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INTRODUCTION
This lesson is not only for all of the vegetarians out there, but it's also for anyone who doesn’t like a particular food! There are many reasons a person won't eat a particular meat or dish.
GRAMMAR POINT
In this lesson, we'll go over some phrases to make sure you don't have any surprises on your plate.
In Czech, “I am a vegetarian” is
Jsem vegetarián.
Let's break it down by syllable.
(slow) Jsem ve-ge-ta-ri-án.
Now let's hear it once again.
Jsem vegetarián.
The first word, jsem, is translated as “I am”.
(slow) Jsem.
Once more:
Jsem.
Then we have vegetarián. It is easy to guess the meaning. It means “vegetarian” in English.
(slow) ve-ge-ta-ri-án
vegetarián
Let’s hear the entire sentence one more time
(slow) Jsem ve-ge-ta-ri-án.
Jsem vegetarián.
This means, “I am a vegetarian.”
When you want to say you don’t eat meat in Czech, you can say...
Nejím maso.
Let's break it down by syllable.
(slow) Ne-jím ma-so.
Now let's hear it once again.
Nejím maso.
The first word is nejím, meaning ‘not to eat.’ or “I don’t eat.”
(slow) Ne-jím.
Nejím.
The second word is maso, which means “meat”.
(slow) Ma-so.
Maso.
All together, we have Nejím maso.
Literally, this means, “not eat meat.”
Let’s now imagine that you don’t eat cheese. All you have to do is to replace the word maso meaning “meat” with the Czech word for “cheese”. That is sýr.
(slow) Sýr.
Sýr.
Now let's try the phrase with this word. “I don't eat cheese” in Czech is..
Nejím sýr.
Let’s break it down by syllable.
(slow) Ne-jím sýr.
Now let’s hear it one more time.
Nejím sýr.
As we mentioned in our previous lessons, Czechs use pork a lot in their dishes. Let’s imagine that you don’t eat pork. It’s very simple. “I don’t eat pork” in Czech is...
Nejím vepřové.
Let’s break it down by syllable.
(slow) Ne-jím ve-přo-vé.
Once more
Nejím vepřové.
As you may remember, the first word nejím is something like “not to eat” or “I don’t eat.”
Next, we have the word vepřové meaning “pork”.
(slow) Ve-přo-vé.
Vepřové.
The whole sentence is Nejím vepřové.
Or, you can also ask “Does this food have meat in it?” In Czech, this is... Je v tomto jídle maso?
(slow) Je v tom-to jíd-le ma-so?
Je v tomto jídle maso?
The first word Je is a form of the verb “to be”.
Then we have v tomto which is translated as “in this”.
(slow) V tom-to.
V tomto.
The next word, jídle, is the form of the noun “food” which is jídlo.
(slow) Jíd-le.
Jídle.
As you may remember, the last word maso means “meat”.
Let’s hear the question “Does this food have meat in it?” one more time.
(slow) Je v tom-to jíd-le ma-so?
Je v tomto jídle maso?

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