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What does each word in Chceme vidět svět do grammatically?
- Chceme = we want. It is the 1st person plural present form of chtít (to want).
- vidět = to see. This is an infinitive.
- svět = world, the direct object of vidět.
So the structure is:
[we want] + [to see] + [world]
That is very similar to English We want to see the world.
Why is there no separate word for we?
Because Czech verbs usually show the subject in their ending.
- chci = I want
- chceš = you want
- chce = he/she/it wants
- chceme = we want
- chcete = you want / you all want
- chtějí = they want
So chceme already means we want, and adding my (we) is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:
- My chceme vidět svět. = We want to see the world.
Why do we use vidět after chceme?