Learn How to Introduce Yourself in Czech - Basic Greetings in Czech

Speaker 1 Want to know if your check skills are improving. And what's your real learning level is get your language skills assessed with our Free level assessment test. Just click the link in the description and sign up for a free lifetime account to get assessed basic bootcamp. Lesson one self-introductions basic. Greetings in check. Hi everyone. Brandon here and welcome to check class 101.com. This is basic boot. Camp lesson. One. Self-introductions basic. Greetings in. Check This is the first in a five-part series that will help you ease your way into check Speaker 2 a higher. Yes I'm American. I'm Martin in this series. We will go over all the basics that will really help you to understand. Check Speaker 1 and we'll have fun doing it in this lesson. You'll learn how to introduce yourself and ask someone their name. This conversation is between Speaker 2 strangers. The language they are using is polite because they don't know each other, but it's not overly formal because they will use their first names not Speaker 1 surnames. Let's listen to the conversation. Speaker 3 Oh yeah I see them. Adam Speaker 2 he examined Speaker 1 the isomeric Speaker 3 rocktopus Yaki. Speaker 1 Let's hear the conversation one time, Speaker 3 slowly. Ahoy. Yeah. Sam. Adam Speaker 2 yuck. Same n. Wash t.i. Speaker 1 Hi Adam. Yeah, I Sam Mary Speaker 3 Rod tip has novum. Yeah Speaker 1 ducky. Now, let's hear it with the English translation. Speaker 3 Oh yeah, I see them. Adam Speaker 2 yuck. Same on Wednesday. Speaker 1 Hello, my name is Adam. What's your name Adama? He is a medic. Hello, Adam. My name is Mary Speaker 3 rocktopus. Novum. Speaker 1 Pleased to meet you. Yeah, ducky me too. So Martin, what do people in the Czech Republic do when they first meet? Is there any sort of custom Speaker 2 for the first time? It's enough to shake hands for both men and women when they are introducing Speaker 1 themselves is shaking hands. A must in the Czech Speaker 2 Republic in a business situation, CES. But in daily life, this isn't really that big of a deal. Even though people often do do this in daily life, it just depends on the circumstances when they meet the other person. Speaker 1 What about kissing? They're hugging. Is that common in the Czech Republic? Speaker 2 Kisses on the cheek are now more. Common among young people, particularly young men to young women when they meet for the first time, but not all women are comfortable with this hugging is only for friends or family members, not for people in formal situations. Speaker 1 So handshakes and smiles are the safest for first meetings, right? Yes, that's right. Sounds easy to me. Okay. Now let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see Speaker 3 is W done. Hello Speaker 2 formal. Do bre den. Dobry Speaker 3 den next, Ahoy Speaker 1 hello Speaker 3 informal. Ah boy, oh boy next. Yeah, I yeah, yeah, next you may know name Speaker 2 email. No ameno Speaker 3 next beat to be beat beat next. So what? So, so next V, you formal v. V next, the you informal, the next month's. Speaker 1 3 Speaker 3 mods, mods. Next rat. Glad rot rot next pose. Not SATA to meet Bull Speaker 2 snot. Say it. Speaker 3 Say Speaker 2 it was not Speaker 3 SATA next. So with to sir, sir and last minute 'take Speaker 1 me too formal. Speaker 3 Yeah, da key. We need a key. Speaker 1 Let's take a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. Speaker 2 The first worked is dobry Den. This means hello but listeners, Please be aware that dobry Den is used in formal situations. Speaker 1 What do you say in an informal situation? You can Speaker 2 say Ahoy between friends, you only use Ahoy and for very close friends. You can also say, ciao, when you come or Speaker 3 leave, I see, Speaker 1 can you say the phrase? Raises again, please. Speaker 2 Sure. First the former one nobody then do bre then Speaker 1 and the informal. Hello Speaker 3 is a whore ciao. Speaker 2 Ah Speaker 3 Boy Chow Speaker 1 great. Now the next phrase is nice to meet you in Speaker 2 check which is a red waspers novum, this is for formal situation. When it's an informal situation, you can say that our tip was novel. Both mean, I'm glad to meet Speaker 1 you. Okay, let's break it down. Speaker 2 Sure thing. First you say that art, meaning glut and the next part. If it's a formal expression, you can say vas, meaning you, if it's informal, you can use the informal pronoun. Yeah. Meaning you Speaker 1 both mean, you Speaker 3 right? Vas is Speaker 2 former while Jay is informal, Speaker 1 the informal pronoun is generally used to address. Man or woman around your age or younger. Speaker 2 And next, we have the verb was now Varma meaning to Speaker 1 meet so altogether. We Speaker 2 have a red waspers, novum, or Rascals. Now Obama Speaker 1 listeners. Listen and repeat first. The formal way to say I'm glad to meet Speaker 3 you Rod was Posner Varma Speaker 1 And next, the informal one Speaker 2 aroused. It was not a bomb. Speaker 1 Okay. Now how do you reply when someone says I'm glad to meet you Speaker 2 in this case you can say Yaki. This means me too. Okay, let's break it down the first verb. Yeah, means I and the next worked, ducky means also or two, so it literally means I to, that's right. Yaki listeners. Listen. Speaker 1 Pete say me to Speaker 3 Yaki. Yeah, the key. Speaker 1 All right, that's not too hard. Is it? Okay. Now on to the grammar in this lesson you'll learn how to introduce yourself and ask someone their name and check Martin. How do you say what's your name and check Speaker 2 the XML data Speaker 1 meaning what's your name? Can you break it down? Speaker 2 Sure the first word yuck means how yuck Speaker 3 and next next up is Speaker 2 set which means Speaker 3 yourself Set. Speaker 1 So the first two words. Mean, how Speaker 2 yourself that's right. Yuck set. Speaker 1 And the next one is Speaker 2 you manually at the Yuma? No. Yeah. That Speaker 1 it means something like to be named. Can you say the phrase? What's your name again? Speaker 2 Sure. Yuck. Same and meta. Yuck, sir. Emma. No. Yeah, Speaker 1 this way. Is for a formal situation. What about an informal one? Speaker 2 If you want to say, what's your name, informally? Simply replace the verb Emmanuel attack with Emmanuel. Uh, Speaker 1 both mean to be named, but the latter verb is an informal one, Speaker 2 that's right. Emmanuel at the is formal email, which is for informal. Speaker 1 Okay, let's listen to them again. One by one first, the formal way to say, what's your name is Speaker 2 York City? Manometer Yuck. So Ima know. Yeah Speaker 1 and the informal phrase Speaker 2 is iooks a manwich He examined. Uh, Speaker 1 okay. So now how do you answer this question? Speaker 2 It's very simple. First, you can say yikes Speaker 1 am, which means my name is Speaker 2 them. So your name, for example, if you want to say my name is Martin, you can say, yes M Speaker 1 margin, my name is Martin. Speaker 3 Yeah, some Mar in Speaker 2 Yosemite Jean Speaker 3 Grey Speaker 1 Okay. And that's all for this lesson. Speaker 2 Get instant access to all of our language learning lessons Speaker 1 with any subscription instantly access. Our entire library of audio and video lessons. Speaker 2 Download the lessons or listen or watch online, Speaker 1 put them on your phone or another mobile device and listen, watch and learn Speaker 2 anywhere lessons are organized by level. So progress, in order one level at a time Speaker 1 or skip around to different levels. It's up to you Speaker 2 instantly access them all. All right. Now at check class Speaker 1 101.com listeners you can check the lesson notes to reinforce what you've learned in this lesson. And if you have any questions or comments, leave us a post at check class 101.com. Speaker 2 We are happy to help. Thanks for listening. Everyone Speaker 3 Ahoy see you next time. Oh boy. Yeah, I see them. Atom Speaker 2 XML. Adam, Speaker 1 the isometric Speaker 3 rocktopus. Novum Yaki.