Informal Czech

Články pro štítek Informal Czech
14.2. 2025

Shorter Words in Informal Czech

In Czech, some words have two forms with the same meaning. Sometimes the longer form is informal, while in other cases, it’s the shorter one that’s informal. Let’s take a look at the latter! The shorter forms of the words in this post are more common for spoken Czech. Let’s start with the adverbs. The following...

4.1. 2024

Umím česky. Chci domů. When can we leave out main verbs in Czech?

You might have heard a Czech person say: Umím anglicky (I can speak English) or Neumím anglicky (I can’t speak English). Did they forget to add the verb ‘to speak’ (mluvit)? Let’s see what is going on. Watch a video about this topic here: First things first Let’s review the basics. We can leave out the main...