Adjective declension, now I'm having fun.

Discussion in 'Grammar & Pronunciation' started by Calvario, Oct 27, 2006.

  1. Calvario

    Calvario Well-Known Member

    Are some masculine surnames declined as animate nouns while others are declined as adjectives are?

    Ex. O panu Petru Pokorném About Mr. Peter pokorný
    Ex. O Petru Zemanovi About Peter Zeman

    The top is declined like an adjective and the bottom like an animate noun. Does this have to do with the ý in the top name?

    Are feminine surmanes declined in both forms also or only as an adjective: ová or á ?

    Dobrý den, pane Vlček. Jak se máte? Hello Mr. Vlček. How are you?
    Why is "Vlček" not declined here as is pán to pane?

    Thank,
    Calvario
     
  2. alenastef

    alenastef Well-Known Member

  3. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    Right form is: Dobrý den, pane Vlčku.
     
  4. Jana

    Jana Well-Known Member

    Correct form is pane Vlčku; addressing forms pane Vlček, pane Novák, pane Hájek etc. are very common in spoken Czech and they used to be typical for army slang (nominative replacing vocative - vojín Vlček instead of vojíne Vlčku).
     
  5. Jana

    Jana Well-Known Member

    I see that eso was pretty faster in answering :) !
     

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