Colloquial Czech
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Colloquial Czech

The Complete Course for Beginners

James Naughton

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Colloquial Czech

The Complete Course for Beginners

James Naughton

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Colloquial Czech provides a step-by-step course in Czech as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Czech in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Czech will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Czech.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
9781317306061
Subtopic
Lingue
Edition
3

Unit One

Vítám vás v Praze!

Welcome to Prague!

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In this unit you will learn about:
  • greetings and basic phrases
  • that/this
  • questions
  • ‘yes’ and ‘no’
  • gender and adjectives
  • some basic verbs in the present
  • addressing people
  • the vocative
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Dialogue 1

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Letiště The airport (Audio 1:15)

Neil Parker arrives in Praha ‘Prague’. Notice how the word Praha changes in the phrase v Praze, meaning ‘in Prague’. For ‘Welcome to Prague’ you say Vítám vás v Praze, literally ‘I welcome you in Prague.’
NEIL Dobrý den. Vy jste Věra Benešová?
VĚRA Ano. To jsem já.
NEIL Těší mě. Já jsem Neil Parker.
VĚRA Vítám vás v Praze! Vy jste Američan?
NEIL Ne, já jsem Angličan. Moje manželka je Američanka.
VĚRA Ale mluvíte dobře česky!
NEIL Učím se jen rok. Trochu rozumím, ale mluvím špatně.
VĚRA Ale ne! Mluvíte pěkně! Máte kufr?
NEIL Ano, mám. Samozřejmě. Tady je.
VĚRA Tak dobře. Pojďme. Auto čeká venku.
NEIL Hello. Are you Věra Benešová?
VĚRA Yes. That's me.
NEIL Pleased to meet you. I'm Neil Parker.
VĚRA Welcome to Prague! You're American, aren't you?
NEIL No, I'm English. My wife is American.
VĚRA But you speak Czech (very) well!
NEIL I've only been learning for a year. I understand a bit, but I speak badly.
VĚRA No! You speak (really) nicely/well! Have you got a suitcase?
NEIL Yes I have. Of course. Here it is.
VĚRA Okay then. Let's go. The car's waiting outside.
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Vocabulary

dobrý den hello (lit. ‘good day’)
(já) jsem I am
(vy) jste you are
těší mě pleased to meet you (lit. ‘It pleases me’)
vítám vás welcome (lit. ‘I welcome you’)
Praha, v Praze Prague, in Prague
ano — ne yes — no
(pan) Beneš, (paní) Benešová (Mr) Beneš, (Mrs) Benešová (female form adds -ová)
Američan II Američanka (an) American man, woman (female adds -ka)
Angličan II Angličanka (an) Englishman, woman
Čech II Češka (a) Czech man, woman
můj manžel II moje manželka my husband, my wife
mám, máte I have, you have
mluvím, mluvíte I speak, you speak
rozumím, rozumíte I understand, you understand
učím se, učíte se I am learning, you are learning (lit. ‘teaching yourself)
dobře/pěkně — špatně well (fine, good, o...

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