"Ve dvě hodiny jsem tam viděla čtrnáct ovcí."

Translation: At two o'clock, I saw fourteen sheep there.

[Jeff448012]

I don't understand why it's Ve instead of just V.

[A_purrfect_cat]

It's always "ve" when the next word starts with 2 consonants or with "v" or "f"

[IreneWainw]

And the second consonant is not l, r or ř, unless the first consonant is t, d, s or z ( as in tři) in which case it is ve.

[endless_sleeper]

To ease pronunciation.

[valca_]

because it is better pronounced

[Adam887456]

Why this translation is wrong - At two I saw there fourteen sheep.

[Paul440375]

The word order is wrong I think. You should put "there" at the end of the sentence.

[venik212]

Paul-- putting "there" at the end is often the thing to do, but there are other, sometime better alternatives. In any event, the word order proposed (...I saw there...) is perfectly correct English. IMHO, these frequent discussions about the word order in the English version are helpful only if they illuminate something about the Czech sentence. Here I can see no nuance that is missed by the alternative word order, but obviously I am Czech-deaf.

[VladaFu]

I do not thing it is intentionally excluded, feel free to report as missing using the appropriate button.

[venik212]

I often do.

[Mars63]

How would one say 'in two hours I saw....' as in 'during a two-hour time period'?

[VladaFu]

Za dvě hodiny, Během dvou hodin

[Mars63]

Thanks