Future Tense

Creating the future tense in Czech involves specific rules and structures. For beginners, this process is straightforward, especially with...

Irregular Verbs in Czech Past Tense

Learning irregular verbs is one of the most challenging aspects of mastering Czech. Here, we'll go over some of the most common irregular verbs and...

Past tense

Minulý čas, or the past tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past. Here's how to form the past tense for regular verbs and...

Correct word order for the past tense

Foreigners often make mistakes on this topic. The auxiliary verb "být" and the pronoun "se" tend to be in the wrong position. Auxiliary verb "být"...

The basics of noun declensions

The declension (= pády) of nouns are a complex part of the Czech language. Here we look at a short overview of the declensions for better...

Verb timing groups

See an overview of the basic groups of verb tenses. The tense in the present tense always has the same ending in a given group.   -OVAT...

Gender of nouns

It is absolutely essential to know the gender of nouns. Gender determines how adjectives, verbs and nouns change form. Noun gender needs to be...

Y or i?

Whether to write i or y in Czech words is different. After some letters we always write soft, after others always hard. It is simple. But other...

Ú or ů?

The rules for distinguishing which diacritics to choose are quite simple! When we write ů - u with a circle: in the middle of words (můj, důvod,...