Tento názor je důležitý.

Tento is the more explicit standard Czech word for this.

• tento názor = this opinion
• ten názor can often mean that opinion, but in everyday Czech it is also sometimes used where English would say this, depending on context.

So for learners, a good simple rule is:

• tento = this
• ten = that / the one

In natural speech, ten is very common, but tento is clear and standard.

Because názor is a masculine noun, and Czech demonstratives must agree with the noun’s gender.

For singular nominative:

• ten / tento = masculine
• ta / tato = feminine
• to / toto = neuter

Since názor is masculine, you need the masculine form:

• tento názor

Not:

• tata názor ❌
• toto názor ❌

You may also hear tenhle názor, which is a more colloquial way to say this opinion.

Názor is masculine inanimate.

A few clues:

• Many Czech nouns ending in a consonant are masculine.
• Názor refers to a thing/concept, not a person or animal, so it is inanimate, not animate.

This matters because adjectives and demonstratives must agree with it:

• tento názor
• důležitý názor

If it were feminine, you would see forms like tato and důležitá instead.

Because adjectives in Czech must agree with the noun they describe.

Here, důležitý describes názor, which is:

• singular
• nominative
• masculine inanimate

So the correct adjective form is:

• důležitý

Compare:

• důležitý názor = masculine singular
• důležitá kniha = feminine singular
• důležité město = neuter singular
• důležité názory = plural in some contexts? Not here; for masculine inanimate plural nominative it would actually be důležité názory

So the -ý ending is there because of grammatical agreement.

It is in the nominative case.

Why?

Because tento názor is the subject of the sentence:

• Tento názor = the thing being talked about
• je důležitý = is important

In simple terms:

• Who/what is important?
• This opinion is important.

That makes tento názor nominative.

Yes. In this sentence, důležitý is a predicate adjective after je (is), and it agrees with the subject.

So both parts match grammatically:

• tento názor — masculine singular nominative
• důležitý — masculine singular nominative form

Czech often makes this agreement very visible, unlike English, where important never changes form.

In normal standard Czech, you usually keep je in sentences like this.

• Tento názor je důležitý. = This opinion is important.

Czech can omit forms of to be in some special situations, such as:

• headlines
• notes
• very informal shortened style

But in an ordinary full sentence, je should be there.

So:

• Tento názor je důležitý. ✅ normal
• Tento názor důležitý. ❌ not a normal full sentence

Yes. Czech word order is flexible, although the neutral order here is:

• Tento názor je důležitý.

Other orders are possible for emphasis:

• Důležitý je tento názor. = It is this opinion that is important.
• Je tento názor důležitý? = Is this opinion important?

So the original sentence is the most neutral and straightforward version.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• doo-leh-zhi-tee

A few helpful details:

• ů sounds like a long ú sound, roughly oo
• ž sounds like the s in measure
• the stress in Czech is usually on the first syllable: DŮ-le-ži-tý

So the stress falls at the start, even though English speakers may want to stress a later syllable.

Usually názor means opinion, view, or point of view.

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• opinion
• view
• belief
• stance

So Tento názor je důležitý could also be understood as:

• This view is important
• This opinion is important

The exact English wording depends on context, but opinion/view is the safest basic meaning.

You negate je by changing it to není:

• Tento názor není důležitý.
• This opinion is not important.

That is the normal way to make the sentence negative.

You need to change all the words so they agree in number:

• Tyto názory jsou důležité.

Breakdown:

• tyto = these
• názory = opinions
• jsou = are
• důležité = important (plural form used here)

So Czech changes more parts of the sentence than English does.

Tento is completely normal and correct, but it can sound a bit more careful or written than some everyday alternatives.

Common options:

• tento názor = this opinion
• tenhle názor = this opinion, more conversational
• ten názor = that opinion / sometimes this opinion depending on context

So the sentence in your example is standard and natural, but in casual speech you might also hear:

• Tenhle názor je důležitý.

Yes, you could, but the meaning may shift a little depending on context.

• Tento názor je důležitý. = This opinion is important.
  Very explicit: this one here
• Ten názor je důležitý. = often That opinion is important, or that particular opinion

In real conversation, ten is very common and flexible, but for learning, tento is the clearest match for English this.

Because Czech has no articles.

English says:

• This opinion is important.

But in Czech there is no separate word for the or a/an. Meaning comes from:

• context
• word order
• demonstratives like ten / tento
• the case system

So tento already gives the sense of this, and no article is needed.