Intermediate #4 - What Are Your Plans for the Weekend in Czech?

Hi everyone, and welcome back to CheckClass101.com. This is Intermediate, Season 1, Lesson 4. What are your plans for the weekend in check? Michael here. Ahoj, I'm Veronika Ageva. In this lesson, you'll learn about giving calendar information. The conversation takes place at a coffee shop. It's between Jack Jones and Josefina Jeřábková. The speakers are friends, therefore they will speak informal Czech. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. Kolikátýho je dneska? Já nikdy nevím.

Dnes je 14. září za pár dní oficiálně začíná podzim. Jo, už je to znát. Včera byla pěkná zima a mně doma už dva týdny nefunguje topení. To je blbý. Něco s tím musíš rychle udělat. Sám nic nezmůžu. Přijdou o praváři, ale až na konci měsíce, někdy okolo 30. Do tej doby mógł zapewnić mrznout. Minulý rok na konci září dokonce napadł sniż. Aspoň budeme moct jedné liže. Co děláš první víkend v říjnu? Myslíš v sobotu třetího? Jo, to by šlo. Listen to the conversation with the English translation.

Kolikátýho je dneska? Já nikdy nevím. What is the date today? I never know. Dnes je 14. září za pár dní oficiálně začíná podzim. Today is the fourteenth of September. In a few days, autumn officially begins. Jo, už je to znát. Včera byla pěkná zima a mně doma už dva týdny nefunguje topení. Yeah, I can already feel that. Yesterday it was pretty cold, and the heating in my home has not been working for two weeks. Teblbý, něco s tím musíš rychle udělat.

That's bad. You quickly need to do something about that. Sám nic nezmůžu. Přijdou o praváři, ale až na konci měsíce, někdy okolo 30. Alone I can't do anything. Servicemen will come, but not until the end of the month, sometime around the thirtieth. Do tej doby może zacząć mrznout. Minulý rok na konci září dokonce napadł snij. Until then it may begin to freeze. Last year at the end of September, there was even snow. Aspoň budeme moct jednali, že co děláš první víkend v říjnu?

At least we can go skiing. What are you doing on the first weekend of October? Myslíš v sobotu třetího? Jo, to by šlo. You think on Saturday the third? Yeah, that would work.

What is the climate like in the Czech Republic? It has a moderate continental climate with four seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Are there big differences between summer and winter? The average temperature in summer is 20 degrees Celsius, and in winter it's minus 1 degree Celsius. The Czech winter starts in December, but snow can appear in November or even October. It gets dark early in winter and after 4 pm it's as dark as night.

Winter sports are popular, and there are many popular ski resorts in the Czech Mountains. That's right, skiing is one of the most popular sports and local children learn to ski at a very young age. What is the most well known mountain range in the Czech Republic? This means the giant mountains. They have numerous ski slopes. There's even artificial lighting so you can ski after the sun goes down.

Okay, now on to the vocab. Let's take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is Kolikatii. What number? こ-れ-か-てこ-れ-か-て Next we have Подземь! Autumn. Podzem. Next we have Topenì. Next we have बल्बी Stupid. Bl be Bl Be. Next we have Opravář Repairman, serviceman. О-бра-ва. Oprava Next we have the МРЗНОУТ To freeze, and mrznout mrznout Next we have スキー And last Napadnout. to fall down. NAPADNOUT

Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is, Kolikátého je dnes? Meaning, what date is today? This is the basic question used to ask about today's date. There is another question you can ask to know the actual date. Jaké je dnes datum? What is today's date? The Czech ordinal number kolikati is very difficult to translate. It's usually translated as what or by using the present perfect tense. Kolikátý pivo už měl?

How many beers has he had? Can you give us an example using the key phrase? Sure, for example you can say Kolicatehoodness Which means, what date is today? Okay, what's the next phrase? Meaning that's bad. This is a colloquial way to say that something is not right or good. The more formal way is

This formal version isn't very common. The colloquial version can be used among friends and family to express discomfort or unpleasantness of something or somebody. It can only be used in informal context. For more formal situations, it's best to use either To je ŠKODA! It's a pity. To mě mrzí. I am sorry. Can you give us an example using this phrase? Sure, for example, you can say, to je blbý, že jsi nemocný, a nemůžeš jet na dovolenou.

Which means, it's bad that you're sick and you can't go on vacation.

Okay, now on to the lesson focus. In this lesson, you'll learn about giving calendar information. If an ordinal number is written in numerals instead of letters, then it is followed by a point. This form corresponds to the English first, second, third, and so on. It mostly applies when writing dates. When telling the date in check, both the number of the day and the name of the month are in the genitive case. Dnes je 3. září 2020. Today is the third of september, twenty twenty.

Even though using the numerals is more common, these ordinal numbers can also be written in letters. The day always comes first, followed by the month and then the year. Zítra je pátek 13. Tomorrow is Friday the thirteenth. You can also write dates completely in numerals. This also follows the format of date, month, year. When giving calendar information, it's important to know the following words are correctly declined according to the different cases in check. Then.

This is a masculine inanimate noun. The plural form drops the e and becomes Dni Dais This is the same for Tiden. This also drops the E to become तीदने Weeks. Let's look at some examples of the nominative forms in singular and plural forms. One day. दवाद दने Two days. One week. Два тедни Two weeks. The lesson notes have a declension table for both day and week. The other calendar word we need to learn is year.

This is a masculine inanimate noun. Let's hear some examples of this in singular and plural form. One year. Dva, tři, čtyři roky. Two, three, four years. Remember though, all of the numerals that follow these are followed by a different form. Jemu już sto roków. He is already 100 years old. This form of year can be replaced by its synonym without any change in the meaning. Let's hear that same sentence again. Jemu už sto let. He is already 100 years old.

You will find a declension table for year in the lesson note. Now, let's look at indefinite and negative pronouns in Czech. The first pronoun is NĚKDO someone, somebody. And the negative form is Nikdo. No one, nobody. There's another declension table in the lesson notes that goes through all the forms for both of these words. Let's hear some example sentences. Čekáš někoho? Are you waiting for someone? О ничем не видел. He did not know anything but

Okay, that's all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone, and we'll see you next time. Bye. Naschledanou. Kolikátýho je dneska? Já nikdy nevím. Dnes je 14. září za pár dní oficiálně začíná podzim. Jo, už je to znát. Včera byla pěkná zima a mně doma už dva týdny nefunguje topení. To je blbý. Něco s tím musíš rychle udělat. Sám nic nezmůžu. Přijdou o praváři, ale až na konci měsíce, někdy okolo 30. Do tej doby może zacząć mrznout. Minulý rok na konci září dokonce napadł sniż.

Aspoň budeme moct jednaliže. Co děláš první víkend v říjnu? Myslíš v sobotu třetího? Jo, to by šlo.