Fanoušek má lístek.

The fan has a ticket.

Breakdown of Fanoušek má lístek.

• mít: to have
• lístek: the ticket
• fanoušek: the fan

Questions & Answers about Fanoušek má lístek.

Why is it má and not mít?

Mít is the dictionary form, meaning to have. In the sentence, the verb has to be conjugated to match the subject.

• mít = to have
• má = he/she/it has

Because fanoušek is singular, the correct form is má.

A few forms of mít:

• já mám = I have
• ty máš = you have
• on/ona má = he/she has
• my máme = we have
• vy máte = you have
• oni mají = they have

What case are the nouns in here?

Fanoušek is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

Lístek is in the accusative case because it is the direct object, the thing being had.

So the pattern is:

• Fanoušek = subject, nominative
• má = verb
• lístek = object, accusative

For this particular noun, lístek, the nominative and accusative forms are the same because it is a masculine inanimate noun.

Why doesn’t Czech use a or the here?