Episode 31 (daily podcast CZECH YOUR DAY) transcript included

Renata Hrkalová30.6. 20250

THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: WHAT TIME IS IT/KOLIK JE HODIN (part 2)

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Today’s focus is expressing time in Czech, specifically „quarter past.“

Before we delve into examples, here are a couple of key differences from English to keep in mind:

In typical Czech fashion, when expressing time like „quarter past,“ we refer to the upcoming hour.
The numbers three through twelve are used in their base forms, with exceptions being numbers one and two.

An additional note: this expression is only used in the 12-hour system.

Learning the Expressions

Let’s explore how to say „quarter past“ for each hour:

Quarter past twelve: ČTVRT NA JEDNU
Quarter past one: ČTVRT NA DVĚ
Quarter past two: ČTVRT NA TŘI
Quarter past three: ČTVRT NA ČTYŘI
Quarter past four: ČTVRT NA PĚT
Quarter past five: ČTVRT NA ŠEST
Quarter past six: ČTVRT NA SEDM
Quarter past seven: ČTVRT NA OSM
Quarter past eight: ČTVRT NA DEVĚT
Quarter past nine: ČTVRT NA DESET
Quarter past ten: ČTVRT NA JEDENÁCT
Quarter past eleven: ČTVRT NA DVANÁCT

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Renata Hrkalová

I am a tutor of Czech for foreigners, creator and storyteller. Let me guide you through the fascinating jungle which is called "CZECH LANGUAGE". No worries as I have the best navigation & first aid kit thanks to years and years of teaching and creating unique and effective teaching materials. Renča is an author of multiple courses, eg. 3-month group course of Czech with RENČA (different levels), e-books "How to improve your spoken Czech aka TABOO GAME" and "Hra na tabu (pro děti)" which help people with fluency and enhancing Czech vocabulary in an effective way (learning while playing).

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