Learn to ask, "How much?"
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| Ahoj, já jsem Veronika. Hi everybody! I am Veronika. |
| Welcome to CzechClass101.com’s “Česky za 3 minuty”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Czech. |
| In the last lesson you learned how to count in Czech. I hope you spent some time practicing the numbers, because they will come in handy today. You’re going to learn how to go shopping in the Czech Republic! |
| Before you go, you need to know how to say “How much is it?” |
| Kolik to stojí? |
| [slowly] Kolik to stojí? |
| Are you ready to go shopping in the Czech Republic? Let’s go! |
| Let’s say you see something you like and want to ask the shop clerk how much it costs. The first thing to say to a shop clerk is… Promiňte. Do you remember what that means? It’s "Excuse me!" |
| Promiňte, kolik to stojí? |
| [slowly] Promiňte, kolik to stojí? |
| If you want to be more specific when asking "how much is this?" and refer to a certain type of object, you first need to drop the word to. Next, you need to know if the object is a masculine, feminine or neuter object. If it is masculine add ten when referring to it, or ta for a feminine object and to for a neuter one. And then say the noun. |
| For example, "hat" is a masculine noun, Klobouk. |
| So the sentence is Promiňte, kolik stojí ten klobouk? "Excuse me, how much is this hat?" |
| [slowly] Promiňte, kolik stojí ten klobouk? |
| And “skirt” is a feminine noun, Sukně. |
| Promiňte, kolik stojí ta sukně? "Excuse me, how much is this skirt?" |
| [slowly] Promiňte, kolik stojí ta sukně? |
| Finally “car” is a neuter noun, Auto. |
| So you would say: |
| Promiňte, kolik stojí to auto? “Excuse me, how much is this car?” |
| [slowly]“Promiňte, kolik stojí to auto?” |
| At this point, the shop clerk can answer by saying: |
| Stojí to… |
| And then the number, followed by “crowns”, korun. |
| For example: |
| Stojí to třicet devět korun! |
| Stojí to třicet devět korun! |
| What number is třicet devět? I’m not telling you! Okay, okay, it’s "thirty-nine"! "It costs thirty-nine crowns." |
| Now it’s time for Veronika’s Insights. |
| If you are buying a few things and you want to know what the final price of everything together will be, you can ask Kolik to dělá dohromady? or “How much will it cost together?” |
| Kolik to dělá dohromady? |
| Dohromady means “together”. So now you can be sure you will not spend more than you have! |
| At this point, can you count crowns in Czech? We are going to learn how to do that and much more in the next lesson! |
| I’ll be waiting for you in our next Česky za 3 minuty lesson. |
| Ahoj příště! |
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