Kytarista je vysoký.

to be

Breakdown of Kytarista je vysoký.

• kytarista: the guitarist
• vysoký: high; tall

Questions & Answers about Kytarista je vysoký.

Why is kytarista used here, and what does its ending tell me?

Kytarista means guitarist. Its ending -a may look feminine at first, but this noun is actually masculine animate.

That is a common pattern in Czech: some nouns for male people end in -a, for example:

• kolega = colleague
• turista = tourist
• předseda = chairman

So in this sentence, kytarista is grammatically masculine, which is why the adjective is also in a masculine form: vysoký.

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Czech normally does not use articles like English a/an/the.

So Kytarista je vysoký can mean:

• The guitarist is tall
• A guitarist is tall

Which one sounds best depends on context. Czech usually lets the situation make that clear rather than using a separate article.

Why is je there?