Questions & Answers about Žadatel čeká na pobočce.
What is žadatel grammatically?
Žadatel is a masculine animate noun in the nominative singular. In this sentence, it is the subject — the person doing the action.
A native English speaker often wants to know whether the word is specifically masculine in meaning. Grammatically, yes, it is the masculine form. If you wanted the explicitly feminine form, you would normally use žadatelka.
So in grammar terms:
- žadatel = nominative singular
- masculine animate
- subject of the sentence
Why is the verb čeká and not čekat?
Čekat is the infinitive: to wait.
Čeká is the 3rd person singular present tense form, so it matches žadatel: the applicant waits / is waiting.
A useful mini-pattern is:
- čekám = I wait / am waiting
- čekáš = you wait
- čeká = he/she/it waits
- čekáme = we wait
- čekáte = you (plural/formal) wait
- čekají = they wait
So žadatel čeká is simply the normal subject + verb agreement.
Does na pobočce mean for the branch, because čekat na can mean wait for?