Introduce yourself — where you're from, what you do, and your interests.
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Where are you from? (informal / formal) (Od- 'from' + -kud 'where'.)
Odkud jsi? / Odkud jste?
I'm from Germany. (Z + genitive = 'from'. Country names take genitive endings.)
Jsem z Německa.
Where do you live? I live in Prague. (V + locative (Praha → Praze). Bydlet = to reside, žít = to live more broadly.)
Kde bydlíš? Bydlím v Praze.
What's your job? (Literally 'what do you do for work'.)
Co děláš za práci?
What do you do in life? (Literally 'with what do you feed yourself' — čím is instrumental of co.)
Čím se živíš?
I'm a data scientist. (male / female) (Czech professions almost always have a feminine -ka form.)
Jsem datový analytik. / Jsem datová analytička.
I'm an artist. (male / female)
Jsem umělec. / Jsem umělkyně.
I'm a teacher. (male / female)
Jsem učitel. / Jsem učitelka.
Do you study? What do you study?
Studuješ? Co studuješ?
I study languages at university. (Na + locative for institutions.)
Studuji jazyky na univerzitě.
What languages do you speak? (Literally 'by which languages do you speak' — instrumental case.)
Jakými jazyky mluvíš?
I speak English and a little Czech. (Adverbs (-y) for 'in [language]', not adjectives.)
Mluvím anglicky a trochu česky.
What's your native language? (Mateřský — from matka 'mother'. Think: 'mother tongue'.)
Jaký je tvůj mateřský jazyk?
What do you do in your free time? (Volný = free; čas = time.)
Co děláš ve volném čase?
I like to read and watch movies. (Female: ráda. Rád/ráda + verb = 'I like to'.)
Rád čtu a dívám se na filmy.
I like meeting friends and joking around. (Female: ráda. Vtipkovat from vtip 'joke'.)
Rád se scházím s kamarády a vtipkuju.
Do you have any hobbies? (Koníček literally 'little horse' — diminutive of kůň. Czechs call hobbies 'little horses'.)
Máš nějaké koníčky?
Do you do any sports? (Single verb covers it.)
Sportuješ?
How old are you? I'm twenty-one. (Literally 'how many years is to you' — age in dative.)
Kolik ti je let? Je mi dvacet jedna.
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