Beginner's Czech with Online Audio

by Iva Cerna, Jolana Machalek

Overview

Spoken by over 14 million people worldwide. Czech is an official language of the Czech Republic. It is a West Slavic language that is closely related and often mutually intelligible with Slovak. Ideal for those new to Czech, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Czech with Online Audio includes: A brief introduction to Czech history and culture, 10 carefully-paced and practical lessons with diaglogues, vocabulary, and expressions, Exercises for each lesson with answer key, Czech-English glossary, An alphabet and pronunciation guide, Online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780781814249
Publisher:	Hippocrene Books, Inc.
Publication date:	09/07/2021
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Iva Cerna and Jolana Machalek are instructors of Czech, affiliated with Eurolingua, an organization that specialized in teaching the languages of Eastern Europe to international businesspeople.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Geography 3

History and Politics 5

Business and Economics 10

Culture and Arts 12

Everyday Life 18

Czech Language 26

Abbreviations 27

Pronunciation 29

Czech Alphabet and Its Basic Sounds

Vowels

Consonants

Diphthongs

Stress

Intonation

Prepositions

Lesson 1 Meeting People/Introduction 36

Personal Pronouns

Addressing People

Verbs To Be, To Have

Negation

Lesson 2 Passport Control and Customs 44

Article

Declension

Nouns

Gender

Declension

Lesson 3 Local Transportation 54

Verbs

Conjugation

Present Tense

Perfective and Imperfective Verbs

Past Tense

Future Tense

Lesson 4 Accommodations 63

Adjectives

Hard Adjectives

Soft Adjectives

Demonstrative Pronouns

Words Expressing an Indefinite Quantity

The Czech Expression for "To Like"

Lesson 5 Asking for Directions 74

Cardinal Numerals

Time

Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Date

Money

Lesson 6 Having Dinner Out 84

Declension of Personal Pronouns

Reflexive Pronoun

Reflexive Verbs

Possessive Pronouns

Reflexive Possessive Pronoun

Pronouns Who, What

Indefinite and Negative Prefixes "Ne-", "Ni-"

Lesson 7 Shopping 99

Adverbs

Imperative

Comparison of Adjectives

Pronoun Všechen (All)

Lesson 8 Being a Guest 110

Modal Verbs

Conditional Mood

Ordinal Numerals

Lesson 9 Medical Care 121

Prepositions

Prefixal Verbs

Possessive Adjectives

Lesson 10 Social Event 133

Sentence Structure

Word Order

Double Imperfective Verbs of Motion

Forming Adjectives from Nouns

Short Adjectives

Key to Exercises 142

Czech - English Vocabulary 147

Audio Track List 168