| Introduction |
| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 20 - Talking about Your Likes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and affirmatively answer this question in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the informal way to ask 'Do you like chocolate? (speaking to a woman)' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Máš ráda čokoládu? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'do you ' |
| Martin: [Normal] máš [Slow] máš |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'like' |
| Martin: [Normal] ráda [Slow] ráda |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'chocolate' |
| Martin: [Normal] čokoládu [Slow] čokoládu |
| Jennifer: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Do you like chocolate? (speaking to a woman)' |
| Martin: [Slow] Máš ráda čokoládu? [Normal] Máš ráda čokoládu? |
| Jennifer: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'Do you like sweets? (speaking to a man)' |
| Martin: [Normal] Máte rád sladkosti? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'do you ' |
| Martin: [Normal] máte [Slow] máte |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'like' |
| Martin: [Normal] rád [Slow] rád |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'sweets' |
| Martin: [Normal] sladkosti [Slow] sladkosti |
| Jennifer: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'Do you like sweets? (speaking to a man)' |
| Martin: [Slow] Máte rád sladkosti? [Normal] Máte rád sladkosti? |
| Jennifer: Here's a response meaning 'Yes, I do.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Ano, mám |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'yes' |
| Martin: [Normal] ano [Slow] ano |
| Jennifer: Last is the word which literally means 'I have' |
| Martin: [Normal] mám [Slow] mám |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the response, 'Yes, I do.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Ano, mám [Normal] Ano, mám |
| Jennifer: Here's a response meaning, 'Yes, I like sweets.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Ano, mám rád sladkosti. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'yes ' |
| Martin: [Normal] ano [Slow] ano |
| Jennifer: Next is the phrase meaning 'I like' |
| Martin: [Normal] mám rád [Slow] mám rád |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'sweets' |
| Martin: [Normal] sladkosti [Slow] sladkosti |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the response meaning, 'Yes, I like sweets.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Ano, mám rád sladkosti. [Normal] Ano, mám rád sladkosti. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: Talking about what you like is quite easy in Czech if you remember the phrase mít rád for a man and mít ráda for a woman. Using these phrases, you will be able to describe whatever you like. |
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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