Learn how to ask, "What are you doing?"
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| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question What are you doing? in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Co děláš? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'what ' |
| Martin: [Normal] co [Slow] co |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'you are doing' |
| Martin: [Normal] děláš [Slow] děláš |
| Jennifer: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Martin: [Slow] Co děláš? [Normal] Co děláš? |
| Jennifer: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?' |
| Martin: [Normal] Co děláte? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'what ' |
| Martin: [Normal] co [Slow] co |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'you are doing (polite)' |
| Martin: [Normal] děláte [Slow] děláte |
| Jennifer: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Martin: [Slow] Co děláte? [Normal] Co děláte? |
| Jennifer: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying at home.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Učím se doma |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I am studying ' |
| Martin: [Normal] učím se [Slow] učím se |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'at home' |
| Martin: [Normal] doma [Slow] doma |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying at home.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Učím se doma [Normal] Učím se doma |
| Jennifer: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Nedělám nic zvláštního. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I'm doing ' |
| Martin: [Normal] nedělám [Slow] nedělám |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'nothing' |
| Martin: [Normal] nic [Slow] nic |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'special' |
| Martin: [Normal] zvláštního [Slow] zvláštního |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nedělám nic zvláštního. [Normal] Nedělám nic zvláštního. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: Remember that you can just use the word co, meaning what, if you didn’t understand the other person, but just with your friends or family. And of course you can also just say Co! if you are astonished or shocked. So co is a very useful word, as you can see! |
Outro |
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| Jennifer: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Martin: Čau! |
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