Po výletě dám fotoaparát na stůl a hned ho znovu nabiju.

Po výletě means after the trip / after the outing / after the hike, depending on context.

The preposition po takes the locative case when it means after in a time expression.
So:

• výlet = trip, outing
• po výletě = after the trip

The ending -ě shows the locative singular of výlet.

This is a very common Czech aspect question.

• dát = to put / to give as a perfective verb
• dávat = the imperfective partner

In this sentence, the speaker means a single completed action: they will put the camera on the table. Because Czech perfective verbs do not normally have a true present meaning, their present-tense forms often refer to the future.

So:

• dám = I will put
• dávám = I am putting / I put habitually

Here, dám is the right choice because it describes one completed future action.

It is somewhat irregular, yes. It comes from the verb dát.

Its present/future forms are:

• dám = I will give/put
• dáš
• dá
• dáme
• dáte
• dají

So although the infinitive is dát, the stem in conjugation is dá-.

Because Czech distinguishes between movement toward a place and location in a place.

With na:

• na + accusative = movement onto/to
• na + locative = location on

So:

• dám fotoaparát na stůl = I will put the camera onto the table
• fotoaparát je na stole = the camera is on the table

Here there is movement, so Czech uses accusative: na stůl.

In this sentence, fotoaparát is the direct object, and stůl is part of the prepositional phrase.

• fotoaparát is masculine inanimate, and in the accusative singular it looks the same as the nominative: fotoaparát
• stůl after na with motion is also accusative singular, and for this noun the accusative form is also stůl

So both happen to look unchanged, but they are doing different jobs in the sentence:

• fotoaparát = object being moved
• na stůl = destination

Hned means immediately / right away.

So a hned ho znovu nabiju means something like:

• and I’ll recharge it right away
• and I’ll recharge it immediately

It adds the idea that the second action happens without delay.

Znovu means again.

In this sentence:

• hned ho znovu nabiju = I’ll recharge it again right away

Its position is flexible, but Czech often places short unstressed words such as pronouns early, and adverbs like znovu come after them.

So this order sounds natural:

• hned ho znovu nabiju

You may also hear slightly different orders in real speech, but this one is very standard.

Ho is the accusative singular form of the pronoun meaning him/it.

Here it refers to fotoaparát (camera), which is a masculine inanimate noun. In Czech, nouns still belong to grammatical genders, so even an object like a camera can be referred to by a pronoun form that looks like him/it in English terms.

So:

• fotoaparát → ho
• hned ho znovu nabiju = I’ll recharge it again right away

Czech object pronouns such as ho, mi, ti, mu, se are often placed in the second position area of the clause. They are clitics, which means they usually cannot be strongly stressed and tend to come early.

So in:

• a hned ho znovu nabiju

the pronoun ho comes early, before the full verb phrase.

This word order is much more natural than putting the pronoun at the very end.

Again, this is about aspect.

• nabít = to charge / recharge as a perfective verb
• nabíjet = to be charging / to charge repeatedly as an imperfective verb

Because the speaker means one completed future action, Czech uses the perfective verb:

• nabiju = I will charge / recharge

If you said nabíjím, it would mean I am charging or I charge, not a single future completion.

Yes. Nabiju is the 1st person singular form of nabít.

This verb changes its stem when conjugated:

• nabít = infinitive
• nabiju = I will charge
• nabiješ
• nabije
• nabijeme
• nabijete
• nabijí

So the -j- appears in the conjugated forms.

Also, learners should note that nabít can mean to charge in the sense of a battery, but in other contexts it can also mean to load something.

Yes.

Even though the forms dám and nabiju look like present-tense forms, they are forms of perfective verbs, so in normal usage they refer to future completed actions.

So the whole sentence describes a future sequence:

1. After the trip, I’ll put the camera on the table
2. and I’ll recharge it right away

Because Czech usually omits subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.

• dám already means I will put
• nabiju already means I will recharge

Adding já is possible, but it would usually add emphasis, contrast, or special focus.

So the version without já is the normal neutral one.

Yes. Výlet is quite broad. Depending on context, it can mean:

• trip
• outing
• excursion
• day trip
• sometimes even hike, if the situation suggests that

So po výletě can be translated in different natural English ways depending on what kind of outing is meant.