vánoční nákup nebo vánoční nákupy

Discussion in 'Vocabulary & Translation Help' started by Cajo_PL, Dec 5, 2009.

  1. Cajo_PL

    Cajo_PL Member

    nebo
    nebo
     
  2. wer

    wer Well-Known Member

    Except of the preposition, one says rather “do centra”, both is correct.



    There is only a slight, mostly negligible, difference in meaning. The first sentence with the singular form means “to do one particular shopping”, while the plural form stays for “to do more of shopping”.
     
  3. Ctyri koruny

    Ctyri koruny Well-Known Member

    That's what I'm doing today! I woke up late, 10 o clock! I have to hurry or all the shops will be closed!
     
  4. Cajo_PL

    Cajo_PL Member

    a jak jsi oslavil mikulase, asi ti nikdo ponozku za okno nedal, co? :)
     
  5. Ctyri koruny

    Ctyri koruny Well-Known Member

    :D no... zapoměla jsem kde jsem byla včera, a šla jsem do supermarketa... byla jsem v hadě půl hodiny!
     
  6. Cajo_PL

    Cajo_PL Member

    OMG, I'm so sorry, I thought you were a man :oops: :oops:

    let me correct my mistake :idea:

     
  7. Ctyri koruny

    Ctyri koruny Well-Known Member

    Ha ha! My Czech is so bad I didn't even notice!
     
  8. TomKQT

    TomKQT Well-Known Member

    I wonder where you were for those 30 minutes :)
     
  9. wer

    wer Well-Known Member

    In der Schlange?
     
  10. Ctyri koruny

    Ctyri koruny Well-Known Member

    That is indeed what I meant, I can't say it that way in Czech?
     
  11. TomKQT

    TomKQT Well-Known Member

    Hm, German language has the same word for snake and queue, I didn't know this.
    But czech language doesn't ;)
     
  12. Ctyri koruny

    Ctyri koruny Well-Known Member

    Weird.. I could have sworn my teacher told me it did.. i must have gotten it backwards.

    So how do I say I was in the queue for half an hour?
     
  13. TomKQT

    TomKQT Well-Known Member

    Queue in Czech is fronta or řada. Both are possible, fronta is IMHO more typical in this situation.

    Čekal(a) jsem ve frontě půl hodiny.
    Byl(a) jsem ve frontě půl hodiny.
     

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