Learn how to ask, "Why?"
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| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question 'why' in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the way to informally ask 'Why are you late?' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Proč máš zpoždění? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'why ' |
| Martin: [Normal] proč [Slow] proč |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'you have' |
| Martin: [Normal] máš [Slow] máš |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'late' |
| Martin: [Normal] zpoždění [Slow] zpoždění |
| Jennifer: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Why are you late?' |
| Martin: [Slow] Proč máš zpoždění? [Normal] Proč máš zpoždění? |
| Jennifer: Here's the way to answer, 'I missed the train. (for women)' |
| Martin: [Normal] Zmeškala jsem vlak. |
| Jennifer: First is a phrase meaning 'I missed' |
| Martin: [Normal] zmeškala jsem [Slow] zmeškala jsem |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Martin: [Normal] vlak [Slow] vlak |
| Jennifer:. Listen again to the response meaning 'I missed the train. (for women)' |
| Martin: [Slow] Zmeškala jsem vlak. [Normal] Zmeškala jsem vlak. |
| Jennifer: Here's the way to informally ask 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Martin: [Normal] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo? |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'why ' |
| Martin: [Normal] proč [Slow] proč |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'you leave' |
| Martin: [Normal] odjíždíš [Slow] odjíždíš |
| Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Martin: [Normal] tak [Slow] tak |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'early' |
| Martin: [Normal] brzo [Slow] brzo |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the question meaning 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Martin: [Slow] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo? [Normal] Proč odjíždíš tak brzo? |
| Jennifer: Here's a response meaning, 'Not to miss the train.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Nezmeškat vlak. |
| Jennifer: First is the word meaning 'not to miss ' |
| Martin: [Normal] nezmeškat [Slow] nezmeškat |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Martin: [Normal] vlak [Slow] vlak |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not to miss the train.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Nezmeškat vlak. [Normal] Nezmeškat vlak. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: A famous expression in Czech is Proč ne? which means, like in English, "Why not?". You can use it to accept a proposition if you agree but are not really keen to do it. Or, if it was not planned in advance. For example if a friend asks you suddenly "How about we go to the cinema tonight?" You can answer Proč ne? meaning "Why not?" |
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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