Questions & Answers about Auto je zřejmě levné.
Why does levné end in -é here?
Because it agrees with auto, which is neuter singular.
In Czech, adjectives change their endings to match the noun’s:
- levný = masculine
- levná = feminine
- levné = neuter
So:
- levný dům = a cheap house
- levná kniha = a cheap book
- levné auto = a cheap car
In Auto je zřejmě levné, the adjective is still matching auto, even though it comes after je.
Why is auto neuter?
Auto is treated as a neuter noun in Czech. That is the normal gender for this word.
A useful pattern is that many Czech nouns ending in -o are neuter, and auto follows that pattern.
So you get:
- to auto = the car / this car
- to levné auto = the cheap car
Even though car is not neuter in English, grammatical gender in Czech does not have to match English logic.
What exactly does zřejmě mean?