Learn how to talk about doing a habitual action
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Hi everyone, and welcome back to CzechClass101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 21 - A Banana-Loving Czech Baby. Michael here. |
| Martin: Ahoj. I'm Martin. |
| Michael: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask about someone’s habits. This conversation takes place at a restaurant. |
| Martin: It's between Irena and Martin. They are with Irena's baby who is named Sarah and a dog. |
| Michael: The speakers know each other, so they’ll be using informal Czech. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (Sára pláče) |
| Martin: Jé, Sáro, máš hlad? Ireno, jí Sára banány? |
| Irena: Jo, jí. Sára zbožňuje banány! |
| Martin: jo, fakt? Dobře, Sáro. Tady máš. |
| (Sára se směje) |
| (pes kňučí) |
| Martin: Ireno, a tvůj pes jí banány? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| (Sára pláče) |
| Martin: Jé, Sáro, máš hlad? Ireno, jí Sára banány? |
| Irena: Jo, jí. Sára zbožňuje banány! |
| Martin: jo, fakt? Dobře, Sáro. Tady máš. |
| (Sára se směje) |
| (pes kňučí) |
| Martin: Ireno, a tvůj pes jí banány? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation with the English translation |
| (Sarah cries) |
| Martin: Oh, Sarah, are you hungry? Irena, does Sarah eat bananas? |
| Irena: Yes, she does. Sarah loves bananas! |
| Martin: Oh, really? Okay, Sarah. Here you go. |
| (Sarah laughs) |
| (Dog whines) |
| Martin: Irena, does your dog eat bananas? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Michael: Martin what are the most popular fruits in the Czech Republic? |
| Martin: Although Czech supermarkets offer a year-round supply of exotic fruit these days, it appears that Czechs still prefer apples above all. According to a survey, Czech people buy apples regularly. |
| Michael: How do you use apples? |
| Martin: As well as being eaten raw soon after buying them, apples are also used to make štrúdl, which is a sort of apple pie that is popular in Germany and known as ''strudel.'' It’s also common to make a compote, or fresh juice. |
| Michael: Do any Czech sayings involve apples? |
| Martin: Yes, one is Jablko nepadá daleko od stromu. |
| Michael: The literal translation is "the apple does not fall far from the tree." It’s the same as the English idiom and means "Like father, like son." Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Michael: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Martin: jíst [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to eat |
| Martin: jíst[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: jíst [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: banán [natural native speed] |
| Michael: banana |
| Martin: banán[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: banán [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: zbožňovat [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to adore, to love, to worship |
| Martin: zbožňovat[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: zbožňovat [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: smát se [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to laugh |
| Martin: smát se[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: smát se [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: pes [natural native speed] |
| Michael: dog |
| Martin: pes[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: pes [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Martin: kňučet [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to whine, to whimper, to yowl |
| Martin: kňučet[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Martin: kňučet [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: kňučet |
| Michael: meaning "to whine, to yowl,” or “to whimper." This is an imperfective verb, which means that it describes a general or ongoing activity without reference to its completion. It can be used for both humans and animals. Can you give us some examples? |
| Martin: Yes, for example, you can say Pod oknem kňučí pes, |
| Michael: “A dog is yowling outside the window” |
| Martin: or Kňučela nad těžkou prací |
| Michael: “She was whining about her hard work.” Okay, what's the next word? |
| Martin: zbožňovat něco or někoho |
| Michael: meaning "to adore, to love,” or “to worship" This is also an imperfective verb. |
| Martin: Zbožňovat means to worship as God or God, to love deeply and devotedly, or to like very much. |
| Michael: Can you give us some examples? |
| Martin: Sure, Zbožňuju našeho dědu. |
| Michael: “I just adore our grandpa.” |
| Martin: or Zbožňuje toho zpěváka jako boha. |
| Michael: “He worships the singer just like God.” |
Lesson focus |
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| Michael: In this lesson you'll learn how to talk or ask about habitual actions. To do this, you have to know the basic conjugation of verbs for creating sentences. |
| Martin: For example we saw Jíst, meaning “to eat,” in the dialogue. |
| Michael: Let’s remember that this is also an imperfective verb, so it doesn’t refer to the completion of the action. |
| Martin: Also please know that when you add the prefix na in front of the verb, you get najíst, which is the perfective version, |
| Michael: And it can be translated as “to eat up”. Now let’s see the conjugation. Martin will say the Czech and I’ll give the translation |
| Martin: já jím |
| Michael: “I eat” |
| Martin: ty jíš |
| Michael: “you eat” |
| Martin: on/ ona jí |
| Michael: “he or she eats” |
| Martin: my jíme |
| Michael: “we eat” |
| Martin: vy jíte |
| Michael: “you eat” |
| Martin: oni jedí |
| Michael: “they eat.” Let’s make a question using this verb. |
| Martin: For example, you could say jíš (ty) banány? |
| Michael: “Do you eat bananas?” |
| Martin: Or jíš banány každý den? |
| Michael: “Do you eat bananas every day?” Here we have added a frequency word. |
| Martin: Right, I added každý, meaning "every," followed by den, “day.” |
| Michael: Now let’s learn how to create a statement about a habitual action. Martin, can you give us an example? |
| Martin: Sure. Čtu knihy denně. |
| Michael: “I read books every day.” |
| Martin: čtu is the first person singular form of the verb číst, meaning “to read". Then there's the plural noun knihy, meaning "books" and at the end is the adverb denně, meaning "every day." |
| Michael: Let's go through some frequency expressions. |
| Martin: One is denně, which we just heard. It comes from the adjective denní which also translates as the English "every day." |
| Michael: What's next? |
| Martin: Next up is the word co which can also be used to talk about frequency. Words that can follow co are večer or noc, |
| Michael: meaning "evening" and "night," |
| Martin: or týden or měsíc |
| Michael: Which mean "week" and "month" respectively. |
| Martin: For example, you can say Večer co večer spolu mluvíme. |
| Michael: Meaning "We talk together every evening." |
| Martin: or Co dva roky jezdíme na dovolenou. |
| Michael: "We go on holiday every two years." |
| Martin: Finally, you can also use the word každý that means "every", followed by the words indicating time, as in Každé ráno, |
| Michael: meaning “every morning.” |
| Martin: Here’s an example. Každé ráno chodím se psem na procházku. |
| Michael: "Every morning I go for a walk with my dog." To wrap up, let’s give a short list of verbs referring to everyday life. |
| Martin: vzbudit se |
| Michael: "to wake up" |
| Martin: vstávat |
| Michael: "to get up" |
| Martin: jíst snídani |
| Michael: "to eat breakfast" |
| Martin: čistit zuby |
| Michael: "to brush teeth" |
| Martin: For example, you could ask Čistíte si zuby dvakrát denně? |
| Michael: "Do you brush your teeth twice a day?" |
Outro |
| Michael: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Martin: Děkuji. |
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