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- "Máš v pivu mouchu."
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If the translation includes "your + beer", why isn't "your + beer" included in the original sentences?
Czech does not use possessive pronouns the same way as english. The verb already shows the ownership. When we say for example Máš v kapse klíč. (You have a key in your pocket) - MÁŠ - shows that we speak about you. V KAPSE -the pocket is on your clothes so it can be only yours and there is no need to emphasize it with a possesive pronoun. KLÍČ- when there is no possesive pronoun then the key belongs to you. When there is a possesive pronoun then the key belongs to that person according to the pronoun.
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Does it work in other side too? That when translating from Czech to English we need to add possessive pronoun. So "You have a fly in the beer" - is not a correct translation? Or it is acceptable too?
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Neither of the following "translations" is idiomatic English:
1. You have a fly in a beer.
2. You have a fly in the beer.
On the other hand, you do not always need the personal possessive pronoun in English. All the following are correct,with different meanings:
1. You have a beer in the fridge.
2. You have a beer in a fridge.
3. You have a beer in your fridge.
What does it depend of, if a neutrum changes to -u or -e ending? Pivo - Pivu Slovo- Slove Can't be the thing with soft and hard letters from my understanding.
v/o pivu or v/o pivě, v/o slovu or ve/o slově, v/o městu or ve/o městě? Both are possible, there is a whole article about the preferences (point 2 in http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?id=260) but it is a bit too much to translate now.
