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Correction to the article: There is no Ů in Czech (except for CAPS LOCKED words) - The longer "u" is written as "Ú/ú" as the first letter in a word, and "ů" in
by michalskop 10y ago
Correction to the article: There is no Ů in Czech (except for CAPS LOCKED words) - The longer "u" is written as "Ú/ú" as the first letter in a word, and "ů" in other positions (strange for sure, but because of historical reasons)
- rdancer 10y agoThe article is correct, though: if you see Ů, it's Czech.
- bonzini 10y agoIt's not just historical. "Ů" is phonologically a longer "u", but it is actually an alternation [1] of "o": for example see how nominative "dům" becomes "domu" in the genitive (likewise "stůl", "bůh", etc.). When a "u" becomes longer, instead, it becomes a "ú" as the first letter of the word, but otherwise it becomes "ou"; for example see how the feminine nominative of (some) nouns and adjectives is "a" and "á" respectively, while the accusative is "u" and "ou", or how the perfective companion of "kupovat" is "koupit". (Also, see how I sneaked in a "Ů" in the second sentence :)). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternation_%28linguistics%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternation_%28linguistics%29