouns
So:
- tato hra = this game
In everyday spoken Czech, people often say ta hra instead of tato hra, but tato is the clearer and more explicitly this form.
Why do tato, desková, and známá all end in -á?