Lesson Transcript

Now let's look at the sentence pattern.
This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow.
Knihovna je [direction] [location].
The library is [direction] [location].
OK, let's look at the vocabulary.
First we have před.
In front of.
Před.
P-řed.
Před.
Next is za.
Behind.
Za.
Za.
Za.
Then we have vedle.
Next to.
Vedle.
Ve-dle.
Vedle.
Another one is daleko od.
Far away from.
Daleko od.
Da-le-ko od.
Daleko od.
Next is nalevo od.
To the left of.
Nalevo od.
Na-le-vo od.
Nalevo od.
Next is napravo od.
To the right of.
Napravo od.
Na-pra-vo od.
Napravo od.
Then we have naproti.
Across from.
Naproti.
Na-pro-ti.
Naproti.
Next is uvnitř.
Inside.
Uvnitř.
U-v-nitř.
Uvnitř.
Now let's look at some speaking examples.
Škola je za knihovnou.
The school is behind the library.
Banka je vedle školy.
The bank is next to the school.
Obchod je napravo od knihovny.
The shop is to the right of the library.
Hřiště je daleko od obchodu.
The playground is far away from the shop.
Note that the genitive case is required after the following direction words: vedle, next to, daleko od, far away from, nalevo od, to the left of, napravo od, to the right of, naproti, across from, uvnitř, inside.
So instead of using the nominative case of the location, you need to use the genitive.
Let's see an example.
Škola je velká.
Nominative case.
Knihovna je vedle školy.
Genitive case.
Also note that the instrumental case is required after the following direction words: před, in front of, za, behind.
So instead of using the nominative case of the location, you need to use the instrumental.
Let's see an example.
Škola je velká.
Nominative case.
Knihovna je za školou.
Instrumental case.

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