Já mám ráda studené mléko po obědě.

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Breakdown of Já mám ráda studené mléko po obědě.

• mít rád: to like
• studený: cold
• po: after

Questions & Answers about Já mám ráda studené mléko po obědě.

Why does the sentence begin with Já mám ráda instead of just Mám ráda?

In Czech the personal pronoun já (“I”) is usually optional because the verb mám already indicates the first person singular. You include já only for emphasis or clarity. Both of these are correct and mean the same: • Já mám ráda… (stressed “I like …”)
• Mám ráda… (neutral “I like …”)

What exactly does mít rád(a) mean and how does it work?

mít rád(a) literally means “to have fondness (for)” and is how you say “to like.”
• mít is the verb “to have.”
• rád (masculine) / ráda (feminine) is an adjective meaning “fond” or “glad.”
You conjugate mít normally (já mám, ty máš, on/ona má, …) and then use rád/ráda/rádi/rády to agree in gender and number with the subject. The thing you like goes into the accusative case.

Why is the word ráda and not rád?

The adjective rád/ráda must agree in gender with the speaker:
• A male speaker says Mám rád…
• A female speaker says Mám ráda…

How do I know that studené belongs with mléko and why does it end in -é?