"Dozvěděl jsem se, že umřel František."

Translation: I learned that František had died.

[tompw89]

I'm two-thirds into the story and now you kill off František!

[DeniseSchl5]

He must have eaten more of the red mushrooms than Matěj. Poor František.

[Kat797431]

chudáček :'(

[DaliborNovy]

"I have learned (/learnt) that František had died." Is it really a nonsense? Because then I can find out that it was fake news... It is expected in this story. He is the main character and we are not at the end at all :-)

[BoneheadBass]

IF František is well and truly dead, there are several ways to say that you learned about it. Unfortunately, "I HAVE learned that František HAD died" wouldn't be one of them. :-( But dropping "have" from your sentence would give you a perfectly fine alternative. (Whether or not this business about František is Fake News, I am not in a position to say.)

[DaliborNovy]

I'm sorry, I have one more question. What about "I have learned that František has died." Does this logic work?

[BoneheadBass]

Yes, this one works!

[DaliborNovy]

Thank you very much! Have a nice weekend!

[DaliborNovy]

OK, thank you. Now I'm much more confident about this matter. I needed to know if this logic is usable or not. Have a nice day!

[johnsemfe]

so... no more examples with Frantisek?

[bright_flash]

RIP František.

[tomasmarc]

Survived by his wife Žofie and friends Kateřina and Matěj

[alback-isback]

nešlo by "I was informed that frantisek died" ?

[ion1122]

No. "I found out" or "I discovered" or "I learned". Being informed (by somebody else) is only one way that you might discover/learn something.

[IngridLind18]

I got to know?

[TimBSeattle]

Ne! Ne Fráňa! Byl příliš mladý! To mě dělá smutným.

[QlIKbokf]

what is the infinitive of verb "dozvedel" please ? I cannot find in dictionary ...
thanks

[VladaFu]

dozvědět se

[QlIKbokf]

again thank you so much!