Pódium je vysoké.

The stage is high.

Breakdown of Pódium je vysoké.

• být: to be
• pódium: the stage
• vysoký: high; tall

Questions & Answers about Pódium je vysoké.

How do you pronounce Pódium je vysoké?

Roughly:

• Pódium ≈ POH-dee-um
• je ≈ yeh
• vysoké ≈ VI-so-keh

A few useful pronunciation points:

• Czech stress is normally on the first syllable of each word.
• ó and é are long vowels, so you hold them a bit longer.
• je is the 3rd person form of být and is pronounced like yeh, not like English jee.

What does je mean here?

Je means is.

It is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb být (to be):

• jsem = I am
• jsi = you are
• je = he/she/it is

So in Pódium je vysoké, je is simply the linking verb is.

Why does vysoké end in -é and not -ý?