I've read three Czech textbooks now (by Heim - 1982, Hola - recent, and Short 2nd edition) and I have noted a contradiction for the translation of...
For my third level Czech language course I must give a five minute talk about any subject. I have gotten interested in the the life and/or times...
Mam dva otazky prosim. Jak se rekne cesky: 1. I lift a glass on each occasion in honor of ... (context - birthday and nameday toasting)....
Having come nowhere near learning yet to hear and speak literary (written) Czech, I am now being taught the fairly substantially different spoken...
Jak se rekne cesky "from in front of Jan Zizka's statue on Zizkovo Namesti in Tabor" as if reporting from there. By the way, his statue is quite...
Will be in CZ from the 14th through the 28th. My online weather sources tell me of predicted and avg. temps (highs and lows) but do not mention...
Jak se rěkne česky "when in Rome, do as the romans do"? Když? Až? Chtel bych dát své učitelce dárek. A time honored American tradition of...
The emphasized (long) forms of these pronouns seem to occur either at the beginning or the end of sentences (understanding that these are the most...
Though I am probably misunderstanding these authors' teachings or context, I have found that David Short makes a statement in his book that the...
My grammer book (Heim '82) has the following exercise. Insert the correct form of the demonstrative pronoun: 1. Kolika ____ Cechum volate?...
I have made a promise to visit the home town (Tabor) of a good friend from there who is quite ill. She used to work in sight of Jan Ziska's...
I'd like to direct a message to Pan Scrimshaw if I may. As a one year novice of the czech language (and self taught), your advice might be very...
Sorry to ask such a supposed simple question but though I have searched this and other websites, I have not found a table of conjugations for the...
Easy question for the experts. I introduced my wife to my Czech Language interest group last night. She is half Czech. I said "je pul cesky"...
In a previous thread, nějaký was given as an example of indefiniteness. Would someone please use this in a sentence (use it in context). Thanks.
As many others are doing, I'd like to introduce myself. I've made a few posts already and will be making more. I have not a drop of czech blood...
A beginner's question here. If mi't both means to have and supposed/expected to, how does one say: I am supposed to have the car today?
A strange request, I know. I have a czech friend (in Florida) who has been diagnosed with cancer. To brighten her days, I would like to send her...
My wife is one-half Czech; her mother's name was Krotz (though I wonder if this was changed from Kroc). The mother was born in Odell, Nebraska in...
I would dearly like to learn this language. I've been self-teaching for 10 months but need to hear the spoken word (and attempt to speak it)....
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