| Basic Sentences | |
|---|---|
| Language | Czech |
| Skills | 91 |
| Skill No. | 1 |
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Use Basic Sentences is the 1st skill of the Czech language tree.
Grammar Notes[]
Czech spelling is mostly phonetic and each letter represents one sound.
short vowels[]
- Aa - as in father
- Ee - as in let
- Ii - as in kitten
- Oo - as in gopher but without the light w at the end
- Uu - as in put
- Yy - always a vowel and sounds the same as i
long vowels[]
Each short vowel has a corresponding long one written as follows: á, é, í, ó, ú, and ý. U is replaced by ů except at the start of a word, or at the start of the word's root after a prefix, where it is written as ú.
voiced consonants[]
Consonants sound mostly as in English. There are voiced and unvoiced consonants.
- Bb - as in English
- Dd - mostly as in English like in dog
- Ďď - like a d followed by a consonantal y, as in duel
- Gg - as in English
- Hh - as in English.
- Vv - as in English.
- Zz - as in English.
- Žž - like the s in pleasure
unvoiced consonants[]
- Cc - ts sound like at the end of cats.
- Čč - like the ch in chicken.
- Ff - as in English.
- CHch - is considered a single letter and is found after h in dictionaries. Like the ch in loch.
- Kk - as in English kit
- Pp - as in English pin
- Ss - as in English sun
- Tt - as in English top
- Ťť - the unvoiced counterpart to ď. Sounds like a t with y after, as in the tu in tune.
other consonants[]
- Jj - like an English consonantal y yellow.
- Ll - as in English
- Mm - as in English
- Nn - as in English.
- Ňň - like an n followed by a y, as in the n in onion
- Rr - lightly rolled, as in Spanish or Italian
- Řř - unique to Czech, similar to the combination r+ž, like the rg in bourgois
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- máma = mom
- táta = dad
- tady = here
- doma = at home
- Je tady? = Is he here?
- Je tady. = He is here.
- Je táta doma? = Is Dad at home?
- Je máma doma? = Is Mom at home?
- Táta je doma. = Mom is at home.
- Máma je doma. = Mom is at home.
- Máma je tady. = Mom is here.
- Je táta tady? = Is Dad here?
- Ona je tady. = She is here.
- Táta je tady. = Dad is here.
- á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž
Lesson 2[]
- kolo = bicycle
- kde = where
- on = he
- Kde je kolo? = Where is the bicycle?
- Kde je on? = Where is he?
- Kde je máma? = Where is Mom?
- Kde je Jitka? = Where is Jitka?
- Kde je Jakub? = Where is Jakub?
- On je Jakub. = He is Jakub.
- Jakub jí. = Jakub is eating.
- Táta jí doma. = Dad eats at home.
- Je Jakub doma? = Is Jakub at home?
- Jitka je doma. = Jitka is at home.
- Jitka jí tady. = Jitka is eating here.
- Jí máma doma? = Does Mom eat at home?
- On je doma tady. = He is at home here.
- Kolo je doma. = The bicycle is at home.
- Kolo je tady. = The bicycle is here.
- Je doma? = Is she at home?
- Kde jí Jitka? = Where is Jitka eating?
- á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž
Lesson 3[]
- banán = banana
- ona = she
- meloun = watermelon
- Kde je ona? = Where is she?
- Kde je on? = Where is he?
- Jitka jí meloun. = Jitka is eating watermelon.
- On má kolo? = Does he have a bicycle?
- Jitka má kolo. = Jitka has a bicycle.
- Máma má kolo. = Mom has a bicycle.
- Jakub má meloun. = Jakub has a watermelon.
- Ona má meloun. = She has a watermelon.
- On má banán. = He has a banana.
- Máma má banán. = Mom has a banana.
- Jakub jí banán= Jakub is eating a banana.
- Kde je táta? = Where is Dad?
- Kde je banán? = Where is the banana?
- Ona je doma. = She is at home.
- á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž
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