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In Czech, the forms of most words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who, whose, whom'', or ''marry, marries, married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. In Czech, any word may have different forms, depending on how it is used. This word list gives the standard form of each Czech word. The endings of Czech words in a document often differ from what you find in this list. | In Czech, the forms of most words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who, whose, whom'', or ''marry, marries, married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. In Czech, any word may have different forms, depending on how it is used. This word list gives the standard form of each Czech word. The endings of Czech words in a document often differ from what you find in this list. | ||
'''''Surnames | '''''Surnames''''' | ||
Surnames will have the added ending '''-ová''' or '''-á''' if the person referred to is female: | |||
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''Surname''<br> Novák<br> Pleva<br> Novotný<br> | |||
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''+ female ending''<br> | |||
Nováková<br> | |||
Plevová<br> | |||
Novotná<br> | |||
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Surname | |||
Novák - Nováková | Novák - Nováková | ||
Pleva - | Pleva - Nováková | ||
Novotný - Novotná | Novotný - Novotná | ||
'''''Gender | '''''Gender''''' | ||
Czech words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe the singular and plural forms of Czech words must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings: | |||
This word list gives only the singular masculine form of adjectives. Thus, ''starý, stará, staré,''and ''staří''(all forms of “old”) are listed here as ''starý.'' <br> | This word list gives only the singular masculine form of adjectives. Thus, ''starý, stará, staré,''and ''staří''(all forms of “old”) are listed here as ''starý.'' <br> | ||