How could we distinguish if it has been used two reflexive verbs in a row (for example with "se")?
For example, I want to translate two phrases to Czech:
I try to learn.
I try to teach.
As far as I know it would be both translated as:
Snažím se učit.
So how could I know what is the meaning?
Thank you in advance
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Actually, there is a difference. :) In the first sentence you'd have to use the reflexive pronoun twice. It is perfectly fine, because the first "se" is a part of the verb that is conjugated (snažit se -> snažím se; it is therefore in the 2nd position in a sentence, as you know it) and the 2nd "se" is a part of the infinitive "učit se".
I try to learn. Snažím se učit se.
I try to teach. Snažím se učit.
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