"Vidím malého koně."

Translation: I see a small horse.

[AntonioBuc16]

Why is it malého and not malé in this case? Malého means it is singular?

[Takis007]

Yes.
Vidím malého koně - one horse.
Vidím malé koně - two (three, four) horses

[OrionDesce]

I see...

[julia_c_k]

How do I know that it's singular and not plural? Through the adjective?

[SeanMeaneyPL]

Exactly.

[SeanMeaneyPL]

Accusative plural would be Vidim malé kone, I suppose?

[Takis007]

Vidím malé koně.

[SeanMeaneyPL]

Yes, thanks. I can't make the inverted circumflex on the e, unfortunately.

[NeilMcQ]

It's called a haček :-)

[Takis007]

Not "haček" but "háček" :-)

[J_Par]

This looks like it's in genitive case. Why?

[Nemesis_NaR]

No, it's accusative. But genitive looks exactly the same that's true.

[J_Par]

Ok, thanks! That makes sense.

[wyqtor]

But only in the case of animals and people (not objects)

[RMSuchy44]

Why kone and not kun?

[VladaFu]

The accusative case for the direct object. See the Tips.

[kartik24somani]

Why does the English translation- "I can see a small horse" incorrect?

[AgnusOinas]

That is accepted.

We have no new report so I can't tell you what you actually entered.

[kartik24somani]

Ok. Actually, I didn't report it. First, wanted to confirm if my answer was wrong or not.

[AgnusOinas]

Whenever you think your answer might be correct, please feel free to report it -- perhaps just double check it for spelling errors / typos.

In most cases, where someone's answer is rejected, it's because there are typos in it (and when a misspelled word happens to be a different existing word, the software usually doesn't count it as just a typo).

[kartik24somani]

Ok. I will keep that in mind, Agnus! Thanks for always helping.

[ArnavDutta11]

What's the difference between "malého" and "malou"?

[BoneheadBass]

Malého is used with singular masculine animate nouns (genitive and accusative), singular masculine INanimate nouns (genitive only), and singular neuter nouns (genitive only).

Malou is used only with singular feminine nouns (accusative and instrumental).

You can see the full declension table here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mal%C3%BD#Declension. Click on Czech / Declension / Show if the table is not immediately visible.

[KENNETHGBU]

vidim maleho sounds like medim a maleho when spoken. I hear this same thing often.

[BoneheadBass]

What you're hearing with the back-to-back combination of vidím and malého is the full pronunciation of the "m" that ends the first word and the "m" that begins the second. In Czech, each letter is fully pronounced; in English, the first "m" would just be run into the second, and the combination would be pronounced as a single "m." FWIW, I hear vidím with the "v" at the beginning, not with an "m."

[AgnusOinas]

Yes, and if the two "m"s were run together, it would end up meaning "he/she sees" (vidí...), that's why we must pronounce both of them.

[BoneheadBass]

Oooooooh, good point; I didn't even think of that! Now every time I run into one of these situations, I'll be trying to figure out what, if anything, the consonants-run-together version might mean. :-)

[AgnusOinas]

Anything ending+beginning with "m" is a good candidate of course :) Also "š":

• Mám málo času. -- vs. Má málo času.
• Chceš šlehačku? -- vs. Chce šlehačku? (šlehačka = whipped cream)

But of course, context also helps, so in practice it's usually enough to just hold the consonant a bit longer. Pausing between them is careful/clear articulation.