"hezká Žofie"

Translation: pretty Žofie

[Butterkohl]

"Hezka" is translated as pretty/nice, but "nice Zofie" is a mistake... this is zvlastni :)

[JanLyko]

Hezký as nice is acceptable for inanimate objects. House, car, shoes...

But when you say NICE about people in English you are talking about their inner beauty. About them being good pleasant people. Nothing to do with a shape of their nose or other features. HEZKÝ though only talks about what things look like. She can be pretty (hezká) but a completely nasty person.

[mcarpenter215]

Thanks, JanLyko. Great description.

[I2cGAc67]

I appreciate your telling us the Czech word for "nice" as applied to people. That's a useful word to know! But whereas you are telling us the word for "nice" is "zvlastni," Duolingo tells us that "zvlastni" means "strange." ?

[VladaFu]

It does mean that...

[RodrigoDavis]

Beautiful Žofie - not correct?

[VladaFu]

As always in this course, beautifil is too strong for hezká. Use it for krásná.

[BoySimangunsong]

So 'beautiful' would suite 'krásná' better than 'hezká'?

[BoneheadBass]

Correct. "Beautiful" is a stronger word than "pretty".

[PavlaMikula]

Isn't the english translation of the name Žofie, Sophie?

[JanLyko]

It is. But we do NOT translate names in this course.

[mcarpenter215]

What would be a better translation of "beautiful žofie"? What about "Sexy žofie"? Could "sexy žofie" also be added as an acceptable translation to English, JANLYKO, VLADFU, anybody??

[VladaFu]

no, English sexy is sexy in Czech. Beatiful is krásná.

[Darie446898]

Nice should be correvt. It is synonym of pretty....

[AgnusOinas]

Not when you talk about people. A nice person is acting nicely, but a pretty person is good-looking.