Kvízový tým poslouchá moderátora.

The quiz team listens to the host.

Breakdown of Kvízový tým poslouchá moderátora.

• poslouchat: to listen
• kvízový tým: the quiz team
• moderátor: the host; quizmaster

Questions & Answers about Kvízový tým poslouchá moderátora.

Why is moderátora spelled with -a at the end instead of moderátor?

Because moderátora is in the accusative singular, and it is the direct object of poslouchá.

• moderátor = nominative singular, the basic dictionary form
• moderátora = accusative singular

This happens because moderátor is a masculine animate noun. In Czech, masculine animate nouns often change in the accusative singular:

• moderátor → moderátora
• student → studenta
• učitel → učitele

So in this sentence, the team is doing the action, and the host is receiving the action, so moderátora is required.

What case is each word in the sentence?

Here is the breakdown:

• Kvízový = nominative singular masculine
• tým = nominative singular masculine inanimate
• moderátora = accusative singular masculine animate

So:

• Kvízový tým is the subject
• moderátora is the object

The verb poslouchá connects them: the subject is listening to the object.

Why is the verb poslouchá singular? Isn’t a team made of several people?