Word of the Day

Sunday, November 23, 2008

To be able to in Czech

Czech has a slew of verbs meaning to be able to do something, do succeed in doing something. Some verbs are personal:

Nedokážu Ti říci pravdu.
Neumím Ti říci pravdu.

And one is impersonal:
Nedaří se mi Ti říci pravdu.

In English: I can't tell you the truth./I can't bring myself to tell you the truth.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Nedaří se mi Ti říci pravdu" esse que eu deveria usar no caso de sofrer ameaças "se você contar pra ele, vai acontecer isso e isso" ?