"First she loves him."

Translation: Nejdřív ho miluje.

[FranziskaS855302]

“Nejdřív ona ho miluje” was marked as incorrect, could someone be so kind as to explain why?

[endless_sleeper]

Ho is a clitic, it has to be the second word.

-> Nejdřív ho miluje. or Ona ho nejdřív miluje. or Nejdřív ho ona miluje. The first two sound the best.

[FranziskaS855302]

Aha! Thank you very much, now I understand!

[VladaFu]

Unless you strongly stress "ona". Then you could use your word order. But that has a different meaning.

[BrianG1941]

What is a clitic?

[endless_sleeper]

Link to Wikipedia

[Janmunroe]

So, could you write, "Nejdriv ho miluje, potom ho nenavidi, a potom zase ho miluje"? (sorry, no accents on keyboard). And would this be an understandable sentence in Czech (if not confusing emotionally?)

[AgnusOinas]

Yes, almost perfect, except the "ho" in the last part should be before "zase". Otherwise a completely natural sentence, and sadly not a very uncommon course of events :D

[Janmunroe]

HA! Glad to know I ain't the only one been bit!

[valyo8]

“Nejdřív ho miluje”: how we understand She but not He or It loves him?

[VladaFu]

All three genders are possible and accepted. You can only find out the actual gender from the context.

[Gerhard110]

"Prvně ho miluje" was not accepted. Is it wrong?