Připravte účetní závěrku v souladu s pravidly.

Připravte is the imperative form, so it means prepare!

• připravit = the infinitive, to prepare
• připravte = prepare!

This form can be used:

• for more than one person: Prepare! (you all)
• for formal singular: Prepare! (addressing one person politely)

So in business or official instructions, Připravte is very natural.

It can be either:

1. formal singular — speaking politely to one person
2. plural — speaking to more than one person

Czech uses the same verb form for both in the imperative.

Compare:

• Připrav = prepare! (informal singular, to one person you know well)
• Připravte = prepare! (formal singular or plural)

In a professional sentence like this, learners should usually understand Připravte as a formal instruction or a plural instruction.

Because it is the direct object of the verb Připravte.

The noun závěrka is feminine, and in the accusative singular it changes to závěrku.

• nominative: účetní závěrka
• accusative: účetní závěrku

Since you are preparing the financial statement, Czech uses the accusative:

• Připravte účetní závěrku.

Because účetní is one of those adjectives that often has the same form in several cases.

Here it modifies závěrka and agrees with it, but the visible form stays účetní.

So:

• nominative: účetní závěrka
• accusative: účetní závěrku

Only závěrka visibly changes here; účetní stays the same in form.

It is a noun phrase made of:

• účetní = accounting / financial (adjective)
• závěrka = statement / closing report

Together, účetní závěrka is a fixed business term meaning financial statement or annual accounts, depending on context.

For a learner, it is helpful to memorize the whole phrase as one unit, because it is very common in finance and administration.

v souladu s means in accordance with or in compliance with.

It is a fixed expression:

• soulad = agreement, harmony, conformity
• v souladu s = in accordance with

Examples:

• v souladu se zákonem = in accordance with the law
• v souladu s pravidly = in accordance with the rules

This is a very common formal phrase in Czech, especially in legal, administrative, and business language.

Because the preposition s in the phrase v souladu s requires the instrumental case.

The noun is pravidlo (rule), and its plural instrumental form is pravidly.

So:

• singular: pravidlo
• plural nominative: pravidla
• plural instrumental: pravidly

That is why the sentence says:

• v souladu s pravidly

Because the sentence means in accordance with the rules, not with the rule.

The base noun is:

• pravidlo = rule

Its plural is:

• pravidla = rules

After s in this expression, you need instrumental plural:

• pravidly = with/by the rules, or more naturally here, in accordance with the rules

It comes from the perfective verb připravit.

In this sentence, perfective aspect fits well because the instruction is about completing the task: prepare the financial statement.

Compare:

• připravit = to prepare, to get done, to complete preparation
• připravovat = to be preparing, to prepare repeatedly or as a process

So Připravte účetní závěrku sounds like a clear instruction to produce the finished result.

Yes, but this order is the most neutral and natural for a formal instruction.

Standard order:

• Připravte účetní závěrku v souladu s pravidly.

You could change the order for emphasis, for example:

• V souladu s pravidly připravte účetní závěrku.

That puts more emphasis on in accordance with the rules.

Both are grammatical, but the original sentence sounds like a normal business instruction.

Yes. In Czech, the subject you is often omitted because the verb ending already shows it.

So Připravte already implies:

• you (formal singular or plural)

Czech does not need a separate pronoun here. Adding vy would usually only happen for emphasis:

• Vy připravte účetní závěrku...

That would sound more marked than the neutral version.

A helpful rough guide is:

• Připravte ≈ przhee-PRAHV-teh

A few useful sound notes:

• ř is the famous Czech sound, something like a mix of r and zh
• á is a long vowel
• final -te is clearly pronounced

You do not need to master ř immediately to understand the grammar, but it is one of the sounds learners often ask about in words like připravte.