Word
Policista čeká na služebně.
Meaning
The police officer is waiting at the police station.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Policista čeká na služebně.
na
in
čekat
to wait
policista
the police officer
služebna
the police station
Questions & Answers about Policista čeká na služebně.
What does policista mean, and is it specifically male?
Policista means policeman or police officer. Grammatically, it is a masculine animate noun.
In real usage, it often refers to a male officer, but in some contexts English may translate it more neutrally as police officer. If you want to say female police officer, the Czech word is policistka.
In this sentence, policista is the subject of the sentence: the person doing the waiting.
Why does policista end in -a if it is masculine?
That is a very common learner question. In Czech, some masculine animate nouns end in -a even though they are not feminine.
Policista belongs to that group, like:
- turista = tourist
- kolega = colleague
So even though the ending looks feminine to an English-speaking learner, the word is grammatically masculine. You can see this in agreement:
- ten policista = that policeman / police officer
- unavený policista = tired policeman / police officer
The adjective form unavený is masculine, which confirms the gender.
What form is čeká?