2 Czech 100 Czech for Travelers Czech for Travelers Lesson 2 - Geography

3 Your fate for the next two hours: Revision Geography of the Czech Republic Lesson 1 – Short dialogs Discussion: First Impression Czech for Travelers

4 Alhabet A B C Č D Ď E F G H CH I J K L M N Ň O P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U V W X Y Z Ž  Pronunciation hints and tips are in pronunciation.pdf Czech for Travelers

5 Vowels Short:  A, E, I/Y, O, U, Ě (Y+E) Long:  Á, É, Í/Ý, Ó, Ú/Ů (ú**,*ů*) Czech for Travelers

6 Consonants Soft (followed by i):  Ž, Š, Č, Ř, C, J, Ď, Ť, Ň Hard (followed by y):  H, CH, K, R, D, T, N Ambiguos (followed by i or y):  B, F, L, M, P, S, V, Z Czech for Travelers

7 NOTES - 1 If D,T,N are followed by „I“ in the text the sound is softened  DI=[ĎI]≠[DY], TI=[ŤI] ≠[TY], NI=[ŇI] ≠[NY] Other vowels do not have this function! „I“ hasn‘t that softening function in foreign words and the sound is:  Titán = [TITÁN] = [TYTÁN] Czech for Travelers

8 NOTES - 2 The first syllable is stressed!  Sobota (Saturday)=[SObota] If there is a preposition before a word then put stress on the preposition  Ve středu (on Wednesday)=[VE středu] Czech for Travelers

9 Tonguetwister: „Strč prst skrz krk“ Czech for Travelers

10 Geography of the Czech Republic Czech for Travelers

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12 Vocabulary 1 World – svět Africa – Afrika Antarctica – Antarktida Asia – Asie Australia – Austrálie Europe – Evropa North America – Severní Amerika South America – Jižní Amerika Ocean – oceán Czech for Travelers

13 Let’s go! Yeah! Czech for Travelers

14 Vocabulary 2 Německo Rakousko Slovensko Polsko Španělsko Norsko Švédsko Finsko Dánsko Rusko Svýcarsko Francie Itálie Velká Británie Ukrajina Česká Republika Czech for Travelers Germany Austria Slovakia Poland Spain Norway Sweden Finland Danmark Russia Switzerland France Italy Great Britain Ukraine Czech Republic

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16 Vocabulary 3 Praha - Prague Brno - Brno Plzeň - Plzen (Pisner) Ostrava - Ostrava České Budějovice - Ceske Budejovice (Budweis) Šumava - The Bohemian Forest Krkonoše - The Giant Mountains Sněžka - Snezka (1602m) Vltava - Vltava Labe - Labe (Elbe) Czech for Travelers

17 Czech Republic is not only Prague! Czech for Travelers

18 Czech Republic is not only Prague! Czech for Travelers

19 Czech Republic is not only Prague! Czech for Travelers

20 Quick Facts: Czech for Travelers Kansas Capital: Topeka  122,377 (2000) Population: 2,775,997 Area: 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²) Česká republika Hlavní město: Praha  1,218,644 (2008) Populace: 10,403,136 Rozloha:30,450 sq mi (78,866 km²)

21 Lesson 1 Conjugation of „být“ (to be) Exercises – L1/ 1(tr02), 3(tr04), 6-7(tr07,08) Odkud jsi? (Where are you come from?) Exercises – L1/ 11(tr09), 19 (tr12), Czech for Travelers

22 Conjugation – být Já jsem = I am Ty jsi = You are On/ona/ono je = It is My jsme = We are Vy jste = You are Oni/ony/ona jsou = They are Já nejsem = I am not Ty nejsi = You are not On/ona/ono není = It is not My nejsme = We are not Vy nejste = You are not Oni/ony/ona nejsou = They are not Czech for Travelers

23 Lesson 1 Conjugation of „být“ (to be) DONE Exercises – L1/ 1(tr02), 3(tr04), 6-7(tr07,08) Odkud jsi? (Where are you come from?) Exercises – L1/ 11(tr09), 19 (tr12), Czech for Travelers

24 Odkud jsi? Odkud jste? Where are you come from? Odkud jsi? Odkud jste? I am from the Czech Republic. Jsem z České republiky. Are you from the Czech Republic? Ty/Vy jsi/jste z České republiky? Yes, I‘m from the Czech Rep. Ano, jsem z České republiky. Where are you come from? Odkud jsi? Odkud jste? I am from the United States. Jsem ze Spojených států amerických. Are you from the United States? Ty/Vy jsi/jste ze Spojených států amerických? Yes, I‘m from the United States. Ano, jsem ze Spojených států amerických. ! … z Ameriky, ze Spojených států, ze Států, z USA – everything is fine! Czech for Travelers

25 Lesson 1 Conjugation of „být“ (to be) DONE Exercises – L1/ 1(tr02), 3(tr04), 6-7(tr07,08)DONE Odkud jsi? (Where are you come from?) DONE Exercises – L1/ 11(tr09), 19 (tr12), Czech for Travelers

26 First impressions Your opinion? What do you think you will feel like after you will have arrived in the Czech Republic? Czech for Travelers

27 For the next lesson: Compulsory  Revise: conjugation „být“, short dialogs, Odkud jsi?  Vocabulary: Lesson 1 (voc.+phrases)  Exercises L1/ 4(tr05),8,9,13(tr10), Optional  Exercises L1/ 2(tr03),4(tr05),16(tr11), 18, 20, 21(tr13), Optional  Exercises L1/ (good drill) Czech for Travelers

28 Homework session/revision Optional „Czech freak session“ Tue September 9, 8:15 p.m. Hale Library – room 123 Czech for Travelers

Tonguetwister: „ Strýc Šusta suší švestky“ 29 Czech for Travelers