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INTRODUCTION
In this lesson, we’re going to cover counting zero through ten. When it comes to numbers, the Czech language has some peculiarities, but there is nothing difficult about them.
GRAMMAR POINT
Let’s see what it’s all about.
0 Nula.
(slow) Nu-la.
Nula.
1 Jedna.
(slow) Jed-na.
Jedna.
If the thing you’re counting is masculine, you should say:
Jeden.
(slow) Je-den.
Jeden.
2 Dva.
(slow) Dva.
Dva.
And if the thing you’re count is feminine, you should say:
Dvě
(slow) Dvě.
Dvě.
3 Tři.
(slow) Tři.
Tři.
4 Čtyři.
(slow) Čty-ři.
Čty-ři.
5 Pět.
(slow) Pět.
Pět.
6 Šest.
(slow) Šest.
Šest.
7 Sedm.
(slow) Se-dm.
Sedm.
8 Osm.
(slow) Osm.
Osm.
9 Devět.
(slow) De-vět.
Devět.
10 Deset.
(slow) De-set.
Deset.
As you heard, the words for the numbers one and two have two versions: one if the thing you’re counting is masculine and another if the thing you’re counting is feminine.
So, if you want to say “one woman” you should say
Jedna žena.
(slow) Jed-na že-na.
And if you want to say “one man”, you should say
Jeden muž.
(slow) Je-den muž.
Now let’s hear the translation for “two women”. Because the word “women” is feminine, you will use dvě to count.
Dvě ženy.
(slow) Dvě že-ny.
“Two men” would be:
Dva muži.
(slow) Dva mu-ži.
Now let’s hear an example with the number three.
“Three women” is:
Tři ženy.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Tři že-ny.
Once more:
Tři ženy.
“Three men” will be:
Tři muži.
(slow) Tři mu-ži.
The gender changes only when the numbers one or two are used.
Let’s hear the counting for feminine words again.
Jedna žena. “one woman.”
Dvě ženy. “two women.”
Tři ženy. “three women.”
Now for masculine:
Jeden muž. “one man.”
Dva muži.“two men.”
Tři muži.“three men.”
Numbers are extremely useful, especially when you’re shopping.
Now let’s imagine you buy two bottles of wine. You will wish to say...
“Two bottles of wine, please.”
Dvě lahve vína, prosím.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Dvě lah-ve ví-na, pro-sím.
Once more:
Dvě lahve vína, prosím.
Dvě, as you already know, is the feminine form for the number “two.”
Lahve means “bottles.”
(slow) Lah-ve.
Lahve.
Víno as you may remember from our previous lessons, means “wine.”
(slow) Ví-no.
Víno.
Of course we have prosím at the end translated as “please”.
The whole request, then, is
Dvě lahve víno, prosím.
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Now let’s imagine you buy one loaf of bread. The bread is called in Czech chleba. The phrase will sound like this:
Jeden chleba, prosím. The English translation will literally be:
“One bread, please.”
Let’s break that down:
(slow) Je-den chle-ba, pro-sím.
Once again:
Jeden chleba, prosím.
Jeden means “one.”
Chleba as was mentioned before means “bread.”
(slow) Chle-ba.
Chleba.
At the end there is prosím which means “please”.
All together, it’s
Jeden chleba, prosím.

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