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This adjective can only be used predicatively, not attributively. Like glad, it expresses a propositional attitude.
This word actually agrees with the subject, but in meaning, it essentially describes the verb. It is often mistaken to be an adverb.
It is used with a verb describing an activity to show that the subject likes, liked, will or would like to execute that activity.
Rád zpíval. ― He liked singing (literally, He, glad, sang. )
Raději se předvádí. ― She likes better to show off.
Ráda nám pomůže. ― She'll be glad to help us.
Co bych udělal nejraději? ― What would I like to do best?
Its common use with the preposition za is usually considered stylistically inappropriate and colloquial. The use of a subordinate clause or the dative case is recommended although the dative case can sound dated.
Jsem tomu rád. / Jsem rád, že se to stalo. ― I'm glad about that. / I'm glad it happened.
Jsem za to rád. (colloquial) ― I'm glad about that.
“rád”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024