Jakého

Jakého is a Czech word that functions as a genitive masculine or neuter form of the interrogative pronoun "jaký" (what kind of, which) or the relative pronoun "jaký" (who, which, that). Its usage depends on the grammatical context within a sentence.

As an interrogative pronoun, "jakého" is used to ask about the quality or type of a masculine or neuter noun in the genitive case. For example, "Jakého muže jsi potkal?" translates to "What kind of man did you meet?". Here, "jakého" modifies "muže" (man), which is in the genitive case. Similarly, "Jakého názoru jsi?" means "What is your opinion?". In this case, "názoru" (opinion) is a neuter noun in the genitive.

As a relative pronoun, "jakého" introduces a subordinate clause and refers back to a masculine or neuter noun in the genitive case in the main clause. For instance, "Ten člověk, jakého jsem viděl, byl velmi starý." translates to "The man whom I saw was very old." The pronoun "jakého" refers back to "člověk" (man), which is masculine and implicitly in the genitive due to the sentence structure. Another example could be "Kniha, jakého jsem se obával, byla neuvěřitelná." meaning "The book, which I had feared, was incredible." Here, "jakého" relates to "kniha" (book), which, while feminine in isolation, is treated in a way that requires the genitive masculine/neuter form in this specific relative clause construction.