"He should thank this person."

Translation: Měl by tomuhle člověku poděkovat.

[Taras895680]

Why not
"měl by té osobě poděkovat"?

[Taras895680]

Už asi vidím. Mělo by to byt takhle:
"měl by tamte osobě poděkovat",
ano?)

[VladaFu]

téhle nebo téhleté, tamté je "the/that"

[Chessnecof]

I thought tomuhle also means "that", but it's translated as "this" here

[AgnusOinas]

• ten - the/that
• tento - this (formal)
• tenhle - this (casual)
• tadyten - this (casual)
• tenhleten - this one over here
• tadyhleten - this one over here (colloq.)
• tamten - that (pointing)
• tamhleten - that one over there

(replace "ten" with other gender/number/case-forms as needed)

[LaynePierc1]

why not "ma dekovat"

[Renardo_11]

Wouldn't that mean “has to” instead of “should?” Duolingo usually insists on this distinction.

[UIPBSpgf]

I am having difficulty understanding when to use člověk vs osobě. Why does, "měl by tomuhle osobě poděkovat" not work please?

[BoneheadBass]

I think you just have a gender mismatch between the noun and the demonstrative, osobě being feminine, but tomuhle being masculine. The feminine form would be téhle.

[UIPBSpgf]

Many thanks for your reply. I clearly need to spend some more time on those demonstratives. I think they are often the basis of my errors. Thanks again!