Kabáty visí ve skříni vedle dveří.

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Breakdown of Kabáty visí ve skříni vedle dveří.

• vedle: next to
• dveře: the door
• kabát: the coat

Questions & Answers about Kabáty visí ve skříni vedle dveří.

Why is kabáty in the plural?

Because kabáty is the plural of kabát (coat).

• kabát = one coat
• kabáty = coats

So the sentence is talking about more than one coat.

Why is the verb visí and not something like visíe or visají?

Visí is the correct 3rd person plural form of the verb viset (to hang).

Here the subject is kabáty (coats), which is plural, so the verb also has to be plural:

• kabát visí = the coat is hanging
• kabáty visí = the coats are hanging

In Czech, the singular and plural forms of some verbs can look quite similar, and visí is used for both he/she/it hangs and they hang, depending on context.

What does ve skříni mean, and why isn’t it v skříň?