If you are wondering when to use "s" and when "se" (the same with "z" and "ze", "v" and "ve", "k" and "ke"), check out the Prepositions page. We've added a section that tries to explain some of the "rules" for when to use which.
Sweeeet, looks like you are gonna anticipate my deep_into_grammar questions [This message has been edited by Kikko (edited November 08, 2002).]
I bet you already know I will soon ask about what suffix to add when changing the aspect of a verb from perfective to imperfective and viceversa... Perfective -ova- -va- -ěva- -ŕse- -a- Imperfective na- vy- pri- za- do- od- u-
Oh man, this thread was OLD According to my grammar: K becomes Ke in front of K and G V becomes Ve in front of V and F Z becomes Ze in front of Z and S And also, they all add -e when the following word begins with 2 consonants
I don`t think that there is any significant difference between the two. My subjective feeling would assess kuprikladu as less frequent and perhaps less formal. I could be wrong though. Jednou z vyhod vstupu do EU je, kuprikladu/napriklad, moznost pracovat ve Spojenem kralovstvi. One of the advantages of joining the EU is, for example, the possibility of working in the UK. Karel
According to an older version of Teach Yourself Czech, k becomes ku before p, for example: Jedu ku Praze.