Learn some Czech phone manners
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| Introduction |
| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic vocabulary and expressions related to using the phone in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the way to say 'Hello. (answering the phone)' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Haló? |
| Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello' |
| Martin: [Normal] haló [Slow] haló |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello. (answering to the phone)' |
| Martin: [Slow] Haló? [Normal] Haló? |
| Jennifer: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'This is Martin.' |
| Martin: [Normal] To je Martin. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'this ' |
| Martin: [Normal] to [Slow] to |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'is' |
| Martin: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Jennifer: Last is the 'person's name' |
| Martin: [Normal] Martin [Slow] Martin |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Martin.' |
| Martin: [Slow] To je Martin. [Normal] To je Martin. |
| Jennifer: Next up is the way to say 'May I talk to Hanka?' |
| Martin: [Normal] Mohu mluvit s Hankou? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'May I ' |
| Martin: [Normal] mohu [Slow] mohu |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'talk' |
| Martin: [Normal] mluvit [Slow] mluvit |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'to' |
| Martin: [Normal] s [Slow] s |
| Jennifer: Last is the name 'Hanka' |
| Martin: [Normal] Hankou [Slow] Hankou |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Hanka?' |
| Martin: [Slow] Mohu mluvit s Hankou? [Normal] Mohu mluvit s Hankou? |
| Jennifer: Finally, here is a way to say 'I'll call again later.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Zavolám později. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I'll call' |
| Martin: [Normal] zavolám [Slow] zavolám |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'later' |
| Martin: [Normal] později [Slow] později |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Zavolám později. [Normal] Zavolám později. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: As a widespread form of communication, making calls has a standard set of phrases and expressions involved. Knowing these in foreign languages makes our phone calls much easier. Be sure to master them in Czech! |
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 series! |
| Martin: Čau! |
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