Breakdown of Pohyb počítačové myši je rychlý.
Questions & Answers about Pohyb počítačové myši je rychlý.
Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?
Czech normally does not use articles. There is no regular equivalent of English a or the.
So Czech simply says:
and context tells you whether English should use a, the, or no article at all.
In this sentence, English would most naturally use the because we are probably talking about a specific computer mouse, but Czech does not need to mark that explicitly.
What is the subject of the sentence?
Why is it počítačové myši instead of the dictionary form počítačová myš?
Because Czech is using the genitive case here.
The basic dictionary form is:
But after a noun like pohyb, Czech expresses movement of something by putting that thing into the genitive:
- počítačová myš → počítačové myši
So:
- pohyb počítačové myši = the movement of the computer mouse
This is a very common Czech pattern: noun + genitive to express of.
Is myši singular or plural here?
Here it is singular: genitive singular of myš.
That can be confusing, because myši can also be a plural form in other contexts. Czech has several forms that look the same.
Here, though, it means:
- of the mouse, not mice
If you wanted of the computer mice, you would normally get:
So in this sentence, počítačové myši is understood as singular genitive.
Why does počítačová change to počítačové?
Because adjectives in Czech must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.
The base form is:
- počítačová myš
feminine, singular, nominative
But in this sentence, myš becomes genitive singular:
- myši
So the adjective must change too:
- počítačová → počítačové
This is just normal adjective agreement.
Why is it rychlý and not rychle?
Because rychlý is an adjective, while rychle is an adverb.
In this sentence, rychlý describes the noun pohyb:
- Pohyb ... je rychlý.
- The movement ... is fast.
After je, Czech uses an adjective when describing what something is like.
If you used a verb instead, then you would often use the adverb:
So:
- rychlý = fast
- rychle = quickly
Why does rychlý have the ending -ý?
Because it agrees with pohyb, which is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
Predicate adjectives after je still agree with the subject:
- pohyb → masculine singular
- therefore rychlý
So the sentence is not using some fixed form of fast. The adjective changes to match the noun it describes.
Do I have to use je here, or can Czech leave out is?
In a normal full sentence, you should use je.
Czech usually does not drop the present tense of to be in standard sentences. Leaving it out would sound incomplete, poetic, or like a note/headline rather than normal prose.
So for learners, the safe rule is:
- use je in sentences like this
Is the word order fixed?
Czech word order is more flexible than English word order, but the given order is the most neutral and natural here:
You can change word order for emphasis, but then the sentence may sound more marked or stylistically special.
For example:
- Rychlý je pohyb počítačové myši.
This is possible, but it emphasizes rychlý much more.
So the original order is the best default version for a learner.
Does myš mean both the animal and the computer mouse?
Could I say Počítačová myš se pohybuje rychle instead?
Yes, absolutely.
That version is more verb-based:
The original sentence is more noun-based:
- Pohyb počítačové myši je rychlý.
- The movement of the computer mouse is fast.
Both are grammatical and natural. The difference is mainly in style and focus:
- pohyb ... je rychlý focuses on the movement
- myš se pohybuje rychle focuses on the mouse moving
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