"Ten sochař mluví se svými sochami."

Translation: That sculptor talks to his statues.

[Karel46139]

Co je špatně na překladu: "The sculptor talks with his own statues"?

[ElderMotiuk443]

I also wrote that and got it wrong so I'll report it

[VladaFu]

OK, I see it now . However, note that you wrote "That ..." in your report. Here it does not matter, but in general we really need the exact answer.

We do not accept "his own" because it is stressing it further and corresponds to the Czech "se svými vlastními". Sorry for the wrong previous answer.

[svrsheque]

"with his own statues" is too bent on pointing out they are his, not someone else's. there is czech for that, "se svými vlastními sochami". in fact, even the non-reflexive "s jeho sochami" would fit that english emphasis a lot better.

[JamesTWils]

Isn't that an instrumental plural? Shouldn't it be dative?

[igamenir]

Both are correct and mean basically the same. As in english, you can both talk to statues and talk with statues. But in czech, instrumental "mluví se sochami" is more natural.

[Alex.Eisner]

Is sochař only a male sculptor?

[Alex.Eisner]

Ok i just realized it's "ten sochař." But how would i say "That sculptor talks to her statues?"

[VladaFu]

Ta sochařka

[Alex.Eisner]

Díky!

[AgnusOinas]

Czech has feminine versions for nearly all occupations/titles and such. And a very common feminine ending is "-ka", ("c" before it turns into "č"): doktor-doktorka, herec-herečka, zpěvák-zpěvačka, šéf-šéfová/šéfka, starosta-starostka, režisér-režisérka, prodavač-prodavačka, holič-holička, učitel-učitelka, student-studentka, policista-policistka, politik-politička, inženýr-inženýrka, majitel-majitelka, model-modelka, novinář-novinářka, právník-právnička, pekař-pekařka, etc.

There are a few other, less common endings, for example "-yně": vědec-vědkyně, umělec-umělkyně, soudce-soudkyně, žák-žákyně, svědek-svědkyně, tchán-tchyně, bůh-bohyně, or also "-ce": celník-celnice, plavčík-plavčice, zahradník-zahradnice...