Breakdown of Mošt a květový med jsou místní.
Questions & Answers about Mošt a květový med jsou místní.
Why is the verb jsou and not je?
What does a mean here?
Why is místní used, and what kind of word is it?
Why doesn’t místní seem to change form in the plural?
Because místní is a type of adjective whose nominative forms often look the same across genders and numbers.
So even though the subject is plural, místní still appears as místní.
This can feel strange to English speakers because English adjectives never change, while Czech adjectives usually do. In this case, Czech does have agreement, but the visible form happens to stay the same.
What case are the words in this sentence?
The main words are in the nominative.
- mošt — nominative singular
- med — nominative singular
- květový — nominative singular, matching med
- místní — nominative, used after být
Why nominative?
- Mošt a květový med is the subject
- after být in a sentence like this, the adjective is normally also in the nominative
Why is it květový med and not just květ med?
Why is květový in that form?
Because it has to agree with med.
Med is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
So the adjective also takes the masculine singular nominative form:
- květový med
This is standard Czech adjective agreement.
Why are there no words for the or a?
Can the word order be changed?
Yes, Czech word order is fairly flexible.
The neutral, straightforward order is:
Mošt a květový med jsou místní.
But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:
Místní jsou mošt a květový med.
That would sound more like:
What is local is the must/cider and the blossom honey.
So the original sentence is the most neutral and natural basic order.
Does mošt mean an ordinary juice, or something more specific?
Why are both nouns singular if the sentence means two things together?
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