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- "Je to hezká dívka?"
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Why is "is the girl pretty" not acceptable. I thought "to" was demonstrative rather than pronoun? In other words why isn't the translation of the above "ona je hezka divka". Sorry as we English say, I don't know how to get accents on my keyboard.
"Demonstratives" can be demonstrative pronouns, or they can be demonstrative adjectives.
This car is mine. "This" is a demonstrative adjective.
Whose car is this? "This" is a pronoun."
This tip briefly, and incompletely, discusses "demonstratives." https://www.duolingo.com/skill/cs/Masculine/tips-and-notes
Va-diim,
IN English "this" would be a demonstrative PRONOUN, and not a noun. (A PROnoun substitutes for a noun.)
I assume the same is true in Czech (Namely, its a demonstrative pronoun.
This tip confirms what I say, I believe. https://www.duolingo.com/skill/cs/Masculine/tips-and-notes
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so far 'hezky' means: pretty/nice/cute/handsome. all words are from this course. when I checked CZ-PL dictionary it gave me a word: 'ładny' which means 'pretty' or 'beautiful'. I didn't take a translation 'nice' from nowhere - it was on duolingo earlier