Topics:
- Introduction to nouns (rules of gender)
- Personal pronouns and verb “být” (to be)
- Type 1 verb conjugation: -at = vstávat, čekat, hledat…
Vykání x tykání
Být (to be)
Nouns: intro to gender (typical endings) and plural
Pronunciation: d, t, n, ď, ť, ň, dě, tě, ně, di, ti, ni, (dí, tí, ní)
Exercise 1
Identify the gender of each noun in the exercise.
Exercise 2
Complete with the correct form of verbs. All verbs in this exercise belong to Type 1 verbs.
1. I am a teacher (male)
Já učitel.
2. He is a teacher
On učitel.
3. She is a teacher
Ona učitelka.
4. You are here
Vy tady.
5. They are there
Oni tam.
6. You are a student (informal)
Ty studentka.
7. It is a dog
To pes.
8. You are a doctor (formal)
Vy doktor.
9. We are at home
My doma.
10. Are you students?
Vy studenti?
11. Are you Czech? (formal)
Vy Čech?
12. Are you at home? (informal)
Ty doma?
Exercise 3
Drag and drop the words from the box to complete the sentences.
1. Veronika is a teacher.
Veronika učitelka.
2. We are here.
My tady.
3. I am not at home.
Já doma.
4. You are a student. (fem., informal)
Ty studentka.
5. He is there.
On tam.
6. It isn't a wardrobe.
To skříň.
7. They are at home.
Oni doma.
8. You aren't a doctor. (fem., formal)
Vy doktorka.
9. Petr isn't a student.
Petr student.
10. They are here. (fem.)
Ony tady.
11. Veronika isn't at home.
Veronika doma.
12. They are not doctors?
Oni doktoři?
13. It is a problem.
To problém.
14. It is not a problem.
To problém.
15. They are not doctors. (fem.)
Ony doktorky.
16. You are a student? (masc., formal)
Vy student?
17. Are you at home?
Vy doma?
Exercise 4
Complete with the correct form of verbs. All verbs in this exercise belong to Type 1 verbs.
1. I'm making salad. (Dělat)
salát.
2. I drink coffee. (Pít, stem: pi-)
kávu.
3. I hear the car. (Slyšet)
auto.
4. I'm building a house. (Stavět)
dům.
5. I'm writing an email. (Psát, stem: píš-)
email.
6. I'm listening to the radio. (Poslouchat)
rádio.
7. I sleep at home. (Spát, stem: sp-)
doma.
8. I'm watching the series. (Sledovat)
seriál.
9. I'm painting a picture. (Malovat)
obraz.
10. I have a car. (Mít)
auto.
11. I play football. (Hrát, stem: hra-)
fotbal.
12. I'm cooking gulash. (Vařit)
guláš.
13. I'm reading an email. (Číst, stem: čt-)
email.
14. I'm waiting here. (Čekat)
tady.
15. I study politics. (Studovat)
politiku.
16. I see Petr. (Vidět)
Petra.
17. I know Petr. (Znát)
Petra.
18. I'm a teacher. (Být)
učitel.
19. I'm looking for the phone. (Hledat)
telefon.
20. I'm crying. (Plakat)
.
3rd Person Singular Forms:
vstávat → vstáv-at =
add “á” to the stem vstáv- (on vstává = he is getting up)
studovat – subtract -ovat add “uje” (on studuje = he is studying)
vařit – it
číst – íst – add čt + e