No. 819 in Czech
dovolenou
"Vacation" or "holiday."
In a sentence
Chystáme se na dovolenou k moři.
We are planning a vacation to the sea.
The word 'dovolenou' is used in the accusative case as a direct object of the verb 'chystáme.' It represents the vacation being planned.
Na dovolenou jedeme autem.
We are traveling by car for the vacation.
Here, 'na dovolenou' shows motion towards a destination, indicating the purpose of the travel.
Dovolenou jsme trávili na horách.
We spent the vacation in the mountains.
In this sentence, 'dovolenou' is again in the accusative case, but this time it's used to describe the vacation as the time period during which something occurred.
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