"Nesou tu věc někam jinam."
Translation:They are carrying the thing somewhere else.
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1881
"They carry the thing somewhere else" is marked as wrong, pls why is present tense incorrect?
Because for repeated actions you use the indeterminate verb "nosit", not the determinate "nést". This is the same as "chodit" vs. "jít".
- 1881
Thank you very much VladaFu for your time and always thorough explanations. They are very much appreciated. Could you please point out where in this sentence is a repeated action? Apologies for my ignorance, but I can't see a "nosit" nor "nést" in "Nesou tu věc někam jinam"
the english sentence "they carry the thing elsewhere" is only grammatically correct if it is used in a way that implies that they repeatedly carry the thing elsewhere. "(on sundays,) they carry the thing elsewhere." or "they (always) carry the thing elsewhere." or: what do they do with the thing? they carry the thing elsewhere.
so this form of a sentence would need the indeterminate verb in czech, which is "nosit," in the infinitive.
the sentence we have here is "they are carrying the thing elsewhere," as in, at this moment they are carrying the thing elsewhere. there's no indication that they regularly carry the thing elsewhere. this could be the only time. so we use "nést," which conjugates to "nesou" when used for oni.
hopefully that is understandable and technically correct......
- 1881
Thank you so much imaldastar for your very clear explanation. Now I understand. Always learning. :-)
Working through the course, I think I've seen "někam jinam" more often than "jinam" alone (though I haven't seen every sentence). But "jinam" alone is also accepted.
Is it usual to have 'někam jinam' paired together as a phrase? It seems that jinam would be sufficient for the meaning in the same we that we would say 'elsewhere' in English; but, of course, 'somewhere else' is more common, though less efficient.
