"Cekam na fotky z Tvoji zahrady.Snad je posles driv, nez priletime. Jak se Ti libila moje zahrada?" Here's what I know: "I'm waiting for pictures of your garden. ????? before we fly. ????? (mozna "How do you like) my garden." Thanks in advance for your help.
I am waiting for pictures from (of) your garden. Hopefully you'll send them (dřív=sooner) before we come (by plane). How did you enjoy my garden?
Since there has been recent discussions on prefixes, I just wanted to point one thing out. The prefix "při" in "přiletíme" means roughly "approaching/toward." So "letíme" = "we fly," while "přiletíme" = "we come/arrive [by plane]"
as a matter of interest: přiletět - arrive (by plane) odletět - depart (by plane) doletět - fly as far as/reach zaletět - fly into/fly to přeletět - overfly/fly across uletět - fly away sletět - 1. perch (bird) 2. plummet (from stairs) nadletět - fly over/ fly above podletět - fly under předletět - fly in front of naletět - be tricked
That's fitting, as it's always these weird exceptions that trick me. My first knee-jerk translation of "naletět" would be "to fly onto."
…which is correct too, by the way. naletět na něco = to fly onto something / to be tricked by something And there’s worse to come - the meaning could be different for a noun and a verb with identical word stem and prefix. fly from/out/up; get kicked out / be fired = vyletět × výlet = trip naletět × nálet = air attack
I'm really beginning to hate this language. (as said in your typical Charlie Brown depressed monotone). :wink:
výlet and nálet are definitely calques from German: výlet = der Ausflug = "outfly", trip, tour nálet = der Anflug = "onfly", air attack
And there is more! obletět - fly around (don't confuse with odletět) rozletět - 1. fly off 2. scatter proletět - fly through and what about combined prepositions: poodletět / po-od-letět / (depart and then arrive nearby) Please stop me somebody!!!
And naletět někomu is figurative: naletět někomu na špek (jako myš) = to fly onto someone's bacon (like a mouse) = to be tricked by someone