"They are strange!"

Translation: Jsou zvláštní!

[samerickson89]

Why isn't "to jsou" acceptable in this case?

[VladaFu]

Because it does not work here. Here you are refering to some they and give them some adjective, there is no other object. Compare with: Those are strange people. To jsou zvláštní lidé.

[2200Lucia60]

Are "Jsou oni zvláštní" or "Jsou ony zvláštní" possible alternative translations? Probably not, because it was rejected. Though, I would like to know why.. thx.

[Jamie08MD]

"Jsou oni zvláštní?" is a word order of a question. If it was to be a statement, it would sound too poetic.

"Jsou zvláštní." is a neutral statement, if you want to emphasize that THEY are weird/strange, you put it in the initial position "Oni jsou zvláštní." or to emphasize the word "zvláštní", you say "Zvláštní jsou oni."

[SeanMeaneyPL]

Jsou to zvlastni should also be right, surely?

[kacenka9]

Sorry, but no. "Jsou to zvláštní.... what?" It is kind of as if you said in English, "they are the strange"

[SeanMeaneyPL]

I understand, I think. So you would not say "Jsou to zvlastni hrady"? but you could say "Jsou ty vlastni hrady"? or "Ci jsou to zvlastni hrady?" All these to's and ty's are hard to process.

[ion1122]

Suppose I insert a noun instead of an adjective. For example: Jsou to zvířata. Is that correct, meaning 'they are animals'?

[AbhiBernammers]

"Ti jsou zvláštní!" was marked incorrect. Why?

[uvlalid]

I might be wrong, but I think that would translate to "Those are strange!".

[UIPBSpgf]

Why is, "ty jsou zvláštní" incorrect, please?

[VladaFu]

That would be "Those are strange." as uvlalid commented before.