Strom roste na zahradě.

the garden

Breakdown of Strom roste na zahradě.

• na: in
• strom: the tree
• růst: to grow

Questions & Answers about Strom roste na zahradě.

What does each word in Strom roste na zahradě mean?

• strom = tree
• roste = grows / is growing
• na = usually on, but here it is part of the natural Czech expression for location
• zahradě = garden in the locative singular form

So the sentence means The tree grows in the garden / The tree is growing in the garden.

Why is it zahradě and not zahrada?

Because na is expressing a location here, and after na Czech usually uses the locative case when talking about where something is.

The basic dictionary form is zahrada.
In the locative singular, it becomes zahradě.

So:

• zahrada = garden
• na zahradě = in/on the garden

This is one of the first big differences from English: Czech changes noun endings depending on their role in the sentence.

Why does Czech use na zahradě? Why not v zahradě?