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- "Jaký je František?"
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I was in Prague in June 2016 and noticed King Charles was really popular there, featured in all sorts of monuments and tourist attractions. At one point I saw a street exhibition titled Jaký byl? with explanations about reconstructions and the like of what he was like as a person.
Much like "How's your sandwich?", which does not ask how your sandwich is feeling, but more or less about its performance in your assessment, we could possibly use the Czech question to ask about the new hire František. This is why we added How is František? as an accepted translation.
Not really. Jaký je František is a question about his character, his size, his personality, etc. What is František is more of a question asking if František is a person or a dog, if he is a doctor or a mechanic. Those would be "Co je František" or "Čím je František" respectively.
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If you know that František was not feeling well yesterday, and you want to ask how he is feeling today, how would you say "How is František today?"
I thought the same, however it was marked as correct! Though given the rest of the discussion here, it probably shouldn't be, as it has the sense of 'how is he feeling' rather than permanent characteristics.
I answered "Which is Frantisek", which was marked incorrect. My Czech partner's initial answer was the same as @kacenka9, but also said that in the context of standing in front of a group of people, "Which is Frantisek" would be OK.
Jak, jaký is how, correct? So why is How is František? incorrect. Is it not ok to say 'how is' when referring to a person's health or wellbeing
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ion1122 has already answered your question. They are not the same.
Also, think of jaký, jaká, jaké (there are also plural forms) as adjectival words. So, when you ask about someone using those question words, in a way, an adjective is expected in answer. In general, anything to describe that person will be a valid response.
Things to remember:
jak is like an adverb, the answer is expected to qualify the verb (whatever the main verb in your question happens to be).
jaký is like an adjective (it has genders and plural forms), the answer is expected to qualify the person / thing that is the object of your question.
I don't understand the declination of jaky, from one sentence to an other it changes but why? it has always the same place, and the other question words doesn't change. Can someone explain it to me? thanks
It has the same declination as all hard adjectives, for example "mladý".
singular masculine animate nominative: jaký --> accusative: jakého
singular masculine inanimate nominative: jaký --> accusative: jaký
singular feminine nominative: jaká --> accusative: jakou
singular neuter nominative: jaké --> accusative: jaké
...then there are 5 other cases as well as plural forms.
thank you, and it accord itself with the "position" of the answer, if we ask something about the subject it will be nominative and if we ask about ( I don't have the word in English but in French it's a COD) like what kind of apple do you like it'll be at the accusative right?
Based on your example, you are asking about the "object" of the werb and, yes, in your example, "apple" would be in the accusative.
I added the text below to the Tips & Notes for Questions 1. (In the browser version of Duo, including on mobile devices, Tips & Notes come up when you click on the light bulb in the lesson launch pop-up.)
This exercise comes before we introduce our second case, so I avoided talking about declension.
- Jaký and který behave like hard adjectives and change forms depending on gender, so we may get jaká, jaké, která, or které.
- The remaining question words do not change with gender, but some of them will change in other ways later on in the course.
What kind of boy or what sort of boy is similar to what is he like in english
