| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the name of the capital city. |
| Find what the name is and see how it’s used in the dialogue. |
| Odkud jsi? |
| Where are you from? |
| Jsem z Prahy. |
| I'm from Prague. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Jsem z Čech. |
| I'm from Bohemia. |
| Jsem z Moravy. |
| I'm from Moravia. |
| Jsem ze Slezska. |
| I'm from Silesia. |
| Also note that the preposition z “from” can take “e” |
| if the following noun starts with the letter “z” or “s” like in the example: |
| Jsem ze Slezska. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow… |
| Jsem z [PLACENAME]. |
| I'm from [PLACENAME]. |
| Note that the genitive case is required after certain prepositions including z “from”. |
| So instead of using the nominative case of the name you need to use the genitive. |
| Let’s see an example: |
| Praha je hlavní město. Jsem z Prahy. |
| Here Praha is the nominative form, while Prahy is the genitive form. |
| Čechy |
| Bohemia is the western territorial part of the Czech Republic. |
| Morava |
| Moravia is a region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. |
| Slezsko |
| Silesia is a part in the north-east of the Czech Republic. |
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