"How many women loved you?"

Translation: Kolik žen tě milovalo?

[simeki]

Why is it ¨milovalO¨ and not ¨milovalY¨ since it is more than one woman?

[walkinwolk]

Mám stejnou otazku.

[VladaFu]

You use neuter with kolik. Kolik substitutes the subject in the sentence here. "žen" cannot be the subject of the sentence as it it in the genitive case.

[Peter473545]

OK, so I get that kolik becomes the subject, but why is it singular, since it would almost always be referring to multiple "doers". Why milovalo and not milovala?

[A_purrfect_cat]

I think i remember there being a sentence that also started with kolik and ended with the subject that was asked for. So i'm wondering: why can't i say "kolik tě milovalo žen?"?...... Or is the Problem the position of tě here and "kolik milovalo tě žen?" would work?

Thx in advance for your help!
=)

[endless_sleeper]

No, your sentence is correct. The difference as usual lies in what is being emphasized: Kolik žen tě MILOVALO? vs Kolik tě milovalo ŽEN?

It has been missing, which is embarrassing. I've added it to the list of acceptable translations.

[VladaFu]

Kolik tě milovalo žen? is correct.

Kolik milovalo tě žen? is incorrect, tě must be second position.

We may have a problem in the accepted forms list.