Topic: Czech

"The Czechs do not wear shoes at home."

Translation:Češi doma nenosí boty.

November 24, 2017

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/esamota

    Why wouldn't Češi nenosí boty doma be accepted as well?

    November 24, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tatka_
    • 1522

    It not sound naturally for me. Better is "Češi nenosí doma boty".

    November 24, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tibro3

      But is that the only permutation of these four words that sounds natural? What are the rules of word order that are in play here?

      November 29, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Hatch-Slack
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jptoman

          Aren't "doma" and "v domě" interchangeable?

          May 15, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tatka_
          • 1522

          Not exactly. At home can be an apartment, a house, a country...

          at home = doma

          in a house = v domě

          May 15, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jptoman

            Okay, so "v domě" refers to the specific type of building - a house; whereas "doma" is the home as a concept which could include a house. Thanks Tatko.

            May 17, 2018
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