Policista napsal moje příjmení.

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Breakdown of Policista napsal moje příjmení.

• napsat: to write
• policista: the police officer
• příjmení: the surname

Questions & Answers about Policista napsal moje příjmení.

Why is it policista and not some other form?

Policista is the nominative singular form, which is the form used for the subject of the sentence.

Here, policista is the person doing the action, so nominative is required:

• Policista napsal moje příjmení.
• The police officer wrote my surname.

It is a masculine animate noun.

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Why does the verb end in -l: napsal?

Napsal is the past tense, masculine singular form of napsat.

In Czech past tense, the verb agrees with the subject in gender and number:

• policista napsal = a male police officer wrote
• policistka napsala = a female police officer wrote
• policisté napsali = police officers wrote

So the -l tells you the subject is masculine singular.

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What is the difference between napsal and psal?