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INTRODUCTION
In the previous lesson, we covered how to ask, “How do you say this in Czech?” Jak se řekne tohle česky? Do you remember?
GRAMMAR POINT
In this lesson, because we don’t want you to be caught off guard in the Czech Republic, we are going to introduce a new phrase that is very important to help you focus your skills, not on the sounds, but on the writing. So let’s start this new lesson.
In Czech, “Can you write it down, please?” is
Můžete to napsat, prosím?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Mů-že-te to nap-sat, pro-sím?
Once more:
Můžete to napsat, prosím?
The first word Můžete is translated in this case as “can you”. Můžete also makes the phrase formal.
(slow) Mů-že-te.
Mů-že-te.
The word to means “it” in English.
(slow) To.
To.
Next we have napsat, which is translated as “to write”
(slow)Nap-sat.
Napsat.
Prosím is “please” as you can remember from the previous lessons.
All together:
Můžete to napsat, prosím?
This means, "Can you write it, please?”
As you already observed, the previous phrase is not very specific. To make yourself more clear you can say: “Can you write this phrase?” In Czech, this is..
Můžete napsat tuhle frázi?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Mů-že-te nap-sat tu-hle frá-zi?
Once more:
Můžete napsat tuhle frázi?
The new word in this question is tuhle, that means “this”
And frázi which is the form of the noun “phrase”.
So tuhle frázi means “this phrase”.
(slow) Tuh-le frá-zi.
Tuhle frázi.
Let’s hear the whole phrase one more time:
(slow)Mů-že-te nap-sat tu-hle frá-zi?
Můžete napsat tuhle frázi?
Also you can say “Can you write down this word?” In Czech, this is..
Můžete napsat tohle slovo?
“Let’s break it down.
(slow) Mů-že-te nap-sat toh-le slo-vo?
Můžete napsat tohle slovo?
The only new word here is slovo, which means “word” in English.
(slow) Slo-vo.
Slovo.
It might happen that people are not carrying a piece of paper or a pen. So before asking: Můžete to napsat, prosím? “Can you write down this word?”, ask “Do you have paper and a pen?” In Czech, this question is.. Máte papír a tužku?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Má-te pa-pír a tuž-ku?
Once more:
Máte papír a tužku?
The first word máte is translated in our case as “do you have”
(slow) Má-te.
Máte.
Then you have papír, which in English is “a paper”.
(slow) Pa-pír.
Papír.
Then you have a which means “and”.
(slow) A.
A.
Finally we have tužku which is the form of the noun “a pen”.
(slow)Tuž-ku.
Tužku.
Here’s the whole sentence:
(slow) Máte pa-pír a tuž-ku?
Máte papír a tužku?
As usual, before asking someone for something, it’s a good idea to say “excuse me”, promiňte, at the beginning of the sentence.

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