Teach Yourself Czech Complete Course Book

	Introduction	vii
	The Czech alphabet and pronunciation	xi
01	Dobry den. jak se mate? / good morning. how are you?	1
	Handling first encounters with greetings and responses
	Spotting words that are common to Czech and English
	Saying / (first person singular)
02	Jak se jmenujete? / what's your name?	9
	Making introductions
	Asking where someone comes from
	Forming verbs in the present tense
03	Kde pracujete? / where do you work?	22
	Asking where someone works
	Asking what their job is
	Using basic kinship terms
	Asking about the work of others in the family
	Expressing more complex things about work
04	Jak bydlite? / what is your house like?	36
	Talking about how people live
	Saying numbers
	Talking about going visiting
	Expressing possession
	Using can and must
	Expressing the 'direct object'
05	Je tu nekde knihkupectvi? / is there a bookshop near here?	52
	Watching your Ps and Qs
	Asking questions politely
	Saying there is, there are
	Saying that you like something
	Forming and using adjectives in the accusative
06	Na celnici / at customs	70
	Understanding questions about your person
	Answering in an appropriate manner
	Beginning to use plurals
	Using some means of expressing reason and purpose
07	Kde jste vlastne studoval? / where exactly did you study?	85
	Saying something about past events
	Saying more about going places
	Using numbers above four
08	Nemuzu najit klic / I can't find the key	100
	Using the past tense
	Complaining about this and that
	Asking what something costs
	Using higher numbers
	Giving and understanding simple directions
09	Kolik je hodin? / what's the time?	114
	Asking the time
	Asking at what time something happens
	Saying what time it is
	Talking about the future
10	Co mam koupit rodine? / what should I buy the family?	129
	Talking about the person(s) to whom something is given/said
	Using place expressions in the plural
	Saying all
11	Ve ctvrtek k nam prijde navsteva / we've got visitors coming on Thursday	146
	Saying more about future events
	Compensating for Czech's simple tense system
	Saying the days of the week
	Saying the months of the year
	Forming dates
12	Deti do skoly vodi manzelka / it's my wife who takes the children to school	164
	Talking about the most crucial types of movement
	Saying what things look like
	Expressing the means of doing something
13	Prsil / it's raining!	182
	Reading consecutive prose
	Talking about the weather
	Using personal pronouns
	Saying before and after
	Forming more expressions for telling the time
	Expressing alternatives
14	Nehadejte se! / stop arguing!	202
	Giving orders
	Using some politeness formulae
	Expressing wishes
15	Kdybych vedela, ze prijdete ... / if I knew you were coming ...	216
	Expressing vain wishes using the conditional
	Stating actual and theoretical preferences
	Saying indirect commands
	Expressing 'purpose'
16	Tak to bude rychlejsi / it'll be quicker like that	231
	Making comparisons
	Saying something is the best
	Talking about your children and pets
17	Kvuli politice se nerozciluj! / don't get worked up over politics!	250
	Describing what people/things are doing
	Dealing with some features of written Czech
	Saying whose
18	Nejdriv udelame poradek v Libine skrini / first we'll tidy Liba's wardrobe	266
	Saying more about possession
	Making suggestions
	Using the Czech equivalent of -ed
19	Dejte si neco na ochutnani / have something to taste	283
	Using -ing (as a noun) to state your likes and dislikes
	Saying what things are good for
	Recognizing and forming 'passive' sentences
	Supplement: selected features of high- and low-style Czech	300
	Taking it further	307
	Key to the exercises	313
	Glossary of grammatical terms	325
	Appendices
	Reference tables	332
	Voicing and devoicing	337
	Czech-English vocabulary	340
	English-Czech vocabulary	365
	Subject index	383