I přes pokutu pošlu úřadu fotografii a důkaz.

I přes means despite or even despite.

• přes on its own often means across, through, or over
• but in the fixed expression i přes + accusative, it means despite / in spite of

So i přes pokutu means despite the fine or even despite the fine.

The i adds a sense like even or still:

• Přes pokutu... = despite the fine...
• I přes pokutu... = even despite the fine...

Because i přes takes the accusative case.

The dictionary form is pokuta = fine / penalty.
In the accusative singular, it becomes pokutu.

So:

• pokuta = nominative
• pokutu = accusative

That is why Czech says i přes pokutu, not i přes pokuta.

Pošlu is the 1st person singular future form of poslat, meaning to send.

It means:

• I will send

This is a perfective verb, so its present-looking forms usually have future meaning.

Compare:

• poslat → pošlu = I will send / I’ll send
• posílám from posílat = I am sending / I send (imperfective)

So in this sentence, pošlu is naturally understood as a one-time completed future action.

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

Pošlu already tells you the subject is I, because the -u ending marks 1st person singular.

So:

• Pošlu = I will send
• Já pošlu = I will send, but with extra emphasis on I

If you include já, it usually sounds more contrastive or emphatic.

No. Here I is a Czech particle meaning also, even, or sometimes part of expressions like i přes.

So the sentence does not begin with the English-style subject pronoun I.
The actual subject is understood from pošlu.

In this sentence:

• I přes pokutu = even despite the fine

Because poslat can take an indirect object in the dative case.

Czech often says the equivalent of:

• send someone something

So:

• pošlu úřadu fotografii a důkaz literally works like
• I will send the office/authority a photograph and evidence

Here:

• úřad = office / authority
• úřadu = dative singular = to the office / to the authority

No preposition is needed because the dative case already expresses the recipient.

Yes, but the meaning shifts slightly.

• pošlu úřadu... focuses on the recipient: I’ll send the office/authority...
• pošlu na úřad... means more like I’ll send ... to the office, focusing on the destination/place

Both can be possible in some contexts, but poslat komu co is a very normal pattern in Czech when you mean sending something to someone/an institution.

Because fotografii is the accusative singular of fotografie.

The verb pošlu is sending what?
Answer: fotografii a důkaz.

So both nouns are direct objects and are in the accusative.

For fotografie:

• nominative singular: fotografie
• accusative singular: fotografii

This noun belongs to a type where the accusative singular often ends in -ii.

Because důkaz is a masculine inanimate noun, and in the singular its accusative is the same as its nominative.

So:

• nominative: důkaz
• accusative: důkaz

That is very common with masculine inanimate nouns in Czech.

So in:

• pošlu ... důkaz the word is accusative, even though it looks unchanged.

Because the sentence is talking about one photograph and one piece of evidence / one proof item.

If it were plural, the forms would be different, for example:

• fotografie = photographs
• důkazy = pieces of evidence / proofs

So:

• fotografii a důkaz = a photograph and a piece of evidence / proof

They are both in the accusative case, because they are the direct objects of pošlu.

The structure is:

• pošlu komu? → úřadu = dative
• pošlu co? → fotografii a důkaz = accusative

So the sentence contains:

• dative recipient: úřadu
• accusative things being sent: fotografii a důkaz

Yes, Czech word order is flexible, and different orders change the emphasis more than the basic meaning.

This version:

• I přes pokutu pošlu úřadu fotografii a důkaz.

puts i přes pokutu first, so the sentence highlights the contrast:

• despite the fine, I will still send it

Other possible orders include:

• Pošlu úřadu fotografii a důkaz i přes pokutu.
• Úřadu pošlu fotografii a důkaz i přes pokutu.

These are grammatically possible, but the emphasis changes.
The original sentence sounds like the speaker wants to foreground the idea of despite the fine.

Because Czech has no articles.

So nouns like:

• úřad
• fotografie
• důkaz can mean an office / the office, a photograph / the photograph, evidence / the evidence, depending on context.

English must choose an article, but Czech does not mark that grammatically.

It can be, but it depends on context.

Důkaz often means:

• proof
• evidence
• something that demonstrates or supports a claim

In legal or administrative contexts, Czech may also use words like:

• doklad = document / supporting document
• dokumentace = documentation
• důkazní materiál = evidence material

So důkaz is grammatically fine here, but in a real-life bureaucratic situation a different noun might sometimes sound more natural depending on exactly what kind of evidence is meant.

The sentence is grammatical, but depending on context, a Czech speaker might choose a more idiomatic noun or wording.

Possible alternatives:

• I přes pokutu pošlu úřadu fotku a důkaz.
• I přes pokutu pošlu úřadu fotografii a doklady.
• I přes pokutu pošlu na úřad fotku a další důkazy.

Why?

• fotka is more conversational than fotografie
• doklady may fit better if you mean documents
• důkazy may sound more natural if there is more than one item of evidence

But the original sentence is still useful for learning the grammar.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ee prshes POH-koo-too POH-shloo OO-zhah-doo foh-toh-GRA-fee yee AH DOO-kas

A few helpful notes:

• ř in přes is the famous Czech sound, difficult for English speakers
• š in pošlu sounds like sh
• ú is a long oo
• ch does not appear here, but if it did, it would not sound like English ch

More careful approximation:

• I přes pokutu pošlu úřadu fotografii a důkaz
• ee prshes poh-koo-too poh-shloo oo-rzha-doo foto-gra-fee-ee a doo-kaas

The exact sound of ř and úř is hard to capture in English spelling.

A useful way to break it down is:

• I přes pokutu = concession phrase = despite the fine
• pošlu = verb = I will send
• úřadu = indirect object, dative = to the office/authority
• fotografii a důkaz = direct objects, accusative = a photograph and evidence/proof

So the pattern is:

[concession] + [verb] + [recipient in dative] + [thing sent in accusative]

That is a very useful Czech structure to learn:

• Dám mu knihu. = I’ll give him a book.
• Pošlu úřadu fotografii. = I’ll send the office a photograph.
• Ukážu učiteli důkaz. = I’ll show the teacher proof.