Talking About Your Occupation in Czech - Breakdown

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Lesson Transcript

Let's look at the dialogue.

When I read, I want you to pay attention to the nouns denoting different occupations.

Find the noun and see how it's used in the dialogue.

Jste student?

Are you a student?

Ne, nejsem student.

Jsem investor.

No, I'm not a student.

I'm an investor.

Now let's look at the sentence pattern.

This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow.

Jsem occupation.

I am occupation.

Now let's look at some speaking examples.

Jste lékařka?

Are you a doctor?

Here we are asking a woman, as lékařka means a female doctor.

Ne, jsem učitelka.

No, I'm a teacher.

Here učitelka means a female teacher.

Jsi účetní?

Are you an accountant?

Ano, jsem účetní.

Yes, I'm an accountant.

Feminine variant of the profession is usually created by adding the suffix "-ka" at the end of the dictionary masculine form.

Let's see some examples.

Řidič se jmenuje Adam.

Řidička se jmenuje Eva.

Male driver is named Adam.

Female driver is named Eva.

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