"Why do sheep eat it?"
Translation:Proč jej žerou ovce?
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Both the neuter demonstrative pronoun "to" and the neuter personal pronoun "ono" can function as the English "it". Those were the nominative forms. The accusative of "to" is also "to". The accusative of "ono" is "ho", "je", and "jej" (equivalent except for applicable sentence positions) without a preposition, and "ně" and "něj" (equivalent) after a preposition.
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It's the accusative (with no preposition) so it would be "jej." I'm assuming it could also be "ho" or "je" also, but I don't recall whether or not there are special rules for those.
From Duolingo: Some of the forms can only appear in the second position in the clause (like the verb particle se). These "clitics" are the forms listed in italics [tě, ho]. Using these outside of the second position is an error, except when a higher priority second-place item, such as the verb particle, pushes the pronoun to the right. Using the two-syllable alternatives to the clitics in the second position tends to be emphatic, sometimes to the point of clashing with the ordering in the rest of the sentence, and thus also an error.
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/cs/Personal-Pronouns/tips-and-notes
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To máte pravdu, ale pořád to nevysvětluje proč není přijímám předklad: Proč to ovce jí?
No to právě vysvětluje :))
- Jedna ovce jí.
- Dvě ovce jedí.
https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?slovo=j%C3%ADst
Čili:
- Proč to ovce jí/žere? -- Why does a/the sheep eat it?
- Proč to ovce jedí/žerou? -- Why do sheep eat it?