"Jsou veliká?"

Translation: Are they big?

[FutureOfDenmark]

I just got Jsou veliké and Jsou veliká towards....Now i am tryna to find difference(which one is used for(masculine and etc.))

[endless_sleeper]

I suggest reading the provided tips and notes sections that are accesible on Duolingo web version.

[Caprice1510]

Masculine is probably velike, velika is feminine? If that's what you are asking

[VladaFu]

As it is plural, it is not feminine, it is neuter: singular veliké, plural veliká.

[ZuskaRose]

Given that it is plural neuter, would you ask this of a group of boys and girls together? Or would you ask this about a group of things?
Thanks!

[VladaFu]

It is a grammatical gender, not a natural gender. It refers to Czech words that are grammatically neuter. děvčata (girls), auta (cars), moře (seas), města (cities, towns),...

[Chris-Karel]

Is this from "velký"? Why isn't it velká, as the declension chart I found says?

[AgnusOinas]

"Jsou velká" is also accepted.

"velký" and "veliký" are synonyms. I'd say that "veliký" is a bit stronger, but I suppose it's subjective.

[Chris-Karel]

Ok, it is a different but equivalent word. Děkuji!

[im.Andrew]

Does "Jsou velikÁ?" means "Are (something neuter) big?"?

[nueby]

Do you read the Tips & Notes? This is from To be pl.:

In the plural nominative form, soft adjective endings stay the same -í across all genders. The hard adjectives differ in endings between the genders predictably:

• -í in animate masculine, e.g., mladí muži (young men)
• -é in inanimate masculine, e.g., velké stromy (big trees)
• -é in feminine, e.g., mladé ženy (young women)
• -á in neuter, e.g., malá zvířata (small animals)

The consonant shift from k to c also impacts the animate masculine hard adjective before the -í ending. Thus we get from velký kluk (big boy) to velcí kluci (big boys).

[Karen223033]

So, reading this thread..
..jsou velika vs.
..jsou velicí..
..both meaning 'are they big?'
Is the latter a collection of animate male things/people/animals whereas the former being a collection of female animate things? TIA :)

[AgnusOinas]

"velicí" is a collection of masculine animate entities, "veliká" is for neuter objects. Feminine objects would be "veliké" and there is no distinction of animacy in the feminine gender. I mean, all this information is comprehensively shown in the Tips & Notes - as well as in the excerpt shown just above this, in nueby's comment.