"dobrá mladá žena"
Translation:good young woman
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Hi. I have spoken about the use of žena to mean woman or wife in regards to another question "čekám na ženu" And I received a great answer :- Both (wife/woman and žena/manželka) are accepted now, here and in the reverse exercise. But I think the important take-away is that when žena is without a possessive pronoun and with no other clarifying modifier, it it almost always understood as "wife." So what is it that I am missing here that tells me this sentence is referring to a woman and not a wife? Would something be considered to be a clarifying modified maybe ?? Thankyou for your help.
I'm native AmE and I understand your dilemma!
FWIW, for me the question would be: What is it about this sentence fragment that would tell me I'm referring to a wife and not a woman? While both translations are accepted, I would just expect the phrase to be used more often when referring to a woman then when referring than to a wife.
I can easily imagine someone using "good young woman" as a description in many contexts, so "real world" use would likely remove the confusion. Another factor, for me, would be that "woman" is the primary translation of žena, while "wife" is more of a special usage, so I'd probably go with "woman," absent clear context.
No, it is not silent and the pronunciation is excelent here. Try also forvo.com for real people recordings.
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Is it just me, or does the pronunciation of dobrá in the fast and the slow version sond like dobreá? Is that the correct pronunciation?