Hi, I was trying to look up the declension of "otec" and did so at pravidla.cz. This is the answer I got: Nalezené tvary: otec ~ otce ~ otcem ~ otci ~ otcích ~ otců ~ otcům ~ otče Can someone help me understand this? I know that otec ~ otce ~ otcem ~ otci are singular forms, and the others are plural. But this doesn't really tell me, for example, what the Accusative singular of otec is, or what is the Nominative plural. (I can guess the Instrumental singular, as well as the Gen. and Dat. plural). In other words, I don't know what otce ~ otci ~ otcích ~ otče are. :? Help, please! -Rene
well "otec" is father if I'm correct, so...: otce ~ otci ~ otcích ~ otče (these are the ones you wanted to know, right?) = father; to/for/about father (depends on the sentence, it's a matter of the pad?); (pl); vocative or something like that...i think... Shawn ps sorry I'm not around so much these days - I'm trying to digest what I 'do' (ha ha) know, before I try to learn any more...)
Hi, I am still trying to understand this: They don't seem to be in any meaningful order. I think that ... otec: Nom. singular otce: probably Acc. and Gen. singular; otcem: Instrumental singular otci: which cases??? otcích: ???? otců: Genitive plural otcům: Dative plural otče: ??? I other words I am missing: Dat, Vocative, Locative singular Nom, Vocative, Locative, Instrumental plural Thanks in advance. -R
Otci is in the Dative, Vocative (?) and Locative Case, I guess. - Dám to otci. Otcích must be the Locative Case Plural. - Mluvime o octích. As I'm Polish, I'm trying to find any equivalents in my language. Doing this, I can come up with that ''Otče'' is in the Vocative Case Singular (Polish ''Ojcze'').
As I recall, otec declines like mu in most instances (see Local Lingo Masculine Noun Declensions)--Someone correct me if I'm wrong: Singular Nominitive: otec Genitive: otce Dative: otci Accusative: otce Vocative: otče Instrumental: otcem Locative: otci Plural Nominitive: otci (also otcové, I think) Genitive: otců Dative: otcům Accusative: otci Instrumental: otci Locative: otcích