Hello! is the 1st skill of the Czech language tree. It has a total of 3 lessons, and it teaches a few basic phrases such as yes, no, thanks, and good night.
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 consonents[]
Consonents sound mostly as in English. There are voiced and unvoiced consonents.
- 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 consonents[]
- 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 consonents[]
- 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[]
- ne = no/not
- ano = yes
- dobrý = good (masculine)
- večer = evening/night
- den = day
- dobrý den = hello, good afternoon/day
- děkuji = thank you/thanks
Lesson 2[]
- a = and
- dobré = good (neuter)
- odpoledne = afternoon, in the afternoon
- ráno = morning, in the morning
- hezký = nice, handsome, pretty
- víkend = weekend
- hezký vikend = have a nice weekend
Lesson 3[]
- prosím = please/you're welcome
- ahoj = hi/hello/bye
- na shledanou = goodbye/bye, see you soon
- díky = thanks/thank you
- dobrou = good (feminine)
- noc = night
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