Learn how to greet someone
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| Introduction |
| Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone when you arrive and when you part in Czech. |
| Body |
| Jennifer: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi.' in Czech. |
| Martin: [Normal] Ahoj. |
| Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hi' |
| Martin: [Normal] ahoj [Slow] ahoj |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Hi.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Ahoj. [Normal] Ahoj. |
| Jennifer: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Good day!' |
| Martin: [Normal] Dobrý den! |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'good' |
| Martin: [Normal] dobrý [Slow] dobrý |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'day' |
| Martin: [Normal] den [Slow] den |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day!' |
| Martin: [Slow] Dobrý den! [Normal] Dobrý den! |
| Jennifer: Next up is the informal way to say 'Bye!' |
| Martin: [Normal] Čau! |
| Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'bye' |
| Martin: [Normal] čau |
| [Slow] čau |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Bye!' |
| Martin: [Slow] Čau! [Normal] Čau! |
| Jennifer: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'Goodbye.' |
| Martin: [Normal] Na shledanou. |
| Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'to' |
| Martin: [Normal] na [Slow] na |
| Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'reunion' |
| Martin: [Normal] shledanou [Slow] shledanou |
| Jennifer: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Goodbye.' |
| Martin: [Slow] Na shledanou. [Normal] Na shledanou. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Martin: It is usual to greet loudly and clearly when you meet people in the Czech Republic. It is very easy especially in the case of informal occasions, because the same informal greetings can be used both when arriving and leaving. |
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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