"We do not want to age either."

Translation: Stárnout nechceme ani my.

[BrandonCas821536]

Please explain why "my" is necessary here but in other cases we is understood.

[Renardo_11]

Without “my” the word “ani” would have nothing to refer to. The English “either” makes a distinction between “we” and somebody else who does not want to age. So there is an emphasis (or opposition) on “we.”

[BrandonCas821536]

Thanks for the clarification.

[imaldastar]

oh wow, great to know!

[AgnusOinas]

If you take a different approach and translate it as "My také nechceme stárnout" then you can omit the pronoun and have "Také nechceme stárnout" with the stress on "we" completely removed. But the word "ani" cannot stand alone, it needs something to bind to.

[BoneheadBass]

I am learning, too, so this is a guess.... It's probably there for emphasis, like "WE don't want to age either." As I understand it, a word to be emphasized is often placed at the end of the sentence.

[walkinwolk]

There is nothing in the sentence to imply emphasis, like an exclamation point. This totally confuses me.

[BoneheadBass]

You're absolutely right about that, and it's true of A LOT of these sentences. Without context, it's awfully difficult for us to know what is in the "speaker's" head. Also, sometimes someone says that emphasized words tend to be placed at the end of a sentence, then at another time someone else says that XXX is at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis. Those two statements may not be mutually exclusive, in terms of Czech grammar and word order, but it IS very confusing when you're your're trying to learn the language and your head is about to explode! :-)

[imaldastar]

thank you for letting me know i'm not alone

[walkinwolk]

Thanks - l’m going to quit worrying about it and just parrot back whatever they seem to want.

[Adam887456]

Why "My také nechceme stárnout." is not correct?

[kacenka9]

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[dsarkarati]

"My ani nechceme starnout." Is this incorrect?

[VladaFu]

No, here we have "ani my" "not even us". And in your sentence it would be "ani nechceme" "we don't even want".

[bistvan1]

Is there any difference in meaning between "Stárnout nechceme ani my" and "Stárnout nechceme my ani" ? or last one is just incorrect?

[VladaFu]

The other sentence is just incorrect, ani is a conjunction that comes before something it negates.

Some exceptions can be found in poetry where the word order often changes to follow some rythmic pattern.

[judygunson]

nechceme starnout ani my ???? why is this wrong?

[VladaFu]

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