Ministerstvo má nový plán.

to have

Breakdown of Ministerstvo má nový plán.

• nový: new
• plán: the plan
• ministerstvo: the ministry

Questions & Answers about Ministerstvo má nový plán.

Why is ministerstvo the subject of the sentence?

Because it is in the nominative case, which is the usual case for the subject in Czech.

In Ministerstvo má nový plán, the structure is:

• Ministerstvo = subject
• má = verb
• nový plán = direct object

So the sentence is built very much like English The ministry has a new plan.

What gender is ministerstvo, and how can I tell?

Ministerstvo is neuter singular.

A useful clue is the ending -o. Many Czech nouns ending in -o are neuter, especially in the nominative singular.

So here:

• ministerstvo = neuter
• singular = one ministry

This matters because Czech grammar often depends on gender.

Why is the verb má used here?

Má is the 3rd person singular form of the verb mít, which means to have.

Conjugation of mít in the present tense:

• já mám = I have
• ty máš = you have
• on/ona/ono má = he/she/it has
• my máme = we have
• vy máte = you have
• oni/ony/ona mají = they have

Since ministerstvo is a singular noun and works like it in English, Czech uses má.