"Dogs are allowed here."
Translation:Psi sem smějí.
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I'm curious why "sem" is used instead of "tady." Is it because the real meaning of the sentence is "Dogs are allowed (to come) here? Just wondering...
"Sem" is a direction. "to here (from somewhere)". "Tady" is static. Simple "Here".
Most commonly used in "Pojď sem" = come here.
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Can we say that "tady" is "here, and "sem" is "to here"? As well as kde vs kam?
Yes, this Czech translation is like that. "Psi sem smějí (vstoupit/přijít)." "Dogs are allowed (to enter/to come) here.".
You can as well say "Dogs are allowed to be here." "Psi tady smějí být."
Another translation, very close to the English original is "Psi jsou zde povoleni." allowed=povolen/povolený
Vladimir and Kacenka, thank you both for taking the time to respond. I really appreciate the work you and others do behind the scenes to help those of us who are struggling with Czech!
Czech, by the way, was listed in an article I saw recently as one of the "very hard" languages for native English speakers to learn. On the bright side, however, it was NOT in the "super hard" group, so that's something! :-)
