Kdy je ...

Discussion in 'Vocabulary & Translation Help' started by eugenio, Nov 21, 2005.

  1. eugenio

    eugenio Active Member

    Dobrý den!

    I would like to know the meaning of the following sentence:

    KDY JE NEJLEPSI ZACIT HRAT NA DUDY


    Can somebody help me?

    Děkuji...

    Antonio
     
  2. cypressluc

    cypressluc New Member

    Was it a question?? Up to me, it means, when is it the best to begin playing bagpipe... Neco takhle!
    Zatim
     
  3. eugenio

    eugenio Active Member

    Ahoj!

    Yes, it was a question. Thank you very much for the answer...

    Antonio
     
  4. Dana

    Dana Well-Known Member

    KDY JE NEJLEPSI ZACIT HRAT NA DUDY

    Here's the translation:

    "When is the best time to start playing the bagpipe?"
     
  5. eugenio

    eugenio Active Member

    Ahoj Dana,

    That is a good question!
    But I don't know the answer... I am just a classical guitar player. :)

    I have asked the meaning of that czech sentence because it is the title of a Milada Karez CD. Milada Karez is a virtuouse czech guitarrist who recently offered me a CD with songs she composed for children. The title of that CD is precisely "KDY JE NEJLEPSI ZACIT HRAT NA DUDY".

    I visited Praha last month for the first time, and I was so impressed with the beauty of the city and the sound of the czech language, that I decided start learning it. Czech is not the most difficult language of the world, but is not either the easiest... Up to now I could manage 5 languages, and this 6th one is a real chalenge for me.
    I really don't know ... kdy je nejlepsi zacit hrat na dudy ... I only can say ... kdy je nejlepsi zacit hrat na kytara...

    Antonio
     
  6. Dana

    Dana Well-Known Member

    "...na kytaru" :)
     
  7. eugenio

    eugenio Active Member

    Ahoj Dana,

    :oops: I'm sorry...

    You see how Czech is not an easy langue to learn?...

    You have always to worry about the gramatical context of a noun, I mean the declension. If I am not wrong, in my sentence I should use the Accusative case ... "kytaru", and not the Nominative case "Kytara". Is that so?

    For every noun and adjective Czech language has 7 cases! 7 different ways to say it...
    That is the most difficult part to learn Czech, at least for me, because in Portuguese the words don't have declensions, and "kytara", "Guitarra" in portuguese, is always "Guitarra", independently of its grammatical value in a sentence...

    But this is what gives more interest in learning another language!! :)

    Antonio
     
  8. Dana

    Dana Well-Known Member

    Yes, that is true. The accusative should be used here. Good luck with learning Czech!

    Dana
     
  9. player1

    player1 Active Member

    About 2 seconds before you finish.
     
  10. My Czech Republic

    My Czech Republic Administrator

    The discussion in this thread turned to grammar and was moved here.
     

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