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In Czech, adjectives derived from country names, nationalities, and languages are usually written with a lowercase letter. So český is lowercase, even though English uses Czech with a capital letter.
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Uppercase is used for proper nouns, but not for ordinary adjectives like český.
It is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence.
The basic dictionary form of both words is:
- český
- policista
Since the sentence is about what the policeman did, český policista stays in the nominative.
Because policista belongs to a group of masculine nouns that end in -a. Czech has several masculine nouns like this, especially for professions or people.
Examples:
- policista = policeman
- turista = tourist
- kolega = colleague
So the ending -a does not automatically mean the noun is feminine. You have to learn the noun’s gender as part of the word.