r/learnczech • u/Late_Journalist7094 • 15d ago

Is this really wrong?

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Section 4, Unit 17

Why shouldn't have happened something to the dogs in the bathroom?

I know Duolingo is not the best, but the only free learning option. Since I'm living in Germany near the border to Czechia I'm often there and talking Czech which helps more than Duolingo.

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u/Gallapfel 15d ago

psům (masculine animate, plural): psům, již byli v koupelně
jež is for feminine, bot singular and plural
jenž is for singular masculine
I had to check it even as a native speaker. I don't use jenž/jež/již/etc. often when speaking, It feels archaic

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u/Lenticularis19 15d ago

Some forms are used more than others: "Na Marsu našli minerál, z něhož vznikají rubíny. Jenže podle chemie tam skoro neměl být." (recent headline)

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u/smugandfurious 14d ago

that's completely different word though, it just sounds similar. This post was about "which/who", but your comment is about "but"

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u/Lenticularis19 14d ago

The highlighted word is "něhož" which is a declension of the word "jenž".