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Post by deedeelocks on Mar 29, 2008 12:13:22 GMT 1
Since several people seem to discuss it in several topics, I thought I´d make a new topic about it Anyway, I am learning Czech because I am doing European Voluntary Service right now. Its really cool My Czech language book is Czech step by step and I of course learn by reading all these articles and stuff ;D so, discuss...lol
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Post by carolina on Mar 29, 2008 12:50:03 GMT 1
I`ve learnel italian step by step and ofcourse with my friends (italians), i`d love to learn Czech too.
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Post by sashimi on Mar 29, 2008 13:55:21 GMT 1
Thank you, dee ! This would be so helpful for us.
I've already started reading a textbook on Czech, but the grammar is quite complicated... How did you study it ?
Could anyone give me some advice on studying Czech in detail?
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Post by lindaboo on Mar 29, 2008 17:11:13 GMT 1
As a big surprise for me was when I tried to find word - dog in dictionary they showed me almost 6 different words in czech That's weird but pretty cool language I must say
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Post by aneladga on Mar 29, 2008 18:01:03 GMT 1
Thank you, dee ! This would be so helpful for us. I've already started reading a textbook on Czech, but the grammar is quite complicated... How did you study it ? Could anyone give me some advice on studying Czech in detail? Hi, as I have experience - always worked very well to start not with grammar and "real Czech vocabulary" at the same time. I prepared for my students a list of words, which are similar in other languages (kopírovat, existovat, papír, džus, pizza, sport, normální...), so they haven't to be concentrated on the grammar and word as "veceret" ... so we worked with very important vocabulary and with this "lets call it simple vocabulary" and after time we were adding other words. It was also very good for their motivation - after a month they were able to create simple sentences and would like to continue... I "tried this system on" Americans, British, Finns, Italians and Germans... It could work for Japanese all well... you speak English and there are so many similar worlds...
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Post by deedeelocks on Mar 29, 2008 18:47:47 GMT 1
As a big surprise for me was when I tried to find word - dog in dictionary they showed me almost 6 different words in czech That's weird but pretty cool language I must say well...the "regular" is "pes" but it can change in certain grammar situations thats why you got so many options... even funnier is the word "that" or "this" Czech has 7 cases...and words change according to them... I study czech with this book: czechstepbystep.cz/and I have a very nice teacher.... plus at home I take the newspaper or some article about Tomas and look up ALL the words I dont know in the dictionary oh, and a word everyone here should know is: sluníčkowhich means sunshine
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Post by lindaboo on Mar 29, 2008 19:25:07 GMT 1
Ok thanks Dee...and of course we all now know - sluníèko Our Sunshine
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Post by deedeelocks on Mar 29, 2008 20:14:16 GMT 1
oh you know, as for words that are similar to other languages, I nearly peed myself when I heard the word "fungovat" - well this is the infinitive and not that funny, but I heard it as "funguje" as in, it is functioning. Its like my favorite word. I also like existovat we also started out with learn simple things like how to count, learning to say how are you etc. and names of fruits and vegetables ;D
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Post by peta on Mar 29, 2008 20:31:21 GMT 1
ehm, i studied czech grammer for 13 years at school, and to be sincere, i'm still never sure about it and those 7 cases, yeah, that's true, while german has only 4, we have 7 and the words are changing for each, yeah ... but for example tenses are easy, I think coz we have no past perfect or such awful english grammar stuff ;d anyway, I must admit, I really admire everyone, who wants to or already studies czech ETA: and also a good way how to learn words is, what i saw when I was at Dee's, they had paper stick on EVERY thing in their room doors, window, chair, table, glass, fridge and many, many others
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Post by deedeelocks on Mar 29, 2008 20:45:45 GMT 1
oh yeah I forgot about that, that was very funny but also very usefull LOL! our whole house was FULL of yellow sticky papers PML!!
yeah verbs and times are not THAT difficult, there is only past, present and future LOL... allthough you do have the perfective and imperfective verbs and I still dont know when to use which. But then again, we havent had it in our Czech lesson yet anyway... ;D
its just that with nearly every noun I have no idea what the ending is LOL
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Post by aneladga on Mar 29, 2008 21:04:35 GMT 1
Ohh, these sticky papers. I still remember, when I started my Finnish studies. You should see my flat Perfective and imperfective verbs are tough... and unfortunately important stuff. Pes is good word, until my students found out, that it can be "psa" in other case ... They told me, come on, you forgot "e" inside the word... Lets say Czech is a bit crazy, but it is fun ...OK, I admit, I am some kind of fluent in it
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Post by peta on Mar 29, 2008 21:26:53 GMT 1
Perfective and imperfective verbs are tough... and unfortunately important stuff. omg, you mean this, what i never really understood how it works? sorry, girls, but czech is still miracle for me sometimes, even tho i'm a native speaker
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Post by aneladga on Mar 29, 2008 21:44:31 GMT 1
Perfective and imperfective verbs are tough... and unfortunately important stuff. omg, you mean this, what i never really understood how it works? sorry, girls, but czech is still miracle for me sometimes, even tho i'm a native speaker ;D ;D ;D But believe me, you as native speaker keep this system in your mind naturally, while creating every sentence.... so it is important. But anyway for natives is understandable, if foreigners don't use it correctly
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Post by peta on Mar 29, 2008 23:01:15 GMT 1
omg, you mean this, what i never really understood how it works? sorry, girls, but czech is still miracle for me sometimes, even tho i'm a native speaker ;D ;D ;D But believe me, you as native speaker keep this system in your mind naturally, while creating every sentence.... so it is important. But anyway for natives is understandable, if foreigners don't use it correctly yep, this is true... i just remember my czech classes when we were writing tests and had to identify, if the verb is perfective or not...
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Post by lindaboo on Mar 30, 2008 8:35:36 GMT 1
oh you know, as for words that are similar to other languages, I nearly peed myself when I heard the word "fungovat" - well this is the infinitive and not that funny, but I heard it as "funguje" as in, it is functioning. Its like my favorite word. I also like existovat LOL so funny ;D Will be my fav words now too...just make me smile
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