Moje dcera má teplotu a dnes zůstane doma.

In Czech, mít teplotu is a common idiomatic way to say to have a fever.

Literally, teplota means temperature, but in everyday speech, if someone má teplotu, it usually means their body temperature is elevated because they are ill.

So:

• Má teplotu. = She has a fever.

If you translated it word for word as has a temperature, that would sound odd in English, even though the Czech expression is perfectly normal.

Moje is the possessive pronoun meaning my.

It agrees with the noun it describes:

• dcera = daughter
• moje dcera = my daughter

Here, dcera is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case, and moje matches it.

You may also hear má dcera, which also means my daughter. Both are correct, but moje dcera is very common and often sounds a bit more natural in everyday speech.

Dcera is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing or being described by the verbs.

In this sentence:

• Moje dcera = the subject
• má = has
• zůstane = will stay

So the basic structure is:

• My daughter has a fever and will stay home today.

Because daughter is the subject, Czech uses the nominative form dcera.

Because teplota is the direct object of the verb má (has), it must be in the accusative case.

The dictionary form is:

• teplota = temperature

But after mít (to have), the thing someone has is usually in the accusative:

• má teplotu = has a fever

So:

• nominative: teplota
• accusative: teplotu

This is a very common pattern in Czech:

• mám knihu = I have a book
• má čas = he/she has time
• má teplotu = he/she has a fever

Here, má is the 3rd person singular present tense of mít (to have).

So:

• já mám = I have
• ty máš = you have
• on/ona má = he/she has

Since dcera is she, má means she has.

Be careful: má can also be a possessive pronoun meaning her in some contexts, for example:

• má matka = her mother

But in Moje dcera má teplotu, it is clearly the verb has.

Zůstane is the future tense of zůstat (to stay, to remain).

The sentence says:

• dnes zůstane doma = today she will stay at home

Czech often uses the future here because it describes what will happen as a result of the fever.

Why not a present tense? Because zůstat is a perfective verb, and perfective verbs do not normally have a true present-tense meaning. Their “present” forms usually refer to the future.

So:

• zůstane literally looks present in form,
• but in meaning it is future: will stay.

This is a very common Czech verb-pair question.

• zůstat = perfective, a single completed event
• zůstávat = imperfective, repeated, ongoing, or habitual staying

In this sentence, the speaker means one specific result today:

• Today she will stay home.

That is why zůstane from zůstat is used.

Compare:

• Dnes zůstane doma. = Today she will stay home.
• Když je nemocná, zůstává doma. = When she is sick, she stays home.

So zůstat is the right choice for a one-time decision or event.

This is an important distinction:

• doma = at home (location)
• domů = home / to home (direction, motion toward home)

Here the meaning is she will stay at home, so Czech uses the location form:

• zůstane doma

If you said domů, that would suggest movement toward home, which does not fit well with stay.

Compare:

• Je doma. = She is at home.
• Zůstane doma. = She will stay at home.
• Jde domů. = She is going home.

Yes, Czech word order is fairly flexible, and Dnes moje dcera zůstane doma is also possible.

The original sentence:

• Moje dcera má teplotu a dnes zůstane doma.

sounds natural and neutral. It first states the problem, then the consequence.

If you move dnes earlier, you slightly emphasize today:

• Dnes moje dcera zůstane doma. = Today, my daughter will stay home.

Czech word order often changes for emphasis, topic, or rhythm rather than basic grammatical correctness.

Yes, grammatically you can say:

• Dcera má teplotu a dnes zůstane doma.

But whether it sounds natural depends on context.

In Czech, possessive words like my, your, his/her are often omitted when the relationship is already obvious from context. However, dcera without moje can sound a bit less personal or slightly more context-dependent.

So:

• Moje dcera... = clear and natural
• Dcera... = possible if everyone already knows whose daughter you mean

Because Czech does not usually need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person and number.

In English, you must say:

• She has...
• She will stay...

In Czech, the verb form often makes the subject clear enough, especially when the subject has already been named:

• Moje dcera má teplotu a dnes zůstane doma.

Once moje dcera has been stated, Czech does not need to repeat ona (she).

Adding ona is possible, but it would usually add emphasis or contrast.

In this sentence, yes:

• a = and

It connects two parts of the sentence:

1. Moje dcera má teplotu
2. dnes zůstane doma

So the full meaning is:

• My daughter has a fever and today she will stay home.

In most everyday sentences, a is simply the normal word for and.

The given sentence is already natural and correct. In everyday speech, a native speaker might also say:

• Moje dcera má horečku a dnes zůstane doma.
• Dcera má teplotu, tak dnes zůstane doma.

A useful nuance:

• teplota = elevated temperature / feverish temperature
• horečka = fever

Both can work, but má teplotu is very common in ordinary speech.

So the original sentence is absolutely good Czech, and a learner should feel comfortable using it.