ככה תפצחו בקלות את השפה הצ'כית (Easy Hacks To Learn Czech for Hebrew and English Speakers‪)‬ Vita

Speaking foreign languages provides an exciting opportunity to experience different cultures, it expands one’s horizons, and enables people to think in concepts that they might not have in their own language. 

However, when learning a new language, it is the very first steps that seem to be the hardest to take. Where do you even start? If you speak Hebrew, then making those first baby steps is easy! Learn with me some fun Czech words that also exist in Yiddish!


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Conjugation of "TO BE" - "BÝT"

1. I am      -        jsem

2. You are -         jsi

3. He, she, it is -  je

4. We are         - jsme

5. You are       - jste

6. They are     - jsou

 

Translate:



1. You are crazy.

2. He is crazy

3. She is a politician 



Answers ep. 18:

We will come at noon.             Přijdeme v poledne

They will come.                       Přijdou v poledne

She will come at noon            Přijde v poledne

Mom will come at noon.         Máma přijde v poledne

Dad will come at noon.          Táta přijde v poledne

Brother will come at noon.     Bratr (brácha) přijde v poledne




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Conjugation of "přijít" - to come



I will come at noon                               Přijdu v poledne

You will come at noon                          Přijedeš v poledne

She, he, it will come at noon                 Přijde v poledne

We will come at noon                           Přijdeme v poledne

You all will come at noon                      Všichni přijdete v poledne

They will come at noon                        Přijdou v poledne



Exercise - cover the cheat sheet above and translate the following:



We will come at noon.

They will come.

She will come at noon

Mom will come at noon.

Dad will come at noon.

Brother will come at noon.





*Brother - bratr

Mother- máma

Father - táta






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Word Count:

30. Hebrew / Czech

קְלִיד (piano key) /klid (calm, peace)



Exercise: 

Add the correct form of the word "klid"

Masculine form: 

1. klid ____ táta. (calm dad)

2. klid ____  brácha (or bratr, calm brother, mentioned in ep.) 

3. klid ____  kůň  (a calm horse, mentioned in ep. 13)

4. klid___ český lev (a calm Czech lion)



Feminine form:

4. klid ____ máma. (calm mother)

5. klid ____ sestra. (calm sister)

6. klid_____ Praha. (calm Prague)



Neutral form:



7. klid_____ místo. (a calm place)



Find the answers in the description of the next episode.


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Word Count:

29. Hebrew / Czech

לב (heart) / lev (lion)



Lev je symbolem České republiky.



vocabulary: je -  the 3rd person of "být", to be

symbol: a symbol 



Picture source: 

Wikipedia: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD_lev_(heraldika)#:~:text=%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD%20lev%20je%20pojem%20pro,Koruny%20%C4%8Desk%C3%A9)%20objevuje%20od%2013.


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Hebrew / Czech

1. טֶלֶפוֹן / Telefon

2. מַנְגוֹ / Mango

3. סֻכָּר / Cukr

4. סָלָט / Salát

5. יוגורט / Jogurt

6. נקטרינה /Nektarinka

7. בננה / Banán

8. בַּנְק / Banka

9. בֶּנְזִין / Benzín

10. יַכְטָה / Jachta

11. סְטוּדֶנְט / Student

12. מאמי / Mami! (when you call your mom)

13. libi / líbí (to like)

14. מוּזִיקָה / Muzika

15. אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה / Univerzita

16. פראג / Praha

17.  פָקוּלְטָה / Fakulta

18. בְּרָכָה/ brácha (brother) 

19.  מִלָּה /dear (female form)

20. מַה / má (my, female form)

21. Kus ( [kʊs], a piece)

22. נְשִׁיקָה / Nešika (butter fingers)

23. חוּמוּס/ humus  (disgusting)

24. Skoda/ škoda - damage

25. לִיבַּת  to kiss

26. סִיר (pot) / Sýr (cheese)

27. מָלֵא (full)/ malé (small)

28. ברק (lightning)/barák (house, slang; dům is more formal)


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