3.2 – Accusative Singular of Nouns

In this lesson we will learn about more places the accusative singular is used in Czech. Remember that the accusative is used for direct objects, i.e. the recipient of the action of the verb. The following sentence in English have their direct objects underlined.

Jan is eating pizza.

Karel and Marek are drinking beer.

They see the professor.

We are eating goulash and rice.

Some other verbs that you will find with the accusative:

chtěl bych / chtěla bych – I would like (see 3.5 – chtěl bych / chtěla bych – ‘I would like…’)

pít (see 3.4 – the verb pít – to drink for conjugation)

mít – to have

kupovat – to buy

and many more

Accusative endings for nouns in Czech are given in the table below:

	MA	MI	F	N
Hard stem	-a pstruha	-Ø česnek	-u kávu	-o pivo
Soft stem	-e sumce[1]	-Ø čaj	-i učebnici   -Ø láhev (like kolej)   -Ø sladkost (like věc)	-e vejce   -í koření

Jan jí pizzu.

Jan is eating pizza.

Karel a Marek pijou pivo.

Karel and Marek are drinking beer.

Chtěl bych pstruha.

I’d like trout.

Jíme guláš a rýži.

We are eating goulash and rice.

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