Not sure what the context here is, but my understanding is that this order puts emphasis on the word “I”. Stressing that THEY are that person, and not someone else being that person.
Why the fk is this getting downwoted. Honest question from someone who wants to learn something.
word order matters, in czech it’s always the last word of sentece is the emphasized one.
r/learnczech
Same as if you said “No, Matěj is me”. I believe that’s a thing in English as well. The context could be something like:
“Oh hey, I know this guy, his name is Matěj”
*Pointing at someone else*
Guy named Matěj:
“No, Matěj is me*
Czech is not like English, it doesn’t have rigid word order. You can pretty much put the words in whatever order you want. The last word usually has emphasis.
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Not sure what the context here is, but my understanding is that this order puts emphasis on the word “I”. Stressing that THEY are that person, and not someone else being that person.
Why the fk is this getting downwoted. Honest question from someone who wants to learn something.
word order matters, in czech it’s always the last word of sentece is the emphasized one.
r/learnczech
Same as if you said “No, Matěj is me”. I believe that’s a thing in English as well. The context could be something like:
“Oh hey, I know this guy, his name is Matěj”
*Pointing at someone else*
Guy named Matěj:
“No, Matěj is me*
Czech is not like English, it doesn’t have rigid word order. You can pretty much put the words in whatever order you want. The last word usually has emphasis.