"Jeho žena chce svůj hrad."
Translation:His wife wants her castle.
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Just to sum up (as all these is quite complicated for me and for learners) ; and please if possible, check my findings : 1.HIS wife (f) wants her castle. > Jeho žena chce SVŮJ hrad.. 2.HIS wife (f) wants his castle. > Jeho žena (f) chce JEHO hrad.. 3.HIS wife (f) wants my castle. > Jeho žena chce MŮJ hrad.. 4.HER husband (m) wants his castle. > Její muž chce SVŮJ hrad. 5. Her husband (m) chce her castle. JEJÍ muž chce JEJÍ hrad. I wonder what grade I would deserve here..
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Thank you BHBass! I stopped for one month with Czech but I am back. Due to the helpful people here I am ready to break through all the Czech language's complications. Without hurry, that's the best. See you around!
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I checked with the hints and used one of the three suggestions although I thought it was wrong. So? Svůj = her?
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What would be Czech for "His wife wants his castle". It would get "jeho" right? (Jeho žena chce jeho hrad.) ?
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Please do include 'her' as a possibility when presenting 'svůj' for the first time. Thanks.
I really pleased that the english translation is now allowing "her own castle" because as a native english speaker I think it is necessary for the correct meaning in english - to me "his wife wants her castle" by its omission of "own" would mean to most english speakers that his wife wants the castle of some other woman. Do others agrees?
I (native AmE) agree that "her castle" in the English sentence could refer to a castle that belongs to another woman.
But in this exercise, svůj in the Czech sentence makes it clear that the castle belongs to the subject of the sentence, which is "jeho žena/his wife." And, as VladaFu said, the castle might have been taken from "his wife," and now she wants it back. I mean, who wouldn't, right? :-)