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Learning the Czech Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Czech Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. All nouns in Czech language are either masculine or feminine. You have to choose the proper form of the adjective depending on the word, that you are describing or talking about. The masculine form usually ends with the letter Y and the feminine form with the letter A.
While in English an adjective doesn’t change when the noun changes, in Czech an adjective (the “mladý” type) should agree in gender and number with the noun. For example:
a) Masculine to feminine example:
To je můj malý syn (this is my little son) becomes: To je moje malá dcera (this is my little daughter)
As you can see from the example above, the adjective (congrual adjunct) comes before the noun and also takes the feminine form.
b) Singular to plural example:
To je moje bílá kočka (this is my white cat) becomes: To jsou mé bílé kočky (these are my white cats).
As you can see from the example above, the adjective (congrual adjunct) comes before the noun and also takes the plural form.
Affix of the “jarní” type adjective is not affected by gender or number. It also comes before the noun.
To je můj zimní kabát (this is my winter coat), To jsou mé zimní kabáty (these are my winter coats)
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Czech Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | přídavná jména |
| a green tree | zelený strom |
| a tall building | vysoká budova |
| a very old man | velmi starý muž |
| the old red house | starý červený dům |
| a very nice friend | velice dobrý přítel |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Czech.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Czech placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Czech vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Czech Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | barvy |
| black | černý |
| blue | modrý |
| brown | hnědý |
| gray | šedý |
| green | zelený |
| orange | oranžový |
| purple | purpurový |
| red | červený |
| white | bílý |
| yellow | žlutý |
| sizes | velikosti |
| big | velký |
| deep | hluboký |
| long | dlouhý |
| narrow | úzký |
| short | krátký |
| small | malý |
| tall | vysoký |
| thick | tlustý |
| thin | tenký |
| wide | široký |
| shapes | tvary |
| circular | kruhový |
| straight | rovný |
| square | čtvercový |
| triangular | trojúhelníkový |
| tastes | chutě |
| bitter | hořký |
| fresh | čerstvý |
| salty | slaný |
| sour | kyselý |
| spicy | pikantní |
| sweet | sladký |
| qualities | vlastnosti |
| bad | špatný |
| clean | čistý |
| dark | tmavý |
| difficult | obtížný |
| dirty | špinavý |
| dry | suchý |
| easy | snadný |
| empty | prázdný |
| expensive | drahý |
| fast | rychlý |
| foreign | zahraniční |
| full | plný |
| good | dobrý |
| hard | tvrdý |
| heavy | těžký |
| inexpensive | levný |
| light | světlý |
| local | místní |
| new | nový |
| noisy | hlučný |
| old | starý |
| powerful | mocný |
| quiet | klidný |
| correct | správný |
| slow | pomalý |
| soft | měkký |
| very | velmi |
| weak | slabý |
| wet | mokrý |
| wrong | špatný |
| young | mladý |
| quantities | množství |
| few | několik |
| little | málo |
| many | mnoho |
| much | hodně |
| part | část |
| some | někteří |
| a few | několik |
| whole | celý |
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