"Vidíš ty barvy?"

Translation: Do you see the colors?

[bright_flash]

Am I correct that "ty" can mean both "the/those" and "you" here? Pretty interesting sentence.

[ValaCZE]

No here ty means only "the/those". But can ask "Ty ty barvy vidíš?" (first ty means "you" and the second means "the/those"). ;)

[JanisaChatte]

Is it ever allowed to put the pronoun after the verb in Czech? My first instinct was to translate this sentence as "Do you see colours?"

[bright_flash]

But what if we ask a color-blind person? So we ask if a person generally sees colors or not. Could we use the same question meaning "ty" as "you" or it'd be better to rephrase it?

[ValaCZE]

If you want to ask if someone is able to see colors, you ask: "Vidíš/Vidíte barvy?" or "Barvy vidíš/vidíte?" Or if you are surprised that some person is able to see colors, you ask "Ty vidíš/Vy vidíte barvy?"

There is no need to use the pronoun because the verb ending shows what person we talk about.

[tnova]

Why is "Do you see colors" counted as incorrect?

[VladaFu]

ty barvy is very specific for those colors or the colors

[FQGfV]

Why is "Do you see those colors" not accepted?

[VladaFu]

It is. Please use the report button and check for typos.