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INTRODUCTION
In this lesson, you’ll learn the phrases that will help you rent a car.
GRAMMAR POINT
When you want to rent a car, you’ll say “I want to rent a car.” In Czech, this is..
Chci si půjčit auto.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Chci si půj-čit au-to.
Once more:
Chci si půjčit auto.
The first word, chci means “to want.”
(slow) Chci.
Chci.
Next we have si půjčit, meaning “to borrow” or “to rent”
(slow) Si půj-čit.
Si půjčit.
Then we have auto which means “a car”.
(slow) Au-to.
Auto.
Listen to the entire sentence again, meaning ‘I want to rent a car.’
(slow) Chci si půj-čit au-to.
Chci si půjčit auto.
When you want to rent a “motorbike”, you can use the word motorka in Czech.
(slow) Mo-tor-ka.
Motorka.
Using this word, you can say ‘I want to rent a motorbike.’
In Czech, this is..
Chci si půjčit motorku.
Note that we used the word motorku which is a form of the word motorka meaning “motorbike”.
Listen to the phrase once again
(slow) Chci si půj-čit motorku.
Chci si půj-čit motorku.
When you want to rent a bike, you can use the word Kolo meaning ‘a bike.’
(slow) Ko-lo.
Kolo.
To say “I want to rent a bike.” in Czech, you can say..
Chci si půjčit kolo.
(slow) Chci si půj-čit ko-lo.
Chci si půj-čit ko-lo.
If you're renting something, it's also important to know when you need to return it.
When you want to say “When do I have to return it?”, in Czech, you can say..
Kdy to musím vrátit?
(slow) Kdy to mu-sím vrá-tit?
Kdy to musím vrátit?
The first word, kdy, means “when.”
(slow) Kdy.
Kdy.
The second word is to which means “it.”
Then we have musím meaning something like “I must”.
(slow) Mu-sím.
Musím.
And at the end, we have vrátit, which is a verb meaning “to return.”
(slow) Vrá-tit.
Vrátit.
Let’s hear the entire question once more.
Kdy to musím vrátit?
This literally means “When do I have to return it?”
If you want to return the item in a different place, you can ask “Can I return it somewhere else?” In Czech, this is..
Můžu to vrátit někde jinde?
(slow) Mů-žu to vrá-tit něk-de jin-de?
Můžu to vrátit někde jinde?
The first word, můžu, is a form of the verb “can”. In English, this is translated as “can I”.
(slow) Mů-žu.
Můžu.
The second word is to which means “it”.
Next we have vrátit, meaning“to return”
(slow) Vrá-tit.
Vrátit.
And then we have the expression někde jinde meaning “somewhere else”.
(slow) Něk-de jin-de.
Někde jinde.
The entire sentence meaning ‘Can I return it somewhere else?’ is..
(slow) Mů-žu to vrá-tit něk-de jin-de?
Můžu to vrátit někde jinde?
If the staff doesn’t say yes, which is ano, you’ll hear an answer that is something like ‘No, you can’t.’ In Czech, this is..
Ne, nemůžete
Listen to the sentence again.
(slow) Ne, ne-mů-že-te.
Ne, nemůžete.

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