"That is an old man."

Translation: To je starý člověk.

[CodyJanek]

Why isn't it "ten je starý muž?"

[VladaFu]

It must be "To je...", this is the common "to je/je to" pattern.

[Ju3pt]

So you can use "starý člověk" for old woman aswell by changing "to je" to... what?

[VladaFu]

No, you must have completely misunderstood me.

To je starý člověk To je starý muž. To je stará žena. To je staré dítě.

vs.

Ten člověk je starý. Ten muž je starý. Ta žena je stará. To dítě je staré.

In the first group the noun is in the predicate and the adjective is its modifier (attfibute).

Innthe other group the noun is the subject and the adjective is in the predicate.

[mcarpenter215]

why not muž? How do I capitilize the "ž" on a Czech keyboard?

[VladaFu]

muž is accepted

Ž = ˇ and then Z