"Ty šaty jsou dlouhé."

Translation: The dresses are long.

[EilatBenEl]

How do I know it's plural? One dress would also be šaty

[VladaFu]

You don't. How do you know if "those trousers" are singular or plural?

[EilatBenEl]

Well, in English there's a difference between "The dresses are long" and "The dress is long". I suppose in Czech it depends on context... Thanks for your reply!

[VladaFu]

For dresses yes, but for trousers, scissors, eyeglasses?

[vorobeika]

Why it cannot be "this dress is long"?

[Nemesis_NaR]

That would be "Tyto šaty". The course insists on the difference between "The dress" and "this dress".

[Robert.1974]

Jak poznáte množné číslo z TY ŠATY jsou dlouhé
The dress is long ÷ the dresses are long

[VladaFu]

See above. (you can't)

[EmperorChlcken]

So 'jsou' can also be used for singular? Would 'Ty saty je dlouhe' be incorrect? Thank you for the support!

[svrsheque]

no. "Ty šaty jsou dlouhé." stays the same no matter how many of them. like "Those pants are long." in english. and yes, i know that "pants" are not "šaty".

[Tiko_Czech]

why "clothes" is incorrect?

[AgnusOinas]

Today, "šaty" normally means spefically women's dress, not just "clothes" in general - that's "oblečení".

Using "šaty" for "clothes" is bookish or dialectal now.