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- "Na kterého Františka čekáte?"
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This is a strange sentence to include, I could understand all the words in it but had no idea what it meant. The concept of multiple Františeks makes sense but this could be a confusing sentence for learners.
I agree with you that it makes perfect literal sense. Unusual questions and questions about unusual situations can be good examples, as the learner has to stop and consider whether they understood correctly.
That would carry the implication of a regular repeating activity, such as “which F do you wait for on Tuesdays”. I don’t know enough Czech to know whether that would disqualify it in this case, but I am a highly educated native English speaker living in the UK so I know about the English!
Well, 'do you wait for?' can also be one-off. It is normally accepted in Duo Czech, but not here.
That sounds to odd to not use the continuous tense here. That sure is possible but is also very unusual - as if one were waiting for a František every day, which is what the present simple tense in your sentence implies.
The sentence itself is very unusual. I mean, you are rarely (to not say never) waiting for multiple Frantisek :/
What do you mean? It's written that the translation is "Which František are you waiting for?", so theoretically there are many Frantisked and you could be waiting for them
You are only waiting for one Frantisek in this sentence. In an office where several Frantisek work. You step outside and there are a couple of guys waiting at the door:
- Who are you waiting for?
- We are waiting for Frantisek
- Which Frantisek are you waiting for?
- Frantisek Kundera
accusative
locative is used with locations (na Františkovi - on František), dative is not used with na at all
