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Hello - Dobry den
Good-bye - Nashledanou
Excuse me - Prominte
Sorry - Pardon
Yes - Ano
No - Ne
Thank you - Dekuji
Please - Prosim
I don't speak Czech. - Neumim cesky.
Do you speak English? - Mluvite anglicky?
Beer - Pivo

 

SIGNS TO READ

Otevreno - open
Zavreno - closed
Potraviny - grocery shop
Ulice - street
Namesti - square
Hrad - castle
Klaster - monastery / convent
WC, zachod - Wash room (toilets)
Muzi, Pani - Men
Zeny, Damy - Women
Kostel - church
Vinarna - wine bar
Hospoda - pub / beer hall
Lekarna - pharmacy

 

SOME BASIC TO KNOW

Most Czech words having different endings (male, female, declension, number etc.), but the root is usually the same.
Pork - Vepr, veprovy, veprova, veprove. Uzene (smoked).
Chicken - Kure, kureci.
Beef - Hovezi, svickova (sirloin), rostena (short loin).
Fruit - Ovoce, ovocny, ovocem, ovocna zmrzlina (ice cream).
Vegetables - Zelenina, zeleninovy, zeleninova, zeleninove.
Potatoes - Brambory, bramborova, bramborovy, bramborak - potato pancake, bramborova kase - mashed potatoes.
Meat - Maso, masovy, masny, mlete maso - minced meat (meat loaf).
Innards - Jatra (livers), ledvinky (kidneys), srdce (heart), drztky (tripe).
Meatless - Bezmasy (a,e)
Cheese - Syr, syrovy (a, e). Smazeny syr - fried cheese.

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