"Nemyslel si, že už ji nikdy neuvidí."

Translation: He did not think that he would never see her again.

[Ovenist]

I was offered a multiple choice answer between "nemyslel" and "doufal". Why wouldn't doufal work here? Might as well be saying that he hope to never see her again no?

[fehrerdef]

the "doufal" does not have the particle "si", which is given in the sentence

[Renardo_11]

Ovenist said it was a multiple choice task (where no translation is given).

Edit: I meant to reply to Nemesis_NaR's remark that hope and think do not mean the same. I was using the app and could not edit my reply then.

[VladaFu]

Yes, but there is a difference in the grammar. If there is "si" present (and there is, I just checked), you cannot use doufal.

[tylerskarz]

I was wondering the same thing. I think maybe doufat doesn't use si.

[Nemesis_NaR]

"He hoped to never see her again" doesn't mean the same as "He didn't think that he would never see her again" and neither do the Czech translations.

[walkinwolk]

Double negatives don’t work in English sentences like this. “Never” should be ‘ever”.

[VladaFu]

There is no double negative here. The clause "that he would never see her again." contains just one negative. The translation you propose is a different sentence: "Nemyslel si, že už ji někdy uvidí." and has a different meaning.

[walkinwolk]

I have been struggling for years about when “si” is used with verbs that aren’t neccessarily reflexive. I think that “Myslet” is one of these. Can you explain the rule to me?

[bokamor]

Perhaps better with an English translation: He did not think that he would EVER see her again.

[VladaFu]

That means the opposite. See the rest of this discussion for more.

In Czech: Nemyslel si, že ji ještě někdy uvidí.

[fehrerdef]

That's a different sentence.

[renata34699]

Prosím, musí tam být ještě to again na konci věty? Připadá mi že použití never-nikdy už splňuje ten překlad. Again-znovu, opět. Třeba jako - nemyslel si,ze ji ještě někdy zase uvidi. Ale tady to again -že ji už nikdy opět neuvidí (překládám otrocky) mám tak nějak navíc. Asi se to tak prostě říká ?

[VladaFu]

To again je tam za to české už.

Vyjadřuje to tu skutečnost, že už ji někdy předtím viděl.