"Not even after twenty years could he forget about the woman?"

Translation: Ani po dvaceti letech na tu ženu nemohl zapomenout?

[dsarkarati]

The sentence is a statement, not a question. To be a question, it would have to be: " Couldn't he forget about the woman even after twenty years?" or "Even after twenty years, couldn't he forget about the woman?"

[BrianG1941]

Why in the second phrase does na tu zenu come before nemohl zapomenout, why can't it come between these two parts of a verb?

[VladaFu]

You mean "Ani po dvaceti letech nemohl na tu ženu zapomenout?" I can't see much difference from the main translation, just perhaps some stress. I will add it.

[BrianG1941]

Thank you for your prompt reply. You are right in your supposition

[Praha2017]

''Nemohl ani po dvaceti letech zapomenout na tu ženu?'' should be an acceptable word order, I think.

[Esus111138]

In this case there are lots of possible orders with subtle nuances in stress and rythm of speach. Czech word order is stressfull... (if you see what I did there :-D )

[VladaFu]

Something is not as smooth as it should be, I would expect some continuation on a relative clause: "... na tu ženu, kterou ...". Stressing "na tu ženu" just like you propose sounds a bit incomplete or just strange. But I can't find any strong enough objection so I will add it.

[nueby]

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