🎬 Quick Guide to Czech Conjugation in Present Tense

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[@rw8185]

Though I knew these both verbs I always found the way they were comjugated highly irregular I know get the pattern through this video. I struggled with breaking the pattern of verbs přinést/přinášet, I never really broke the pattern of removing the last to letters and take it from there. It makes sense of psát/napsát conjugation as well, verbs that previosly left me dumbfounded. Remove -at, psu seems strange so you add the 'i'. On a train from Prague to Olomouc on a rainy day such as this your explanations along with your smile is all the sunshine we need.

[@CzechbyZuzka]

I'm happy the video was useful for you! Verbs belonging to the 4th group are always full of surprises but at least their endings are almost always regular. Finding out which conjugational group the verb belongs to is the key to success!

[@rw8185]

@@CzechbyZuzka Děkuju. Vážím si toho. Regarding the verbs moct and umět. Both seemingly mean 'can'. And well.. as far as I seem to understand it is moct refers to a conditional 'can' whereas umět seems a competence. Moct = can you give the spoon/can you take take the train to Prague (are there rails to Prague)? Where Umět would refer to being able to pull something off or being endowed with the skill set to do something. "Can you repair cars? Are you able to speak English." Bys mohl.. means "Would you be able to? Conditional.. Would "bys mohl" also relate to "would have been able" future expressed in past form? Is there also a "bys uměl"?

[@CzechbyZuzka]

​@@rw8185 You are correct, _moct_ describes a possibility and _umět_ talks about our skills. We can certainly say: *1. Conditional/Hypothetical situation in the future:* a) Uměl bys opravit tohle...? - Would you know how to repair this...? b) Mohl bys to opravit? - Could you repair it? (it could also be interpret as a very polite request) *2. Past conditional:* Mohl bych ti pomoct. (modern Czech) / Mohl jsem ti býval pomohl. (now outdated form) - I could have helped you. Not possible with umět. Did I answer your question?

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Děkuji moc Zuzko!

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Já také děkuji za zhlédnutí!

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This was extremely helpful děkuju!

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I'm happy to hear that! You're welcome.

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Merci beaucoup très clair

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Very helpful! Thank you

[@haley_bou]

ahoj zuzko ! thanks for the great lesson. what is the reason of changing the vowels? I mean from "hledat" to "hledám" and etc. could you please explain this in a video? or if there is another video already points out this topic in your channel, I would love to have a look. thanks :)

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[@CzechbyZuzka]

Zdravím, Adriáne! Není zač! Saludos!

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[@pumagutten]

This at 7:51 made me think, Zuzka! Does this mean that děkuju is informal and děkuji formal?

[@CzechbyZuzka]

That's right! "Děkuji" is more suitable for formal situations, such as in writing, or saying "thank you" very properly. "Děkuju" is more common when speaking.

[@basementcattiger6231]

No, it doesn't. The informal forms are "diky" and "dik", the pretty informal form is "dikec"

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[@Fluffy-777]

Dobrý den, dekuju. Can you please explain to me why the word Hrát changes in the same way that words that end in -ovat change? I don't understand why.

[@CzechbyZuzka]

_Hrát_ belongs to the 4th group as well as e.g. _pít, číst._ The 4th group has similar endings as the 3rd group, -ovat, only shorter. Compare: JÁ cest-uju | hraj-u TY cest-uješ | hraj-eš ON cest-uje | hraj-e

[@Fluffy-777]

@@CzechbyZuzka thank you for explaining and for your quick response! 🙂

[@matteo.belmonte]

Are -ovat verbs the only stem changing verbs in Czech?

[@CzechbyZuzka]

The -ovat verbs would actually not change the stem, e.g.: potřeb-ovat, _potřeb_ is the stem. The verbs that often change the stem are in the fourth group, "-e-" group.

[@matteo.belmonte]

@@CzechbyZuzka Thank you for replying, I appreciate it! I find that very interesting how your view of {ovat} verbs and your view makes for sense than what I learned about Polish verb conjugation. According to a video I was watching about Polish stem changing verbs, the instructor said that verbs ending in {ować} are stem changing. The way she broke it down was in the following steps: 1) Remove the {ć} ending 2) Change {owa} to {uj} 3) Add appropriate ending I guess the same could be said about {ovat} verbs because {ova} does change to {uj}, since the conjugation pattern is similar: potřebuju/uji = potrzebuję potřebuješ = potrzebujesz potřebuje = potrzebuje potřebujeme = potrzebujemy potřebujete = potrzebujecie potřebujou/ují = potrzebują Nevertheless, your view is more logical and you actually opened my eyes to something about other languages I’ve learned so far. {ovat} verbs ({ować} in Polish) just require the {uj} infix just like regular Italian {ire} verbs need the infix {isc} simply because it’s required. You are very right about the verb potřebovat and how it’s stem is {potřeb}. I honestly believed that the whole stem was {potřebova} and that’s why I referred {ovat} verbs as stem changing. Thank you so much for this! Edit: Also I feel the need to say this even though it’s not that important. I put the endings, infixes, and stems in curly brackets (or braces) because using a hyphen was causing some of my sentences to get crossed out for some reason

[@CzechbyZuzka]

Thank you you sharing the teaching of the Polish tutor. When I teach how to conjugate the verbs in present tense, I refer to -at in _dělat_ and -ovat in _potřebovat_ as "endings". If we wanted to use strictly grammatical terms, I believe for *potřebovat* it would be the following: • *potřeb* = stem • - ova - = infix (I am not sure about the term here) • - t = infinitive ending • - uj - = infix • -u, -eš, -e, -eme, -ete, -ou = personal endings for 3rd & 4th group I find it more practical to simplify the rules for Czech learners since we get to the same result in a quicker way. However, the approach you described is helpful for learning the personal endings for 3rd and 4th group as they are the same.

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[@sFeral]

7:36 why do I hear Š instead of what I've been told I should hear lol

[@CzechbyZuzka]

It's because of the combination t+ř. When _ř_ is next to a consonant (or at the end of the word), it is often weaker. When we pronounce it, the tongue vibrates less. Compare: řeka (stronger Ř) x třída, pekař (weaker, might sound more like š)

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