? CONTENTS (OBSAH) // LESSON TOPIC // UNGUAGE SKILLS // PAGE // GRAMMAR // INTRODUCTION TO CZECH PHONETICS // Czech sounds. Czech alphabet Pronunciation (9). Stress (10). Assimilation (10). // CZECH LANGUAGE // 9 // 13 // LESSON 0 // INTRODUCTORY PICTURE-LESSON First contaci with Czech // LESSON 1 GREETINGS. BASIC SOCIAL PHRASES. DESCRIBING A ROOM. // Greefcng people and saying goodbye to them. // Say«g who you are. Asking What is that? Who is that*-Asking "What is it like?’ and "What is that person like?’ Describing your room. // Texts pp. 34.36. // Personal pronouns (25). Verb "to be’. Verb negation (26). Forming questions in Czech (27). Basic questions (28). Adverbs of place (29). Demonstrative pronouns "ten, ta. to’ (30). Grammatical genders of Czech nouns. Nominative case (31). Adjectives: hard f’-ý*) and soft (’-?) (32). Numeral "one’ (33). // LESSON 2 MY FAMILY. DO YOU HAVE TIME? WHAT DO I LIKE? // Saying where you work. // Saying whether you have any free time. // Saying what you have and who you are listening to. Saying what things you like and what people you like. Asking who owns something. // Texts pp. 52.54. // Locative case of nouns in singular - "Where?’(41). Present tense of verbs: conjugation "-ám’, ’-uju’ (45). Verb "to have’ (45). Accusative case in singular (47). // I like ... (50). Possessive pronouns (51). // LESSON 3 // WHATS THE TIME? MY DAILY ROUTINE. // Saying say what time it is, and when you are doing something. // Saying when and for how long
you are doing something. Saying what languages you can speak Talking about your daily routine. // Counting to a hundred. // Texts pp. 71,72 // Numerals 1-100 (61). "When? At what time? How long?* (61). Present tense of verbs: conjugation "-im*. "-u* (62). // Verb "to go* - "jet* or "jil in Czech (64). // Infinitive of Czech verbs - "-l form (65). // Reflexive pronouns "se. si* (66). // Personal pronouns in the accusative singular (69). Prepositions which lake the accusative (69). // LESSON 4 DAYS OF THE WEEK. WHERE DO WE GO? 79 // WHERE ARE YOU FROM? // Saying where you are from. // Planning a journey. Saying what means of transport you will use. // Saying that you want to or can do something. Telling people aboul things you have to do. // Texts pp. 94. 95. // Days of the week (81). // Verb aspect - imperfective and perfective (81). Future tense of the verb "to go’ (82). // Genitive case of nouns in singular (84). // Modal verbs. Verb "to want’ (86.89). // Instrumental case ’’äm?’ (93). Neither - nor (93). // 6 // CONTENTS (OBSAH) // LESSONS PRAGUE. TOWNS AND CITIES. ASKING THE WAY. 101 // Asking (oi direci’ons. Finding your way around a town. Saying what you win be dcrng in town. // Saying that you doni know something. // Counting to a thousand. // Texts pp. (20.122. // Numerals 21-1000 (105). Preposition •na’ + the accusative (106). Prepositions wt>ich lake the genitive (108). // Adverbs of place (109). Verb "to know* in Czech (111>. indefinite and negative pronouns and
adverbs (113). Expressing the future with perfective verbs (115). // LESSON 6 ON A VISIT. SPARE TIME. WHAT SHALL WE DO? 129 // Saying the right things when you meet someone. Inviting friends to visit you. // Planning what you are going to do when you have time. Expressing likes and dislikes. // Counting in thousands and millions. // Texts pp. 143.145. // Numera’« lOOOand more (131). Possessi pronoun "svuj* (132). Plural of the nominative and accusative of Mi. F, N (133). // Plural of the nominative and accusative of Ma (135). // Future tense of the verb "to be*, of imperfective verbs (138). Conjunction "when* in Czech (142). // Preposition "za* + the accusative (147). // LESSON 7 WHAT WAS I DOING YESTERDAY? HOW OLD AM I? 153 // Saying how ?? someone is. // Saying whose house you are going to and whom you are phoning. // Saying for whom you are buying something. // Talking about what you have been doing. // Texts pp. 169.170. // Personal pronouns in the dative (155). // Verbs with the dative (156). // Dative case of nouns in singular (158). // Dative case of adjectives and pronouns m singular (159). Prepositions which take the dative (160). Past tense (162). Sentences with the subject "it* and without a subject (166) // LESSON 8 SHOPPING. GROCERIES. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? 177 // Asking the price of something when shopping. // Saying how much you want of something. // Making comparisons: saying that something is bigger. Expressing a wish: I would like ... // Saying whose house
you have visited. // Texts pp. 189.192. // Money (179). Phrases with the verb in the conditional (180). Genitive case of nouns in singular (181). // Genitive case of adjectives and pronouns in singular (182). Prepositions which take the genitive (185). // Functions of the genitive (186). Verbs with the genitive (186) Comparison of adjectives and adverbs (196) // LESSON 9 FOOD. RESTAURANTS. WHAT DO I LIKE? WHAT WOULD I DO? 203 // Ordering m a restaurant and reserving a table. Saying what you like to eat and drink Saying that there is plenty of something. // Using the conditional: what I would do ... Texts pp. 216, 220. // Genitive case in plural (207). We count in Czech (208). Genitive case of personal pronouns (24). // Conditional (213). // LESSON 10 TIME AND DATE. SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 227 // WHATS THE WEATHER LIKE? // Saying today’s date. // Telling the time down to the minute. // Expressing different relationships of time. // Asking and answering questions about the weather. Using Czech verbs of motion accurately. // Texts pp. 247.250. // Instrumental case in singular (229). // Prepositions which take the instrumental (229). // Functions of the instrumental (233). // Verbs of motion "chodit - jit. jezdit jet* (235). Other verbs (237). Ordinal numerals (238). Whars the rime? (238). // Time questions "When? How long’’ How often?* (240). Months. What is the date today? (244). // ? CONTENTS (OBSAH) // LESSON 11 POST OFFICES. LETTERS AND POSTCARDS. TELEPHONES. COMPUTERS. 257
// Maying requests and giving orders. Using the correct forms of address. Sending items by post. Using basic Czech computing terminology. Having phone conversations with the authorities and passing on messages Texts pp. 266.274. Imperative (259). Negative imperative (261). Imperative form for the ?"1 person sg and pi - "Af ...? Vocative case - Calling, addressing (263). Personal pronouns in the instrumental (264). (261). // LESSON 12 HOLIDAYS / VACATIONS. TRAVEL. IN THE HOTEL. 279 // Planning your holiday. Reserving a room for yoorsefl in a hotel. Expressing various spatial relationships. Giving direcuon to verbs ot motion, using prefixes. Texts pp. 291,293. Locative case m singular (281). Functions of the locative (282). Prepositions which take the locative (282). Personal pronouns in the locative (285). Prefixes of direction for verbs of motion (286). // LESSON 13 THE HUMAN BODY. AT THE DOCTOR’S. WHAT DO WE LOOK LIKE? 299 // Saying what is hurting you and how you are. Expressing happiness and sadness. Expressing purpose, making requests and seeking advice. Saying what people look like and what sort of people they are. Texts pp.313.314. Locative case in plural (301). Verbs of motion x verbs of state (303). Revision of expressions of place and direction (305). Conjunction "aby" "so that, in order to" (307). ??? adverbs "denné, týdné ...* (314). // LESSON 14 CURRICULUM VITAE. ON THE MOTORWAY / HIGHWAY. 319 // Writing or describing your CV. Relating the course of an event.
Saying that you are a driver, that you have broken down. Saying between what hours something is open. Texts pp. 329.331. Dative case in plural (321). Declension of numerals "1.2,3,4,5. nékotik* (324). Declension of "všichni, všechno" (324). Comparison: How much more? (327). Revision of expressions of lime: prepositions + nouns (328). Time conjunctions (332). // LESSON 15 WORK. BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS. AT THE AIRPORT. 337 // Talking about your work, or looking for a summer job. Conducting a business meeting. Recognising when colloquial Czech is being used. Constructing sentences with "kdyby": il 1 had lime. 1 would go... Texts pp. 346.349. Instrumental case in ptural (339). Declension "kolega", "centrum, muzeum" (342). Conditional sentences (344). Colloquial Czech (347). // WHAT DO WE SAY? PUBLIC NOTICES GRAMMATICAL TABLES KEY CZECH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY GRAMMATICAL INDEX ... 353 ...360 ... 363 ...373 ...393 ... 410 // 8