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I saw this translation: 'good young wife'. It's very disturbing that the answers differ al the time for the same words...
Because žena could mean either, depending on context. At many, but not all, situations the word ŽENA can mean wife. Most of the time it means WOMAN but at certain times, specially when preceded by possesive pronoun like MY, HIS, etc. it means WIFE only.
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That is true, but, indeed, we have even more ways, how to say "wife". There is for example a special word, with just this meaning, which is "manželka", so I would prefer using that. Especially since "žena" is confusing for beginners.
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Why do words in slavic languages seem to mix together? This sounds like dobram lada zena how does one know which sounds to attach to the preceding word
It is the same for any language. At least any I have ever learned or tried to. It sounds like 3 distinctively separate words to me. When i listen to a French sentence.... different story. It all sounds like one word... It will get better with time
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Don't worry, once you learn the vocab and get used to the language, you will distinguish the words easily. I remember as a kid not speaking English, everything sounded gibberish and I couldn't tell words apart either.
