Learn how to ask about taking an intentional action
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Hi everyone, and welcome back to CzechClass101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 22 - What's Your Favorite Czech Drink? Michael here. |
| Martin: Ahoj. I'm Martin. |
| Michael: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what someone is going to do. The conversation takes place at the supermarket, where the characters are buying beverages. |
| Martin: It's between Tom, Irena, and Martin. |
| Michael: The speakers know each other, so they’ll be using informal Czech. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (V samoobsluze) |
| Martin: Tome, co budeš pít? Sodovku nebo kafe? |
| Tomáš: Dám si kolu. |
| Martin: Koupim teda kolu. A co ty, Ireno? Budeš taky něco pít? |
| Irena: Jo, jsou tam nějaké džusy? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| (V samoobsluze) |
| Martin: Tome, co budeš pít? Sodovku nebo kafe? |
| Tomáš: Dám si kolu. |
| Martin: Koupim teda kolu. A co ty, Ireno? Budeš taky něco pít? |
| Irena: Jo, jsou tam nějaké džusy? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| (At the supermarket) |
| Martin: Tomas, what will you have to drink? Soda or Coffee? |
| Tomáš: I'll have Coke. |
| Martin: I'll buy some Coke then. What about you, Irena? Will you drink something too? |
| Irena: Yes, are there some juices? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Michael: Martin, what are some popular drinks in the Czech Republic? |
| Martin: Tea and coffee are the main drinks when Czechs socialize during the day. It’s popular to have a large selection of tea, and some cafes and restaurants can offer a whole box of different types. Herbal and fruit teas are traditionally served with honey and lemon. |
| Michael: I see. What about beer and wine? |
| Martin: The Czech Republic is famous for its production of beer, and we also have wine. For example at Christmas time, red wine is boiled to make svařák |
| Michael: which means “hot wine.” Can you give us a useful sentence for talking about drinks? |
| Martin: Dáš si kávu horkou nebo studenou? |
| Michael: "Will you take your coffee hot or cold?" Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Michael: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Martin: pít [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to drink |
| Martin: pít[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: pít [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: sodovka [natural native speed] |
| Michael: soda |
| Martin: sodovka[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: sodovka [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: kafe [natural native speed] |
| Michael: coffee |
| Martin: kafe[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: kafe [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: dát si [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to have, to take |
| Martin: dát si [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: dát si [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: kola [natural native speed] |
| Michael: coke |
| Martin: kola[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: kola [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: koupit [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to buy |
| Martin: koupit [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: koupit [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: co [natural native speed] |
| Michael: what |
| Martin: co[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: co [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: něco [natural native speed] |
| Michael: something |
| Martin: něco[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: něco [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: nějaký [natural native speed] |
| Michael: some, any, kind of, sort of, certain, around, about |
| Martin: nějaký[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: nějaký [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: džus [natural native speed] |
| Michael: juice |
| Martin: džus[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: džus [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Michael: Let's have a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Martin: nějaký |
| Michael: meaning "some,” “any,” “kind of,” “sort of,” “somehow,” or “certain.” |
| Martin: nějaký is a pronoun that is conjugated according to gender. The masculine is nějaký, the feminine is nějaká, and the neuter is nějaké. And it can be used in different contexts. |
| Michael: Can you give us some examples? |
| Martin: Sure, for example you can say To je nějaký druh kytky. |
| Michael: “This is some kind of plant.” |
| Martin: Přišel za tebou nějaký pan Janda. |
| Michael: “There is a certain Mr. Janda to see you.” Okay, what's the next word? |
| Martin: Dát si... |
| Michael: meaning "to have,” or “to take." It literally means "to give oneself" |
| Martin: It’s a reflexive verb which means it’s always accompanied by the reflexive pronoun si, meaning “to oneself.” For example, dám si means “I'll have” or dáš si “you'll have.” |
| Michael: Can you give us an example sentence using this word? |
| Martin: Sure. For example, you can say.. Dám si jablečný džus |
| Michael: .. which means “I'll have an apple juice.” |
| Martin: We can also say Dát si sprchu. |
| Michael: "To take a shower. " |
Lesson focus |
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| Michael: In this lesson you'll learn how to talk about doing an intentional action. You’ll also learn about the future tense in Czech. There are three ways to express the future tense, either by using the present tense, using perfective verbs, or using imperfective verbs plus the verb “to be.” Let’s start with the present tense, since it’s often used in everyday spoken language. Martin, can you give us an example? |
| Martin: For example, you can say Co zítra děláš? |
| Michael: “What are you doing tomorrow?” |
| Martin: Or you can also say Příští rok jsem v Americe. |
| Michael: “Next year I’m in America.” |
| Martin: Next we have the perfective verbs used to talk about future actions. |
| Michael: Expressing the future is possible through perfective verbs because perfective verbs refer to completed actions in the past or the completion of acts in the future. Also notice that perfective verbs cannot express present tense. |
| Martin: What distinguishes perfective verbs from the imperfective verbs is their prefixes. |
| Michael: These prefixes have a so-called perfective function. You can create a perfective verb from an imperfective verb by adding such a prefix. Martin, can you give us some examples? |
| Martin: Yes, for example the verb číst, meaning “to read,” in the perfective form becomes přečíst meaning “to finish reading” or psát meaning “to write” and napsat meaning “to finish writing.” |
| Michael: Can you give an example with this verb? |
| Martin: Napíšu dopis. |
| Michael: Which means "I’ll write a letter." |
| Martin: Or you can say Udělám to později, |
| Michael: meaning "I’ll do it later." |
| Martin: Udělám comes from udělat which means "to finish doing" and is the perfective version of dělat which means "to be doing.” |
| Michael: Now let’s talk about the last way to create the future tense in Czech, which is imperfective verbs combined with the verb “to be” in the future form. |
| Martin: For example, in the dialogue we had Buděš něco pít? |
| Michael: meaning "Will you drink something?" let's take a look at the conjugation of the future form of být . |
| Martin: We have já budu |
| Michael: “I will” |
| Martin: ty budeš |
| Michael: "you will" |
| Martin: on bude |
| Michael: "he will" |
| Martin: my budem |
| Michael: “we will” |
| Martin: vy budete |
| Michael: "you will" |
| Martin: oni budou |
| Michael: "they will". How do we get the future tense with these forms? |
| Martin: It’s simple - you add an infinitive form of any verb after the personal form of budu. For example, bude bydlet |
| Michael: which means "he will live." |
| Martin: Here is another example - O víkendu budu pracovat. |
| Michael: "I will work on the weekend." |
| Martin: Please note that the future tense of být is always followed by a verb in its infinitive form, but never followed by the infinitive být itself! |
Outro |
| Michael: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. For more examples and explanations, be sure to check the lesson notes. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Martin: Děkuji. |
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