"Jeho nerespektuju."

Translation: I do not respect him.

[InPxgX6K]

Interesting.

Etymologically, re- specto (the Latin origin of the word ‘respect’) gives pře- hledím in Czech, which I do not think exists, but we do have a perfective přehlednout meaning something completely different than ‘to respect’.

I wonder if at any point Czech had a Slavic word for it.

[Tibro3]

What is the difference in meaning if I say, "Nerespektuju ho." ?

[endless_sleeper]

Difference in emphasis.

Jeho NERESPEKTUJU. vs Nerespektuju HO.

[Nackles]

No, as seizeq said, the emphasis in the first sentence is on the stressed personal pronoun: JEHO nerespektuju.

[rsail]

[Czech learner here]

I think that endless sleeper is right. Jeho connects to the previous sentence (the first word establishes context).
The last word is either...
-new information
or
-emphasized

jeho NERESPEKTUJU=(as to) him I DON'T RESPECT

[Anette896549]

In another sentence there was "respektuji" for "I respect". Why is there the -u ending in this sentence?

[VladaFu]

I suggest to read the Tips and notes provided.

Note the dual endings in the third class for the first person singular and the trird person plural. We have kupuju vs kupuji and kupujou vs kupují. The forms listed first are more informal than those listed second. Similarly behaving verbs include (going by the 3rd person singular) existuje, jmenuje se, miluje, obsahuje, pamatuje, and respektuje."

[Anette896549]

Thank you! I hope I'll remember this...

[nueby]

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