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Kluk skákal na poli v krásný jarní den, ale se náhle zastavil.. Přestal skočit, protože viděl v travě hada. 'Co to je, táto?' 'To je had, synečku. Jsou to naše přátelé. Dej mu pokoj. Žerou myši a tak.'

scrimshaw wrote: Kluk skákal na poli v krásný jarní den, ale náhle se zastavil.. Přestal sk áka t, protože u viděl v tr á vě hada. 'Co to je, táto?' 'To je had, synečku. Jsou to naš i přátelé. Dej mu pokoj. Žerou myši a tak.' stop jumping - přestat skákat, doskákat skočit - jump once skákat - continue to jump doskákat - cease jumping doskočit - reach by jumping

scrimshaw wrote: Ahoj Karle Tohle je (co jsem se snažil napsat), představa, kterou jsem se snažil stvořit. A man, as punishment, is forced to live in a hole. Bread and water are lowered to him with a rope three times a day. Teď už tomu rozumím. Trestaný muž je donucen žít v díře. Třikrát denně mu spouští/(po)dávají chléb a vodu. Cítím l í tost k t o mu to uboh é mu m u ž i , kterému jsem dal vznik. (lépe: Lituji...

[quote="hribecek"] The difference between přestat and zastavit was always the problem for me - to stop doing something and to stop movement.[/quote] he stopped doing movement hence he stopped přestal se pohybovat tedy zastavil se

student wrote: Kat will say something or Kat said that... both point toward primarily toward what Kat is doing. Tell points more towards the content of the speech (i.e., the direct object). For example, Kat will tell a story Yes Kat can tell a story but she can also tell me something or say something to me. Tell + story is just a colocation, for me it has nothing to do with meaning. Tell someone something and say something to someone are the...

Though they seem so fine-grained, this thread catches the kind of issues I enjoy thinking about. As I attempt to learn Czech, I find myself puzzling over the fine semantic nuances of words that are probably obvious to native speakers, and I love it when I feel like I get an insight how nearly synonymous words somewhat differ. In English, for example say/tell are regularly used synonymously, but they have a nuanced difference in semantics. As...

Address is always separated by commas. The only exception is collocation of address and greetings.

I think the difference in meaning is reasonably clear. It's the difference between stop doing something/přestat (as in an action) and to finish something/končit. If you can feel the difference (in English) between 'to stop doing something' and 'to finish something' then you'll get the difference in Czech (at least generally). Přestal jsem pracovat abych si mohl odpočinout = I stopped working in order to take...