Czech |
English |
German |
Dám to chlapcům. |
I will give it to the boys.I am giving it to the boys.I am going to give it to the boys. |
Ich gebe es den Jungen. |
Dám – the person is clear from the verb form itself, no personal pronouns / subject is needed– the future time is referred to through the “present“ form of the verb |
I will give / I am giving / I am going to give– a personal pronoun / subject is needed to clarify the person– more tenses refer to the future time (all of them consist of an auxiliary verb and a particular form of the full verb |
Ich gebe– a personal pronoun / subject is needed to clarify the person – present tense refers to the future time |
to |
it |
es |
chlapcům– the morphemic ending expresses the category of Case and Number of the noun |
to the boys– Case is expressed through a preposition and word order, –Number is expressed through the morphemic ending – Determination is expressed through the definite article |
den Jungen- Case and Number are expressed though a declined form of the article and morphemic ending of the noun– Determination is expressed through the definite article |