Jejich pas je platný.

to be

Breakdown of Jejich pas je platný.

• pas: the passport
• platný: valid
• jejich: their

Questions & Answers about Jejich pas je platný.

What does jejich mean here?

Jejich means their.

In this sentence, it shows who the passport belongs to: their passport.

A useful thing to know is that jejich is one of the Czech third-person possessive forms that does not change its ending. So unlike words such as můj / moje / moje or náš / naše, jejich stays jejich.

Examples:

• jejich pas = their passport
• jejich auta = their cars
• jejich dcera = their daughter

Why is pas used, and what gender is it?

Pas means passport.

It is a masculine inanimate noun in Czech. In this sentence, it is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence: the passport is what is valid.

So:

• pas = passport
• masculine inanimate
• nominative singular here

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