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in reply to a message by ToveTer
You wouldn't find names like these in Czech because almost all feminine names end in the letter A in Czech. You could of course read them phonetically but they would have different forms in the language.
I've never seen Livie as either a masculine or feminine name. Livia would be the feminine form in Czech although Livie would be an inflected form(nouns in the Slavic languages change forms depending on how they are used in a sentence, there are usually 14 forms for a noun whereas in English there are only two-the singular and the plural).
I've never seen Livie as either a masculine or feminine name. Livia would be the feminine form in Czech although Livie would be an inflected form(nouns in the Slavic languages change forms depending on how they are used in a sentence, there are usually 14 forms for a noun whereas in English there are only two-the singular and the plural).
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I'm sure you know those things better than me...
... because I haven't ever lived for a longer time in any eastern European countries, exept Russia - and there mostly baceuse my realtives live there.
One more link. I don't speak much Czech, but I think that everyone who speaks slavic languages will understand at least the main idea.
I tried, but I didn't find Maria in M-names. :S
http://www.vestirna.com/www2/_jmena/jmena.php?pismeno=M&jmeno=Marie
... because I haven't ever lived for a longer time in any eastern European countries, exept Russia - and there mostly baceuse my realtives live there.
One more link. I don't speak much Czech, but I think that everyone who speaks slavic languages will understand at least the main idea.
I tried, but I didn't find Maria in M-names. :S
http://www.vestirna.com/www2/_jmena/jmena.php?pismeno=M&jmeno=Marie
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Very strange. Maybe I'm confusing Czech and Slovak. I hope someone else knows something more and posts.
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I really think you are confusing them. Slovaks use the "-ia" forms, I think, but Czechs tend not to.
Example: According to statistics, there are 332 918 MariEs and 3 826 MariAs in the Czech Republic. So it's hundred to one for "-iE".
You can find the statistics for females here:
http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls
Example: According to statistics, there are 332 918 MariEs and 3 826 MariAs in the Czech Republic. So it's hundred to one for "-iE".
You can find the statistics for females here:
http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls
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Anyway, thanks for your symphaty to my "problem"! :)
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