zemi

English translation: Yes, but it's more "land" than country.

17:59 Jul 30, 2004

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Czech term or phrase: zemi

Hi,

Does the word "zemi" mean "country", is it equivalent to země?

Thank you so much

Silvio Picinini KudoZ activity Questions: 67 (none open) Answers: 1817 United States
Local time: 11:06

English translation:Yes, but it's more "land" than country.

Explanation:
And "zemi" is a case from the Nominative "země".

Selected response from:

Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 21:06

Grading comment

Thanks so much everyone for the prompt and thorough response. I really appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Yes, but it's more "land" than country.

Yuri Smirnov

5 +1

country

John Newton (X)

land, ground, country, Earth

Sarka Rubkova

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Yes, but it's more "land" than country.

Explanation:
And "zemi" is a case from the Nominative "země".

Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

Thanks so much everyone for the prompt and thorough response. I really appreciated.

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

country

Explanation:
Yes, it's the same word, but different grammatical declension

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Note added at 12 mins (2004-07-30 18:12:37 GMT)
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Oxford dictionary: Declension: variation of form of noun, etc., to give its cases.

\"I rest my case\"
Anyway, land and country are close synonyms. And \"country\" is the usual sense.

John Newton (X)
Local time: 19:06

19 mins confidence:

land, ground, country, Earth

Explanation:
It really dativ from země, and can have all the above meanings

Sarka Rubkova
Czech Republic
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of:

Czech
PRO pts in category: 12

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