Questions & Answers about Můj bratr teď není ve škole, je doma.
What does Můj mean, and why is it written that way here?
Můj means my. It’s the masculine singular form of the possessive pronoun for I.
Czech changes the form depending on the gender and case of the noun:
- můj bratr = my (male) brother – masculine singular
- moje sestra = my sister – feminine singular
- moje auto = my car – neuter singular
Here bratr is masculine, so you use můj.
Why is it Můj bratr and not just Bratr for my brother?
Czech usually expresses possession explicitly with a possessive word like můj (my), tvůj (your), jeho (his), etc.
So Bratr teď není ve škole means The brother is not at school now (or just Brother isn’t at school, but without saying whose).
If you want to say my brother, you normally add můj: Můj bratr.
Where does teď (now) usually go in a Czech sentence? Could I move it?
In this sentence, teď comes after the subject phrase: Můj bratr teď není ve škole.
You can move it for emphasis or style:
- Teď můj bratr není ve škole, je doma. – Now my brother is not at school, he’s at home.
- Můj bratr není teď ve škole, je doma. – My brother is not at school now, he’s at home.
All are grammatically correct; the differences are mostly in emphasis and rhythm.