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Conjugation of Czech verbs Present

Infinitive	dělat	mluvit bydlet	telefonovat	Irregular
já (I)	dělám	mluvím bydlím	telefonuju	čtu
ty (you) one friend	děláš	mluvíš bydlíš	telefonuješ	čteš
on (he) ona (she)	dělá	mluví bydlí	telefonuje	čte
my (we)	děláme	mluvíme bydlíme	telefonujeme	čteme
vy (you) friends or Mr.	děláte	mluvíte bydlíte	telefonujete	čtete
oni (they)	dělají	mluví bydlí	telefonujou	čtou

The main Czech prepositions

Some prepositions have two forms: v and ve.
The second (vocalized) form is used for easy pronunciation:
ve Vídni (in Vienna), ve středu (on Wednesday).

always with Genitive

jdu do hospody	I go to the pub
jdu do školy	I go to school
jdu do parku	I go to the park
jedu do Prahy	I'm going to Prague
jedu do Česka	I'm going to the Czech Republic

v(e)

always with Locative

jsem v hospodě	I am in the pub
jsem ve škole	I am at school
jsem v parku	I am in the park
jsem v Praze	I am in Prague
jsem v Česku	I am in the Czech Republic

An exception are the days of the week and the time (accusative):

v neděli	on Sunday
ve středu	on Wednesday
v jednu hodinu	at one o'clock

The preposition na is used very often in Czech. Take a look at the examples:

with Accusative

jedu na týden na dovolenou	i go on vacation for a week
prášek na praní	detergent
jezdit na kole	cycling

with accusative (WHERE?)

jdu na pivo, kávu	I'm going for beer, coffee
jdu na metro, vlak	I'm going to the subway, to the train
jdu na poštu	I go to the post office
jedu na Slovensko	I'm going to Slovakia

with Locative (WO?)

jsem na poště	I am at the post office
jsem na Slovensku	I'm in Slovakia

z(e)

always with Genitive

jsem z USA	I am from the USA
jsem z Austrálie	I'm from Australia
to je ze skla	It is made of glass

bez(e)

always with Genitive

bez mléka	without milk
beze mne	without me

s(e)

always with Instrumental

mluvím s doktorem	I'm talking to the doctor
čaj s rumem	tea with rum
káva se šlehačkou	coffee with whipped cream
se mnou	with me

pro

always with Accusative

to je pro doktora

this is for the doctor

k(e)

always with Dative

jdu k doktorovi	I go to the doctor
jdu ke Karlovi	I go to Charles

always with Genitive

jsem u doktora

I am at the doctor

always with Genitive

od pátku do neděle	from Friday to Sunday
to je dárek od Petra	this is a gift from Petr

with Locative (about)

mluvím o doktorovi

I'm talking about the doctor

sometimes with Accusative

o rok starší

a year older

před(e)

with Instrumental (Time)

před hodinou	an hour ago
před rokem	a year ago

with Accusative (Where I go?)

jdu před dům

I'm going in front of the house

with Instrumental (Where I am?)

jsem před domem

I'm in front of the house

with Accusative (Time)

za hodinu	in an hour
za rok	in a year

with Accusative (for)

děkuji za dárek

thank you for the gift

mit Accusative (Where I go?)

jdu za dům

I go behind the house

mit Instrumental (Where I am?)

jsem za domem

I am behind the house

Grammar tool of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Here is an example of an irregular Czech verb.

Here is an example of a Czech noun. The word is displayed in all cases.

declination of Czech noun

Here is an example of a Czech adjective in all cases.

declination of Czech adjective

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Czech personal pronouns in all cases

Nominative	já	ty	on	ona	ono
Genitive	mě¹	tě bez tebe	ho²³ pro něho	jí bez ní	ho²³ pro něho
Dative	mi ke mně	ti k tobě	mu⁴ k němu	jí k ní	mu⁴ k němu
Accusative	mě¹	tě pro tebe	ho²³ pro něho	ji pro ni	ho⁵
Vocative	-	ty	-	-	-
Locative	o mně	o tobě	o něm	o ní	o něm
Instrumental	mnou	tebou	jím s ním	jí s ní	jím s ním

Nominative	my	vy	oni, ony, ona
Genitive	nás	vás	jich bez nich
Dative	nám	vám	jim k nim
Accusative	nás	vás	je pro ně
Vocative	-	vy	-
Locative	o nás	o vás	o nich
Instrumental	námi	vámi	jimi s nimi

Remarks:
1 in written language also mne
2 the long form is jeho
3 in written language also jej, bez / pro něj
4 the long form is jemu
5 in written language also je, pro ně, jej, pro něj

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