A2 · Elementar Capítulo 23

The Genitive Case

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Unlock the power of possession and quantity by mastering the Czech genitive case.

  • Identify the correct endings for masculine and neuter nouns.
  • Apply genitive markers to feminine nouns.
  • Express relationships like 'the car of my father' or 'a glass of water'.
Master the art of belonging and quantity.

O que você vai aprender

Expressing possession, quantity, and origin. Learn the singular endings for the genitive case.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: correctly modify masculine and neuter nouns to show possession or origin.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: use the genitive case with feminine nouns to accurately describe quantities.

Dicas e truques (2)

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Animate vs Inanimate

Remember: people/animals take -a, things take -u.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter
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Check the preposition

Always look for 'do', 'od', 'z' before the noun.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Feminine

Vocabulário-chave (6)

pán gentleman auto car kniha book sklenice glass konec end voda water

Real-World Preview

coffee

At the Café

Review Summary

  • Noun + a/u
  • Noun -a + y/i

Erros comuns

You forgot to decline the noun. Possession always requires the genitive case ending.

Wrong: To je auto pán.
Correto: To je auto pána.

Quantity requires the genitive case for the following noun.

Wrong: Sklenice voda.
Correto: Sklenice vody.

Even though it is the end of an object, the object itself must be in the genitive case.

Wrong: Konec kniha.
Correto: Konec knihy.

Next Steps

You are doing amazing. Every case you learn makes you sound more like a native speaker!

Label objects in your house and write down their 'genitive' form.

Continue to: The Dative Case

Prática rápida (8)

Fill in the correct Genitive form.

Nemám ___ (pes).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: psa
Animate masculine takes -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter

Choose the correct form.

To je auto ___ (bratr).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: bratra
Possession requires Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter

Choose the correct preposition.

___ (bez) mého psa.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Bez
Bez takes Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Jsem z Praha.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Jsem z Prahy.
Z + Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Feminine

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Nemám tužky.
Nemám + Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Feminine

Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Nemám auto.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Nemám auta
Negated verbs require Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter

Fill in the correct form.

Potřebuji pomoc ___ (otec).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: otce
Possession requires Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Masculine and Neuter

Fill in the correct form.

Jdu do ___ (škola).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: školy
Do + Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Singular: Feminine

Score: /8

Perguntas comuns (4)

Because it is a masculine animate noun, which takes the -a ending in the Genitive.
Use -u for masculine inanimate nouns (things).
It's a historical rule to mark possession and specific prepositions.
No, -e stays -e.
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