"Are you afraid for your wife?"

Translation: Bojíte se o svou manželku?

[honza302460]

Why plural "you"??

[VladaFu]

You mean why plural bojíte? Bojíš is accepted as well.

[GinaHearn4]

Is is not just the polite form rather than plural?

[VladaFu]

Could be both.

[blflame]

if "My sister is afraid of mice" is translated as, "Moje sestra se bojí myší", why "Are you afraid of your wife?" can't be translated as, "Bojíš se své ženy?"

[VladaFu]

Here we have afraid FOR, not afraid OF. Please do read previous discussion before asking like this. See the answer by Jamie08MD.

[blflame]

Oh, sorry! I didn't notice it was "for" in the English sentence, and thought the other person was simply asking how to say that. Thank you very much for the reply!

[blflame]

Later on there is also a sentence, "Bojím své manželce" which is translated as "I'm afraid of my wife". So why Genitive without a preposition can't be used here?

[VladaFu]

"Bojím své manželce" is not Czech.

[EstaJohnst1]

can someone tell me the difference when to use "zeny" or "manzelka"?
(sorry - no accents on my computer)

[VladaFu]

In this context they mean the same.

In other context žena is a woman, a female human, manželka is always a wife.

[Dlehrke]

jsi se o svou manzelku bojis?

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