Je to osobní.

to be

Breakdown of Je to osobní.

• to: it
• osobní: personal

Questions & Answers about Je to osobní.

What does je mean here?

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of být (to be).

So in this sentence, je = is.

A few useful forms of být are:

• jsem = I am
• jsi/jseš = you are
• je = he/she/it is
• jsme = we are
• jste = you are
• jsou = they are

So Je to osobní. is built around the verb is.

What is to doing in the sentence?

To is a very common Czech pronoun meaning it, that, or this, depending on context.

In a sentence like this, it works much like English it/that in:

• It is personal.
• That is personal.

Czech uses to very often in short identifying or commenting sentences with být:

• Je to pravda. = It is true.
• Je to jasné. = It is clear.
• Je to důležité. = It is important.

So here, to is the thing being talked about.

Why is osobní an adjective by itself, without a noun after it?