V mém městě je hezký park a velká škola.

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Breakdown of V mém městě je hezký park a velká škola.

• můj: my
• velký: big
• a: and
• škola: the school
• park: the park
• město: the city
• hezký: nice

Questions & Answers about V mém městě je hezký park a velká škola.

Why do we say V mém městě instead of V moje město or V můj město?

In Czech, můj is the masculine singular nominative form, but when you use it in the locative case (after prepositions like v), it changes to mém. Also, město is neuter, so when you say "in my city," you need the neuter locative phrase v mém městě.

What does V mean here, and how is it pronounced?

V means in or at. It's pronounced like a short "v" sound (similar to v in English victory). In Czech, you often see ve instead of v in front of words that start with certain consonants to make the flow of speech smoother (e.g., ve škole).

Why is hezký used instead of hezká or hezké?

In Czech, adjectives must agree with the gender and case of the noun they describe. Park is masculine singular, so you use the masculine singular nominative form hezký. If you were describing a feminine noun in the nominative case (like škola), you would use hezká, and with neuter nouns (like město), you would use hezké.

Why is velká škola written this way and not velký škola?

Škola is a feminine noun, so the adjective describing it needs to match in gender and case. Therefore, you use the feminine singular nominative adjective velká. If you were describing a masculine noun like dům (house), you'd use velký dům instead.

Why do we use je (singular) when talking about both a park and a school, rather than jsou (plural)?

The sentence is structured as “There is (je) a nice park and a big school in my city.” In Czech, you can use the singular verb je to introduce multiple items if you list them after the verb. If you put the subjects first and then the verb, you might use the plural jsou. For example: Hezký park a velká škola jsou v mém městě. However, the more common word order for “there is/there are” in Czech uses je regardless of whether you mention one or more places afterward.