"Aren't they hungry?"

Translation: Nemají hlad?

[EstaJohnst1]

When someone gives a response in CZ newbies like me haven't a clue what is being discussed. I learn a lot from reading these comments - in English, though.

[VladaFu]

Those people are often EN newbies. Or discuss fine points that could confuse you (here the archaic nominative adjective forms we do not teach and the very rare adverb hlady).

[LapinouJuteux]

what's wrong with "ony Nemají hlad"

[tatka_]

The sentence "Ony/Oni nemají hlad?" should be accepted.

[Alex.Eisner]

Just tried this and it didn't work

[VladaFu]

I can see your report. I do not like the wording too much. Much better is "Nemají ony hlad?". It is much closer to "Aren't they hungry?". But I have added it because we have already accepted a similar order with "být hladový".

[Jirka_A]

Neuznalo mi to "Nejsou hlady" a nabídlo alternativu "nejsou hladovy?" :-)

[Filomena.Prvni]

Nejspíše by věta měla být uznána. Je to ve smyslu, zda netrpí (kp.) ve vězení hlady. Možná "Nejsou o hladu?" je srozumitelnější.

[VladaFu]

Nevím, zaprvé jo to dost řídké (není ani v PSJČ) a za druhé má dost specializovaný význam. Spíš by to mátlo lidi, kterým by to tohle navídlo jako variantu.

[Goggles19]

I put "Nemaji hlady" and Duolingo generously accepted it, giving me the benefit of the doubt, and merely commenting that I had a typo. But to be honest, I deliberately chose to add the "y" thinking that "they" being 3rd person plural, would require it based on the table in your tips section.

What am I missing, and could you give an example of when "hlady" would be used?

Thank you.

[nueby]

Consider "mají hlad" a unit. Much like "they" do not suffer from "hungers" in English, "hlad" is not pluralized in Czech either. The plural forms exist, but for this course they are entirely useless, so I deleted them from the tips.