"Žofie od něj v srpnu dostala dopis."

Translation: Žofie got a letter from him in August.

[Slim150751]

"from him", not "from her"? Very strange! I though "od něj" means "from her".

[endless_sleeper]

Then you thought wrong. 'From her' is 'od ní'

[BrianG1941]

I would have thought that the correct translation should be 'zofie recieved....' rather than 'got'. The use of 'got' in UK English seems very awkward and unnatural. Is this an Americanism?

[VladaFu]

Looks reasonably established to me https://goo.gl/pD687F

Received is accepted.

[Paultagg]

Žofie got a letter in August from him. What's wrong with this ?

[VladaFu]

The word order sounds unusual, the adverbials of time are normally placed final here. But I am an ESL speaker, others may want to correct me. I am not the one who decides the acceptability of these.

[Paultagg]

I am English and I would say both are fine