Moje sestra nejí často zeleninu a má raději maso.

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Breakdown of Moje sestra nejí často zeleninu a má raději maso.

• a: and
• často: often
• mít raději: to prefer

Questions & Answers about Moje sestra nejí často zeleninu a má raději maso.

In má raději maso, what does má literally mean, and how does this whole phrase work?

Má is the 3rd person singular of mít – to have.
Rád = gladly / with pleasure → together mít rád literally means to have gladly, but idiomatically it means to like.

• mít rád = to like
• mít raději = to like more / to prefer

So:

• má ráda maso = she likes meat
• má raději maso (než zeleninu) = she prefers meat (to vegetables)

In your sentence, má raději maso = she prefers meat or she likes meat better.

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