Czech Verbs - Introduction

Описание: As always, please do enable Close Captions (CC) for the Czech bits!

Dear Students,

We are finally getting to the verb = action subject! Please note that there is not a unique way of classifying verbs, but several possible approaches. Classification I (found in a grammar book for the 6th grade of preparatory school) is taught to native Czech speakers, whilst Classification II (found on Wikipedia) seems to address mostly foreigners: (http://www.locallingo.com/czech/gramm....

The important part is that often, authors concentrate on the ending of the verb in infinitive (dělat - at) and get their students to learn the verb endings of all the four, sometimes five classes AND all of their paradigms, in order to teach them how to classify properly given verb into the right class.

Our teachers, on the other hand, talk more about the endings of verbs in the 3d person of singular, in the present tense. This seems an easier method than the previously described, but in order to use it, you need to know how to conjugate each verb. And if you already have this skill, why would you want to learn about classifications? It's Uroboros chasing after it's tail, and a real dilemma for someone wishing to become quickly efficient in Czech. That's why I talk quickly about both methods in this lesson.

Anyway, I wish to all of you health, solid nerves, luck and a beautiful Indian Summer!

All the music used to lighten up this lesson can be found here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/f...
Crazy Hearts - Medite
The Long Walk - Jamie Norwood
A Gentle Invitation - Dawn, Dawn, Dawn

P.S. Not being convinced about the absolute necessity of putting a verb into its class in order to make progress in Czech, but hoping that other people's minds work differently from my own, I am sending out this quick overview to which I plan to revert in detail in November. Winter is the perfect season to work on Czech verbs' classes and paradigms and other tedious subjects, as you will notice.

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