"Františku, čí je to pták?"

Translation: František, whose bird is it?

[GvL82]

Why is "whose is this bird?" incorrect?

[RosevonTexas]

When I clicked on "čí" to get the translation, the robot gave a long sentence in Czech instead of only one word. Is the word pronounced "chee?"

[VladaFu]

yes it is, the sentence is a known problem.

[AddieShuga]

So what would be the Czech translation of "whose bird is 'that?'"

[VladaFu]

the same

[AgentThrash]

Why is "Františku, čí pták je ten?" incorrect?

[VladaFu]

It sounds strange. It is possible to use "tamten" and "tamhleten" this way, but not just "ten". It is the same word order as "František, whose bird is that one?", but I have found only a single sentence ending with "...je ten?" in the whole corpus and even that one is not a good example.