Learn Czech - Months, when? - Lesson 34

[@TheManuelaGomess]

Ahoj!! Thank you so much for all your videos, they are really helpful. I'm currently studying in Prague and this lessons are essencial for me to learn Czech! Děkuji moc! :)

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Love you, I Lear Czech, because I work and live here... So thank you so much for making this amazing CLIPS

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hello Rich, I have been following your videos. You are absolutely an amazing teacher, you make this language much easier than I expected. Thanks again and well done!!!

[@LearnCzechwithRich]

Hi Steph, thanks for following my videos. What a lovely comment. I hope you are making good progress with the language :)

[@elkiton]

Well done Rich, another well thought out and presented video. Thank You. TonyE 22 weeks and counting till the move!

[@LearnCzechwithRich]

Tony Elkin Ahoj, thanks, wow not so long now, but still plenty of time to improve your Czech!!

[@DezoCorka007]

Just a little help: the endings -ci come from Old Czech -cu (v červencu - v červenci, v prosincu - v prosinci), so the endings were originally the same. You should remember that "u" after a soft consonant (ž, š, č, ř, c, j, ď, ť, ň) changed to "i".

[@LearnCzechwithRich]

+Geert W great tip, thanks very much for commenting :)

[@alvaroh609]

Ahoj!! Thank you for your videos again! :D

[@alejandrogaldeano2690]

Velmi dekuji

[@LearnCzechwithRich]

+Alejandro Galdeano Neni zac

[@gwenrodriguez1972]

Ahoj Rich!!! First, I want to thank you for give us another lesson in the same week :D And then, I would like to have some help :D I know that in English we use “in” for a period of time and “on” for days and dates. So, I found that in Czech na=on and v/ve=in. However, at least with seasons, they use both with the same meaning as we saw with “v létě” and “na podzim”… so my first question is why do we use “na” with jaro/podzim and “v” with léto/zima? And now I get confused, because I thought that the case would be the same when we use “v” with days, months and seasons. So, why do we use the accusative with days and locative with months and seasons? I try to find out it but I couldn´t. Děkuju!!!

[@LearnCzechwithRich]

Gwen Rodriguez Ahoj, Gwen, no problem for the lessons. I will try to answer your excellent but difficult questions :)To answer the second. 'v/ve' has two meanings, one is followed by the locative and the other by the accusative. The first meaning is equivalent to 'in' in English. The second is equivalent to 'on' in English. We use the first with months and seasons and it is followed by the locative. We use the second with days of the week and it is followed by the accusative. So actually it is quite like English. English uses 'in' for months and seasons but 'on' for days of the week.(Note autumn is an exception to this rule: it is followed by the accusative - i do not know why).I have not yet got an answer to the first part of your question. I will try to find one.Summary:Seasons : v + locative (where v = in), na + locative (except autumn na + accusative)Months: v + locative (where v = in)Days of the week: v/ve + accusative (where v/ve = on)

[@gwenrodriguez1972]

Learn Czech with Rich Thank you so much Rich! Now, I think this is more clear for me. And don´t worry if you don´t find anything about v/na, I can accept a "because the book say it" for an answer :D Díky!!! Ps. Did you say twenty four at 0:06?

[@FillandOJ]

+Gwen Rodriguez yes he did say 34 at 0:06 ;) and really good question about the "podzim" i'm from Czech Rep. and i really don't know exactly why is it so... :D

[@terramoth]

said 34 on czech that 24 on english lol