Každý má právo na informace.

Každý means everyone / everybody / each person in this sentence.

Even though it looks like the adjective each/every, Czech often uses it on its own like a pronoun:

• Každý má právo... = Everyone has the right...

A learner might expect something more like všichni (all people / everyone), but každý is very natural here because it emphasizes people one by one: each person has this right.

Because každý is grammatically singular.

So Czech treats it like:

• Každý má... = Each person has...

This is similar to English formal grammar in sentences like:

• Everyone has... not
• Everyone have...

So even though the meaning includes many people, the grammar is singular.

This is a very common question. In Czech, the default general form for a person in the singular is often masculine.

So:

• každý = everyone / each person in a general sense

It does not mean the sentence is only about men. It is the normal generic form.

If you wanted to make both genders explicit, Czech can do that in some contexts, but in a general statement like this, každý is standard.

Mít právo na is a very common expression meaning:

• to have the right to
• to be entitled to

So:

• má právo na informace = has the right to information

You can learn it as a fixed phrase:

• mít právo na něco

Examples:

• Mám právo na odpověď. = I have the right to an answer.
• Máte právo na pomoc. = You have the right to help.

After právo na in this meaning, Czech normally uses the accusative.

So the pattern is:

• mít právo na + accusative

In this sentence:

• na informace

That is the accusative plural form of informace.

So the grammar is:

• Každý = subject
• má = verb
• právo = object within the expression
• na informace = prepositional phrase with na + accusative

Because here informace is plural, not singular.

This is an especially useful point, because the English translation often uses uncountable information, while Czech often uses the plural informace in this legal or general sense.

Compare:

• informaci = a piece of information / singular accusative
• informace = information(s) / plural accusative

So:

• právo na informaci = the right to a specific piece of information
• právo na informace = the right to information in general

In legal and public language, právo na informace is the standard phrase.

The dictionary form is singular:

• informace

But the word has this pattern:

• singular nominative: informace
• singular accusative: informaci
• plural nominative: informace
• plural accusative: informace

So the form informace can be either:

• singular nominative, or
• plural nominative/accusative

In this sentence, because it follows na and the meaning is general information, it is understood as plural accusative.

Právo is a neuter noun meaning:

• right
• sometimes also law, depending on context

Here it clearly means a right / entitlement.

Its basic singular forms are:

• nominative: právo
• accusative: právo

That is why it stays právo here.

In the sentence, it is part of the expression mít právo na.

Yes. Czech word order is more flexible than English.

The neutral order here is:

• Každý má právo na informace.

But you could also say:

• Právo na informace má každý.

That version puts more emphasis on každý: It is everyone who has the right to information.

So the original sentence is the most straightforward, neutral version.

Because Czech has no articles.

English says:

• Everyone has the right to information.

Czech simply says:

• Každý má právo na informace.

Whether something is a, the, or just general is understood from context.

That is completely normal in Czech.

Approximate pronunciation:

• Každý ≈ KAZH-dee

A few details:

• ž sounds like the s in measure
• á is a long vowel
• ý is also long

Very roughly:

• Každý má právo na informace
• ≈ KAZH-dee maa PRAA-vo na in-for-MA-tse

The c in informace is pronounced like ts.

Yes, it sounds somewhat formal, official, or legal.

That is because of expressions like:

• mít právo na
• právo na informace

You might see this kind of sentence in:

• laws
• official documents
• public information texts
• discussions of civil rights

It is still perfectly normal Czech, but it has a formal tone rather than a casual conversational one.

A natural version would be:

• Všichni mají právo na informace. = Everyone has the right to information.
• literally: All have the right to information.

But there is a nuance:

• Každý má... = each person has...
• Všichni mají... = all people have...

Both can work, but Každý má právo na informace is especially common in general statements about rights.