"Matěj is our friends' son."

Translation: Matěj je syn našich přátel.

[glukomania]

Is it possible to say "matej je našich přátel syn"? Is the order of words is important?

[JanLyko]

It just sounds archaic, like this ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJNkqmwTlg ) old song "Já jsem z Kutný Hory koudelníkův syn".

[DOette]

From previous threads i know that Duo has a problem with apostrophes. However, it seems to me that the genitive here should be either plural as in naších přítelů or singular as in našého přítele as a soft masculine noun?

[endless_sleeper]

'Našich přítelů' is not standard Czech.

And singular would be 'našeho přítele' with short 'e'.

[MargiePett2]

I also thought it should be pritele or pritelu (one of the genitive forms. Isn't FRIENDS' possessive plural? Doesn't ownership (sons of our friends). What am I not understanding about genitive? (sorry, I can't type accents with my keyboard. How do the others do it?)

[VladaFu]

Check the genitive plural in the declension table https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C5%99%C3%ADtel#Declension There are more nnouns that behave this way, there is an example list http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?id=227

[MargiePett2]

Thank you very much. This website is very helpful.

[VladaFu]

You can type anything from any language when you install the appropriate keyboard āēѭяѧѣείοźćńⱁⰾⱄ.

[MargiePett2]

Not sure how to go about doing this. Any suggestions?

[VladaFu]

Depends on your device, but ask about it elsewhere, not in a sentence discussion. A search engine like Google is your friend http://duolingo.wikia.com/wiki/Guide_to_keyboard_layouts_and_input_methods

[p8c]

for this exact same question in another part of this lesson, "Matěj je syn našich přátel." is rejected and this is given as the only correct answer:
""Matěj is our sons' friend."
Translation:Matěj je přítel našich synů."

edit: my question was the result of failing to read the subtle differences between two sentences. i am tuning my eyes to read more carefully now!

[nueby]

See if you spot the differences between these "exact same" sentences:

• Matěj is our sons' friend.
• Matěj is our friends' son.

The meanings and the Czech translations are different.

Cross-link for convenience.

[p8c]

aaaahhhh! thank you! tuning my eyes, tuning my eyes!

[Janmunroe]

So, I'm a little blurry on this word order. I put "Matej je pratel nasich syn" (sorry, no Czech keyboard) which reflects the JUST previous exercise of "Zofie je pritelkyne nasich dcer" and yet it was marked WRONG. I don't mind being wrong as long as I understand why and can learn from my (many) mistakes.

[nueby]

You can't decline "syn" the same as "dcera". That was your error. Re-read the declensions.