Czech/Basics

Personal pronouns

In Czech there are ten personal pronouns. Czech uses two different pronouns for the English "you". Each third person singular pronoun got its own counterpart in plural (while only they is used in English).

Let's take a look at the table with the primary forms (nominative) of the Czech personal pronouns :

number	person	gender	English	Czech	Pronunciation /IPA/
singular	1st	mas., fem., neut.	I	já	[jaː]
	2nd	mas., fem., neut.	you	ty	[tɪ]
	3rd	mas.	he	on	[ɔn]
		fem.	she	ona	[ɔna]
		neut.	it	ono	[ɔnɔ]
plural	1st	mas., fem., neut.	we	my	[mɪ]
	2nd	mas., fem., neut.	you	vy	[vɪ]
	3rd	mas.	they	oni	[ɔɲɪ]
		fem.	they	ony	[ɔnɪ]
		neut.	they	ona	[ɔna]

For declination of the Czech personal pronouns and for details about them, see section Czech/Pronouns.

Important verbs

To be

The translation of to be is být [biːt]. It is pronounced in the same way like the English word beat.

		English	Czech	Pronunciation /IPA/
singular	1st person	I am	já jsem	[jaː sɛm]
	2nd person	you are	ty jsi	[tɪ sɪ]
	3rd person	he/she/it is	on/ona/ono je	[ɔn/ɔna/ɔnɔ jɛ]
plural	1st person	we are	my jsme	[mɪ smɛ]
	2nd person	you are	vy jste	[vɪ stɛ]
	3rd person	they are	oni/ony jsou	[ɔɲɪ/ɔnɪ/ɔna soʊ̯]

To have

The translation of to have is mít [miːt]. It is pronounced in the same way like the English word meat.

		English	Czech	Pronunciation /IPA/
singular	1st person	I have	já mám	[jaː maːm]
	2nd person	you have	ty máš	[tɪ maːʃ]
	3rd person	he/she/it has	on/ona/ono má	[ɔn/ɔna/ɔnɔ maː]
plural	1st person	we have	my máme	[mɪ maːmɛ]
	2nd person	you have	vy máte	[vɪ maːtɛ]
	3rd person	they have	oni/ony mají	[ɔɲɪ/ɔnɪ/ɔna majiː]