Jul 30, 2004 17:59
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Hi,
Does the word "zemi" mean "country", is it equivalent to země?
Thank you so much
Does the word "zemi" mean "country", is it equivalent to země?
Thank you so much
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Yes, but it's more "land" than country. |
Yuri Smirnov
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| 5 +1 | country |
John Newton (X)
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| 5 | land, ground, country, Earth |
Sarka Rubkova
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Proposed translations
+2
6 mins
Yuri Smirnov
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Yes, but it's more "land" than country.
And "zemi" is a case from the Nominative "země".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks so much everyone for the prompt and thorough response. I really appreciated."
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6 mins
country
Yes, it's the same word, but different grammatical declension
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-07-30 18:12:37 GMT)
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Oxford dictionary: Declension: variation of form of noun, etc., to give its cases.
\"I rest my case\"
Anyway, land and country are close synonyms. And \"country\" is the usual sense.
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-07-30 18:12:37 GMT)
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Oxford dictionary: Declension: variation of form of noun, etc., to give its cases.
\"I rest my case\"
Anyway, land and country are close synonyms. And \"country\" is the usual sense.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Yuri Smirnov
: Not declension. You mean case. One word cannot belong to several declensions.
0 min
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| agree |
Andrea Pate-Cazal (X)
: declension is the procedure you do with the noun and case is the result )Nominative and other cases, but the noun gets declined!! And země is the country, zemi might be the Acusative
7 mins
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19 mins
Sarka Rubkova
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
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Works in: English to Czech, Slovak to Czech, Czech to English, and 1 more.
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land, ground, country, Earth
It really dativ from země, and can have all the above meanings
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Andrea Pate-Cazal (X)
: Dativ or Acusative to the country - in the country..
13 mins
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I means on the ground as in "stojí pevně na zemi", to the Earth as in "padá k Zemi", in the country as in "il v zemi" a on the land as in "stál na suché zemi"
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