Můj učitel má rád dějepis.

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Breakdown of Můj učitel má rád dějepis.

• učitel: the teacher
• mít rád: to like
• dějepis: the history

Questions & Answers about Můj učitel má rád dějepis.

What does each word in Můj učitel má rád dějepis literally mean?

Word by word:

• Můj – my (masculine singular form of “my”)
• učitel – teacher (male teacher)
• má – has (3rd person singular of mít – “to have”)
• rád – literally glad, pleased; together with mít it forms to like
• dějepis – history (as a school subject, not general historical events)

So the literal structure is something like: “My teacher has [it] gladly history”, which idiomatically means “My teacher likes history.”

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Why is it můj and not moje for “my teacher”?