No. 503 in Czech
němu
The Czech word "němu" means "to him" or "towards him" in English.
In a sentence
Důvěřuji němu naprosto.
I trust him completely.
The word 'němu' is used to refer to a male person in the third person singular, as a form of the pronoun 'on' in the dative case, typically used after specific verbs like 'důvěřovat' (to trust).
Když mluvíme o němu, všichni se usmívají.
When we talk about him, everyone smiles.
In this sentence, 'němu' is the form of the pronoun 'on' in the dative case, used as an object related to the preposition 'o'.
Půjčila jsem knihu němu, protože ho zajímala.
I lent the book to him because he was interested in it.
Here, 'němu' functions as the indirect object of the verb action 'půjčila jsem', showing to whom the book was lent.
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