Word
Studium jazyka je důležité.
Meaning
Studying the language is important.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Studium jazyka je důležité.
být
to be
důležitý
important
jazyk
the language
studium
the study; studies
Questions & Answers about Studium jazyka je důležité.
Why is jazyka used instead of jazyk?
Because jazyka is the genitive singular form of jazyk.
In Czech, the noun studium often takes another noun in the genitive to mean study of .... So:
- jazyk = language
- jazyka = of a language
So the structure is literally something like study of a language.
A very similar pattern appears in other phrases too:
- studium literatury = study of literature
- studium historie = study of history
What case is jazyka, and what is its dictionary form?
Jazyka is genitive singular.
Its dictionary form, or base form, is jazyk. That is the nominative singular form.
So the forms here are:
- jazyk = nominative singular
- jazyka = genitive singular
A native English speaker often asks this because English usually does not change nouns much, but Czech uses endings very heavily.
Why does důležité end in -é?