Hi Listeners! Try to answer the question 'What do you do?' in Czech.

Hi Martijn,

great! Thank you very much for your reply👍👍👍.

In Czech we say "praktický lékař". "Jsem praktický lékař" or "Jsem praktická lékařka" for female speaker.

"doktor" and "lékař" are synonyms. You can use both terms 😎.

Cheers,

Anna

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Ahoj,

Jmenuji se Martijn. Bydlim v Veenendaal. Jsem doktor.

(Family doctor/General practitioner (GP). What is that in Czech?

Ahoj Philippe,

těší mě! Just one thing - we would not say "kolo mechanik" in Czech. It is more common to use the term "Opravař kol" or to just say "Jsem cyklo a lyžařský technik" (Depending on what your job actually is.

Cheers,

Bára

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Hi, let's see if I'm right...

Ahoj, jmenuji se Philippe, jsem Francouz a bydlím v Briançon.

Jsem kolo mechanik a lyžařský technik.

Rád vás poznávám!

Ahoj!

Jsem policista.

Dear Robert,

Thank you for the question. Indeed there is a small difference. Not in content but in usage. "Co to je" is more day to day spoken and casual form whilst "co je to?" is more written form. For standard spoken Czech the latter version sounds too book like. Having said that, in certain areas of the Czech Republic where dialects are spoken, the latter form is used as a norm in spoken Czech. For example in Moravia.

I hope this helps a bit to distinguish the use of the phrase.

Kind regards

Hanka

Team Czechclass101.com

Apart from co je to I have also heard co to je. Is there a difference, albeit subtle ?

Sorry being picky but the voice in the dialog says: jsem inženýr (male) whereas the text shows inženýrka (female)

Hi Omer Rott,

Thank you for posting! Great to know that Hanka's comments also helped you out!

Additionally, if you wish to check out any further words' meaning, writing and /or pronunciation, please access our Czech dictionary:

https://www.czechclass101.com/czech-dictionary/

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

@Omar Osman,

Thank you for your reply. We're glad your doubts were cleared :)

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

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I'm also going to study medicine in brno this year so thanks for explaining how to say student and doctor (:

Ahoj Hanka!

Yes it made so much sense!😄

moc dekuji😆

Ahoj Omar,

Thank you for asking.

Student is the same word in Czech "student", just different pronunciation. The "u" is pronounced as hard and short "u", I.e as in "rule". Also the "t" is not soft.

Doctor is similar, spelled "doktor" and pronounced with both "o" without the last "O" being swallowed.

Does this make some sense?

Sincerely

Hanka

Team CzechClass101.com

Dobry Den!

I'll be studying medicine in Brno this year. I would kindly like to know how do we say student and doctor in Czech language 😄

Thank you!

Ahoj Victor,

yes, you can ask ''co děláš?", but just be aware that this is informal speech used with friends, acquaintances, or people of the same age. If you speak to a stranger, older person, or you need to opt for a polite-formal speech, then you need to use "co děláte?". The "te" at the end of the verb expresses politeness.

I hope this helps your learning and feel free to ask more, should you need to.

Sincerely

Hanka

team CzechClass101.com

HI! Can I use the question " co delas" for asking someone that what are you doing?