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INTRODUCTION
The traditional Czech market, called Trh or Trhy, is a place where you can find many interesting things. Czechs like these markets and they go there especially to buy fruit, vegetables, dairy and other nutritional products. So if you’d like to know more about traditions and traditional tastes, Trh is the place you must visit during your stay in the Czech Republic.
GRAMMAR POINT
Normally, when you are interested in buying something, first greet the seller. Then you ask the questions from the previous lessons.
Kolik to stojí? and Jaká je cena? After finding out the price let’s say you want to buy a kilogram of traditional Czech cheese. You will have to say:
Kilo sýru, prosím.
“A kilogram of cheese, please.”
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Ki-lo sý-ru, pro-sím.
Once more:
Kilo sýru, prosím.
The first word, kilo, mean “kilogram” or “one kilogram”.
Next we have sýru, it is the form of the word sýr which means “cheese” in English.
(slow) Sý-ru.
Sýru.
Last we have prosím which you should remember as being the Czech equivalent for “please”.
The whole sentence together is:
Kilo sýru, prosím.
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Let’s say that you would like to buy two kilograms of apples. In this case say:
Dvě kila jablek, prosím.
“Two kilograms of apples, please.”
(slow) Dvě ki-la jab-lek, pro-sím.
You already know the meaning of the word dvě.
The word kila is the plural form of the word kilo and it means “kilograms”.
(slow) Ki-la.
Kila.
Next we have jablek which is the form of the noun jablka which means “apples” in English.
(slow) Jab-lek.
Jablek.
The whole phrase is:
Dvě kila jablek, prosím.
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Some sellers import the merchandise from another country but you might want to make sure that what you buy is a Czech product. All you have to ask is:
Je to český produkt?
“Is it a Czech product?”
(slow) Je to čes-ký pro-dukt?
Je is the present form of the verb that means “to
be”.
(slow) Je.
Je.
To means “it”.
(slow) To.
To.
The word český means “Czech”.
(slow) Čes-ký.
Český.
And at the end we have produkt, which means “product”. Be careful about the different pronunciation here.
(slow) Pro-dukt.
Produkt.
Let’s hear the whole question one more time:
Je to český produkt?

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