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Czech A1 · Lesson 39

Describe things

Bring together familiar colors, size, age, quality, and other properties to describe and identify everyday things in short practical exchanges.

A1 Beginner0 words
In this lessoncolors, size, age, quality, simple contrasts
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Key vocabulary

Words and phrases used in this lesson.

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Lesson content

Learn the language through practical Czech examples.

Popisujeme věci

Reuse familiar language to build useful descriptions of everyday things.

Dům je velký, starý a šedý.The house is big, old, and gray.
Stůl je malý, nový a hnědý.The table is small, new, and brown.
Stůl je velký a těžký.The table is big and heavy.

Vlastnosti

Retrieve the familiar contrasts before combining them.

bílý — černýwhite — black
velký — malýbig — small
nový — starýnew — old
dobrý — špatnýgood — bad
těžký — lehkýheavy — light
rychlý — pomalýfast — slow
teplý — studenýwarm — cold

Spojujeme vlastnosti

Combine two or three familiar properties into one description.

Dům je velký a bílý.The house is big and white.
Dům je malý, starý a žlutý.The house is small, old, and yellow.
Stůl je dlouhý, nový a hnědý.The table is long, new, and brown.
Stůl je malý, starý a těžký.The table is small, old, and heavy.

Rozdíly

Use familiar opposites to distinguish one thing from another.

Jeden dům je velký, druhý je malý.One house is big, the other is small.
Jeden stůl je nový, druhý je starý.One table is new, the other is old.
Ten stůl je malý, ale těžký.That table is small but heavy.
Ten dům je starý, ale dobrý.That house is old but good.

Popiš a rozliš

Produce a connected description and make the intended thing clear.

To je dům. Je velký, nový a šedý. Je dobrý.This is a house. It is big, new, and gray. It is good.
To je stůl. Je malý, starý a hnědý. Je těžký.This is a table. It is small, old, and brown. It is heavy.
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Practice

Test yourself and reinforce what you learned.

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