Czech Word Order - Subjective Word Order

Subjective Word Order

The rheme can be emphasized by the initial placement in emotive messages:

  • Tisíc korun jsem utratil za takovou hloupost! – I spent one thousand crowns for such a stupid thing!
(Thousand crowns (O) (null-S) am (aux. verb) spent (V) for such stupidity!)

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