Nominative Cheatsheets

Quick visual references for all Nominative patterns.

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Core Concepts

Concept	Key Point
Function	Subject of sentence, dictionary form
Question	Kdo? Co? (Who? What?)
Key skill	Gender identification & plural formation

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Available Cheatsheets

• Gender Identification - How to identify masculine, feminine, neuter
• Plural Formation - Singular → Plural patterns
• Adjectives - Adjective agreement

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Gender Quick Reference

Ending	Gender	Examples
-a	Feminine	žena, kniha, škola
-o	Neuter	město, auto, okno
-e	Check!	moře (n), růže (f), soudce (m)
-í	Neuter	stavení, nádraží
Consonant	Usually Masculine	student, hrad, muž

Exceptions

• Some -a nouns are masculine: táta, kolega, Honza
• Some consonant nouns are feminine: kost, věc, noc

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Plural Quick Reference

Masculine

Type	Ending	Example
Animate hard	-i	student → studenti
Animate soft	-i	muž → muži
Inanimate hard	-y	hrad → hrady
Inanimate soft	-e	stroj → stroje

Feminine

Type	Ending	Example
-a	-y	žena → ženy
-e	-e	růže → růže
consonant	-i	kost → kosti

Neuter

Type	Ending	Example
-o	-a	město → města
-e	-e	moře → moře
-í	-í	stavení → stavení

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Adjective Quick Reference

Hard Adjectives

Gender	Singular	Plural
Masc.	nový	noví/é
Fem.	nová	nové
Neut.	nové	nová

Soft Adjectives

All forms: cizí (same everywhere)

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