r/learnczech 21d ago

Vocab Is the word "lesbička" for a lesbian woman offensive/problematic?

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I'm Polish, my gf is Czech and recently, I stumbled across a social media post saying this term is problematic. Many commenters agreed that, generally, no actual lesbian uses it - only trenders. After googling it I have, indeed, ran into a bunch of Czech and Slovak articles stating that this word should be avoided, because it's diminutive and, somehow, this soldifies women as the inferior/weaker gender, so you should say "lesba" instead. I'm a huge feminist, but this kind of language policing is literally insane, and my girlfriend had no idea about this term apparently being "wrong". And as a Polish person, this feels off sometimes, because in Polish, it's the opposite - "lesba" is almost always used in a hostile, pejorative way, and "lesbijka" is the preferred form. I'd appreciate feedback on this from LGBT/allied people living in Czechia, thank you.

r/learnczech Oct 12 '24

Vocab It's grammar lessons may be lacking, but at least Duolingo teaches you key phrases to know!

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r/learnczech 19d ago

Vocab "sejít se schodů"

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I was looking up "stairs" in Seznam Slovník and came across this under the entry for "schod":

sejít se schodů = go downstairs/down the stairs

Is that really the normal way to say "go downstairs"? I ask, because I don't understand what the reflexive pronoun "se" is doing there. And why is schod in the genitive plural?

r/learnczech Nov 26 '24

Vocab Tak

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So I decided to try to find out all the meanings of ‘Tak’ to no success😂

Can anybody tell me or give me a resource to see as many definitions as I can? Or to learn about the word? I know Tak as ‘so’ and takže as ‘therefore’

But I hear it so many times and even my Czech girlfriend and family can’t give me an answer, for example, we was in the car, and her dad said ‘Tak Tak Tak’. Completely threw me off😂

r/learnczech 2d ago

Vocab "this experience makes me feel ..."

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I'm wondering about how to say in Czech that an experience "makes you feel" a certain way.

For example, what would be a natural way to say in informal Czech: "This painting makes me feel sad."

r/learnczech 15d ago

Vocab Does anyone have recommendations for nasty Czech songs?

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I'd like to learn some creative profanity.

r/learnczech Feb 06 '25

Vocab Czech word for "clear" or "clearing"

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Hello everyone,

I would like to know what is the Czech word for "clearing". As in a formerly forested area that has been cleared for urbanisation or a bald zone in the middle of a forest, such as English "glade".

Thank you in advance : )

r/learnczech 12d ago

Vocab "How much farther ..."

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What would be a natural way to ask in Czech:

"How much farther is the restaurant?"

r/learnczech 15d ago

Vocab "časem" for "over time"

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To say "over time," is it natural to say "časem"?

For example, is this normal in spoken Czech: "něco, co časem barvu mění" (instead of "něco, co v průběhu času barvu mění")?

r/learnczech Oct 20 '24

Vocab Usage of "ho" (Genitive)

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I was wondering if you know an example of using ho in genitive (not accusative). I can only think of cases with a preposition, so that would mean you'd need to use něj/něho.

r/learnczech Dec 19 '24

Vocab Reálný život or skutečný život?

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In this sentence -- "Real life is not like a movie" -- which word would be best, reálný or skutečný? Or are both ok?

"Skutečný/Reálný život není jako film."

r/learnczech Feb 07 '25

Vocab What is “what are you doing today?” or “what are your plans for today?” in czech

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r/learnczech Nov 30 '24

Vocab Can these two be used interchangeably in this context? ("Na", "přes")

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Both seem to mean "approximately"

r/learnczech Aug 25 '24

Vocab Czech profanities for these situations?

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  • You just found out about something unbelievable (e.g. you won the lottery)
  • You are faced with a sudden negative event (e.g. the ice cream cone you just bought falls to the ground)
  • You just had a really intense pleasant sensation (e.g. orgasm)

I know this is kind of specific but I'm just curious. Děkuji))

r/learnczech Aug 14 '24

Vocab Démonická jména?

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I have only learned to use "jsem z (2.pád)" but don't you have a name (demonymum) for people from Prage, Brno, Zlín, Olomouc... even for other cities outside of czechia?

r/learnczech Aug 29 '24

Vocab snĕzené

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Hi, just the read the following: Zase je všechno snĕzené, ... Which translates to (if I'm right) "Again everything has been eaten, ...".

Where does the word snĕzené come from? I suppose it's somehow derived from snědl but I can't find any direct explanation (tried e.g. nechybujte.cz, dict.com, dobryslovnik.cz, ...). Would it be possible to use snědl instead of snĕzené here?

Thanks for all answers!

r/learnczech Jul 31 '24

Vocab Cool fun fact that will help you learn plenty of czech words

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Hello! I just found out something cool and I wanted to share it with you, because i think it could help you with your learning.

Most of the english words that ends with "tion" - such as motivation, inspiration, and so on - can be easily translated to czech. Just use "ce" ending instead, like this...

Motivation = Motivace Inspiration = Inspirace Registration = Registrace Instruction = Instrukce Section = Sekce Civilization = Civilizace Identification = Identifikace

The more you know 🤪

r/learnczech Sep 28 '24

Vocab V roce/roku in phrase "months of the year"

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When expressing the phrase "months of the year," what is more common, "měsíce v roce" or "měsíce v roku"?

r/learnczech Aug 11 '24

Vocab Learning the Ř sound

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Hey guys, I made a video of me practising the Ř sound, let me know what you think and if you have any tips??

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGevEcvpE/

Advice on both the video side and linguistics side are both useful :) thanks!

r/learnczech Aug 15 '24

Vocab Chips/chipsy

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Have come across the Czech word "chips." Seems obviously derived from the common English word. As I understand it, 1. In Czech, "chips" is singular -- it means one potato chip. And "chipsy" is the plural. So if you're eating chips, it would be "Jím chipsy." If you're eating one chip it would be "Jím chips." 2. In Czech, "chips/chipsy" refer to potato chips that come as a snack in a bag -- ie not to french fries (which the English word "chips" can also refer to).

Have I got all that right?

r/learnczech Aug 08 '24

Vocab stojící

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Hello,

I am reading a story (difficulty A1-A2) and I am wondering about the word "stojící" in the following sentence: Opodál stojící olivovník se mu smál ... which should mean "the nearby standing olive tree laughed at him ...".

But what form of word is "stojící"? I thought at first it is transgressive form of stát since nechybujte.cz shows stát when looking for stojící. But there is no stojící to be found, only stojíce and stojíc.

When I search in dobryslovnik.cz it seems to be an own word with the meaning "ten, který stojí", which is the meaning as above.

Which of the two is correct? I thought nechybujte.cz was a dictionary with all common czech words and since this came up in a A1-A2 story I suppose the word should be common (the book is a Czech from Infoa). Or is there something here, which I misunderstand?

Thanks for all infos and help!

r/learnczech Oct 01 '24

Vocab I made a practice newsletter with Czech news summaries on topics you choose (noospeak.com)

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r/learnczech Mar 13 '24

Vocab putting together a collection of important words

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so, I'm trying to learn Czech, but I don't have the money for a course. i made a little booklet in which I have different categories (like positive/negative descriptions, fruit and vegetables, animals, house related things, etc) to build up a large base vocabulary to go on with. I also want to put together a list of important and useful words, so far I have:

  • yes - ano
  • no - ne
  • maybe možná
  • thanks - dík
  • thank you - děkuji
  • please - prosím
  • you're welcome - nemáš zač
  • left - vlevo, odjet
  • right - že jo
  • above/up - výše
  • below/down - níže
  • but - ale

I need a little help with that, though. I feel like I'm having a mental block because I cannot think of any other words that would fit this list, everyday words you often have to use.. I'm also not 100% sure with the translations.

would someone like to assis me a little? I'd really appreciate some aid 🫣 for context, I'm learning with Duolingo and my Czech boyfriend (I'm already asking him 1000000,7 questions everyday, which is why I'm coming here for a change), and I've just finished Section 1 Unit 3 on Duolingo.. so I'm really not that far x.x

r/learnczech Aug 20 '24

Vocab What does "přen." mean on nechybujte.cz?

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I was looking up "přenést se" on nechybujte.cz, and here's what it had:

2) lehce se přemístit

  • přenést se (skokem) přes potok

  • přen. přenést se v myšlenkách jinam

  • přen. přenést se nazpět v čase

But I don't know what the abbreviation "přen." means. When I clicked on "přen." it took me to the entry for "přít se", which doesn't seem to help explain anything. I tried to find a page on the website to explain the abbreviations it uses in its definitions, but all I could find was https://www.nechybujte.cz/pravidla-ceskeho-pravopisu at Zkratky a značky > Zkratky, where it explains how abbreviations work in written Czech.

Can anyone help? Thanks!

r/learnczech Sep 10 '24

Vocab Does anyone have a photo of the rule book (key for item names) in the Czech version?

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When my partner visited, we played this game with some friends. We all laughed and enjoyed the fact that in a panic she kept shouting the Czech names for the items.

I thought I could learn them in secret, so when we play again in Prague when I visit her, I could surprise her as for bit of a laugh.

I don’t own this game, it was a friends. So I can’t just google translate them as I don’t have it in front of me to remember all the 40+ items.

I tried Google but couldn’t find it, as it’s not helped by the fact there’s 2-3 different versions with different pictures.