Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Introduction |
| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Nemám pero. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I don't have' |
| Martin: [Normal] nemám [Slow] nemám |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'pen' |
| Martin: [Normal] pero [Slow] pero |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nemám pero. [Normal] Nemám pero. |
| Jennifer: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't have time.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Nemám čas. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I don't have ' |
| Martin: [Normal] nemám [Slow] nemám |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'time' |
| Martin: [Normal] čas [Slow] čas |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nemám čas. [Normal] Nemám čas. |
| Jennifer: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Nevím. |
| Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Martin: [Normal] nevím [Slow] nevím |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the word meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nevím. [Normal] Nevím. |
| Jennifer: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't understand.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Nerozumím. |
| Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Martin: [Normal] nerozumím [Slow] nerozumím |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the word meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nerozumím. [Normal] Nerozumím. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: Negative sentences can be created in Czech quite easily. You just need to add the prefix ne- in front of the verb, which gives it a negative meaning. |
Outro |
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| 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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