Božena Němcová.
LESSON VI. ÚLOHA VI.
Měkčení tvrdých souhlásek.—Softening of hard consonants.
It was stated in [Lesson III.] that the plural of the masculine animate nouns and their adjectives ends in -i—měkké i. Since i, měkké, cannot follow a hard consonant this must soften, that is change into corresponding soft consonant. In softening, při měkčení
| h changes into z, | druh, comrade, | druzi, comrades, |
| ch changes into š, | hoch, boy, | hoši, boys, |
| k changes into c, | voják, soldier, | vojáci, soldiers, |
| r changes into ř, | bratr, brother, | bratři, brothers. |
d, t, n soften automatically upon the addition of i—di, ti, ni.
Neutral consonants simply add -i.
This change, called softening, is very important, it also occurs after ě.