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Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question 'why' in Czech.
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Jennifer: Here's the way to informally ask 'Why are you late?' in Czech.
Martin: [Normal] Proč máš zpoždění?
Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'why '
Martin: [Normal] proč [Slow] proč
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'you have'
Martin: [Normal] máš [Slow] máš
Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'late'
Martin: [Normal] zpoždění [Slow] zpoždění
Jennifer: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Why are you late?'
Martin: [Slow] Proč máš zpoždění? [Normal] Proč máš zpoždění?
Jennifer: Here's the way to answer, 'I missed the train. (for women)'
Martin: [Normal] Zmeškala jsem vlak.
Jennifer: First is a phrase meaning 'I missed'
Martin: [Normal] zmeškala jsem [Slow] zmeškala jsem
Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'train'
Martin: [Normal] vlak [Slow] vlak
Jennifer:. Listen again to the response meaning 'I missed the train. (for women)'
Martin: [Slow] Zmeškala jsem vlak. [Normal] Zmeškala jsem vlak.
Jennifer: Here's the way to informally ask 'Why do you leave so early?'
Martin: [Normal] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo?
Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'why '
Martin: [Normal] proč [Slow] proč
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'you leave'
Martin: [Normal] odjíždíš [Slow] odjíždíš
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'so'
Martin: [Normal] tak [Slow] tak
Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'early'
Martin: [Normal] brzo [Slow] brzo
Jennifer: Listen again to the question meaning 'Why do you leave so early?'
Martin: [Slow] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo? [Normal] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo?
Jennifer: Here's a response meaning, 'Not to miss the train.'
Martin: [Normal] Nezmeškat vlak.
Jennifer: First is the word meaning 'not to miss '
Martin: [Normal] nezmeškat [Slow] nezmeškat
Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'train'
Martin: [Normal] vlak [Slow] vlak
Jennifer: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not to miss the train.'
Martin: [Slow] Nezmeškat vlak. [Normal] Nezmeškat vlak.
Cultural Insight
Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Martin: A famous expression in Czech is Proč ne? which means, like in English, "Why not?". You can use it to accept a proposition if you agree but are not really keen to do it. Or, if it was not planned in advance. For example if a friend asks you suddenly "How about we go to the cinema tonight?" You can answer Proč ne? meaning "Why not?"

Outro

Jennifer: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Martin: Čau!

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