Colloquial Czech: The Complete Course for Beginners [Book]

✍ Scribed by James Naughton

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 477
• Series: Colloquial
• Edition: Third edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For a full list of titles in the Colloquial series, please visit https://www.routledge.com/Colloquial-Series/book-series/SE0069

Colloquial Czech provides a step-by-step course in Czech as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Czech in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:
• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Czech will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Czech.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Colloquial Czech
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Pronunciation guide
1 Vítám vás v Praze! - Welcome to Prague!
2 Co dělát? - What are you doing?
3 Rodina a práce - The family and work
4 Město a sídliště - The city and the housing estate
5 Hudba, jídlo, byt - Music, food, the flat
6 Doprava, cestování, počasí - Transport, travel, the weather
7 Jídlo, šaty, tělo - Food, clothes, the body
8 Telefon, den, týden - The telephone, the day, the week
9 Barvy, zájmy, politika - Colours, interests, politics
10 Pohostinství a domácnost - Hospitality and the household
11 Obchod a potraviny - The shop and groceries
12 Hotel – Kolik je hodin? - The hotel – What time is it?
13 Přátelství a volný čas - Friendship and leisure time
14 Obchodní dům a turistika - The department store and tourism
15 Podmínky a životní úroveň - Conditions and living standards
16 Restaurace - Restaurants
Grammar summary
Key to exercises
Czech–English glossary
English–Czech glossary
Index of language points

✦ Subjects

Czech language