Learn Czech - Past Tense Made Easy - Lesson 38
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Hi, is your Czech improving nicely? I am sure it is! So, it is time to learn how to form the past tense. Do not worry it is not very difficult.
All we need to do is find the infinitive of the verb, remove the final 't', replace it with an 'l', possibly add an 'a', an 'o', or an 'i' - depending on if the past action was done my something feminine, neuter or plural. After this for I, you, we, and you plural we just as the corresponding present form of the verb 'to be'. That is it!
Honestly, it is simple!
Good luck and thanks for watching!
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Hi Rich ! Thank you so much for your nice lessons . I 'm French and I started learning Czech Last october because I went to Prague with my son who played hockey with his team. I've got a grammar and vocabulary book and my son's coach is from Slovakia so he's able to speak Czech and he often helps me when I've got problems or questions . I like learning czech a lot and I want to tell you that your lessons have been a great help so far. They are clear and very pleasant to watch, you are definitely a good teacher ! and I know what I'm talking about, I've been working as an english teacher in France for 23 years ! so, keep up the good work and thanks again . Fred
sentfred fred Thank you for taking the time to write such a kind message. I am glad the lessons are useful for you. I will try to keep making more as and when I have time :)
Rich
yes, I will try to make a couple of videos every month :)
In serbian is easier!
sam, si, je, smo, ste, su
Bravo Rich, your lessons are super!
Milan Janic thanks a lot
Thank you so much RIch -- these videos are very useful
Hi Rich, the right term for "supporting" verb is "auxiliary" verb. Thanks for the lesson!
Hi Frank, thanks for that. I am familiar with the term "auxiliary", I used to use it when teaching but I was often met with blank expressions on my students faces, so I decided to use the term "supporting" which is more accessible for non linguists.
Good videos! What I would request, though, are some examples, sentences were you use what you have been going through in the lesson. Do you adress this in other videos? Moc dêkuju! Keep up the good work :)
+Asthor Kjeldsberg Gripsrud thanks very much, there are a few more examples here ua-cam.com/video/1Gf0EXOD-fU/v-deo.html
Excellent vedio
Thank you!!!!
If the "we" is feminine, is the ending not changed, ie, hrály jsme?
Ahoj Rich! In present tense we decline the verbs depending on their endings and they form four groups. So, I would like to know if do this apply in the past tense? Or it doesn´t matter and is the same rule of remove "t" for at, át,ovat, ít, ýt, it, et endings? Díky!
Hi Gwen, I will do another video giving more examples and some extra details probably next weekend. However, just so you know, it is not like the present, in the past always go back to the infinitive, remove the final 't' and replace in with 'l'. There are of course a few exceptions where you need to create a slightly different form to the past without 't' but I will look at some of them specifically. Basically it is easier than present tense :) apart from a few word order issues that I will highlight in the next lesson.
So take another example, the verb to need:
potřebovat = to need
potřebuju = I need
potřeboval jsem = I needed (for a man)
potřebovala jsem = I needed (for a woman)
Hope this helps
Rich
Nice one Rich , Where did you learn all this or are you self taught ?
+baxbaz I have done a few short courses, some privater lessons, and some self study. A bit of everything!
I had been in Prague for 3 years , disappeared for 2 years and am now back for more. Can you recommend any short courses in Prague ?
Hi, I would like to know where can I find the lesson #2 and #3 etc........
were you able to find them?
Yes, I found them all thanks.
ciekawe że u was sie mowi: hral jsem where we make one word out of it,
i played grałem
he played grał
she played grała
neutral grało
I could probably learn czech in 2 or 3 weeks since i already speak Polish and Russian. Uh.. But i don't need to since the last time i went to prague i could speak normally with the locals without many difficulties since polish and czech are pretty mutually intelligible. Anyway nice vid breh.
how do i say i used to play hockey?
hral jsem hokej?
jsem bil hokejsty?
Walter White Hi, I hope the following helps :)
I used to play hockey - Hrával jsem hokej.
Hrál is just simple past tense, e.g. Hrál jsem včera hokej - I played hockey yesterday. Hrával means sometime in the past for a longer period. I'd say the exact translation is Hrával / used to play.
I was a hockey player - Byl jsem hokejista.
Rich
dekuji
Ahoj Rich, Can you write a sentence using the past?
AllSheLikes Hi AllShwLikes, yes I will write a few sentences here. I am also going to di a video with some examples and a bit more explanation. Hopefully later on today!Hrál jsem fotbal = I played football (man speaking)Včera jsem hrál fotbal = Yesterday I played football. (Note how the word order changes! Jsem needs to be in the 2nd position)
Ahoj Rich, That would be great to see some examples :D díky!! I see it probably changes the order when it comes some adverbial at the begining?
yes that is right!
I will make next video soo, unfortunately I could not this weekend :)
"Hráli jsme" means "We played."?
Jaja Mama yes it does :)
Mi from czech