Introduction
Czech belongs to the west Slavic group of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by 10 million people in the Czech Republic. There are also expatriate Czech communities in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Israel, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, and USA. The worldwide population of Czech speakers is estimated at around 12 million (Ethnologue). Czech is very close to Slovak. In fact, Czech and Slovak speakers are usually able to understand each other.

Status
Czech is the official language of the Czech Republic. The dialect of Prague, capital of the country, forms the basis for Standard Czech. Standard Czech is the language of government administration, all levels of education, the media, and of publication. It is used alongside Common Czech, the colloquial spoken language.
 

Dialects
Czech has four major mutually intelligible dialects:

• Bohemian
• Central Moravian
• Eastern Moravian
• Silesian

The standard literary language is based on the dialect of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The colloquial spoken language, or Common Czech, is based on the Central Moravian dialect but is also influenced by local dialects. The Eastern Moravian dialect is a transitional variety between Czech and Slovak, while the diverse Silesian dialects gradually blend into Polish dialects spoken along the border.

 

Basic Phrases How are you? Jak se máš? Hello! Ahoj! Nazdar! Welcome! Vítáme vás! Good Morning! Dobré jitro! (ráno) Good Afternoon! Dobré Odpoledne! Good Day! Dobrý den! Good evening. Dobrý večer. Good night! Dobrou noc! Goodbye! Shohem! See you later! Na shledanou! A little Trochu Perhaps Možná Excuse me! Promiňte!

Basic Phrases Where? Kde? Where is it? Kde je to? Why? Proč? Why are you so crazy? Proč jsi taký hloupý? How? Jak? How long? Jak dlouho? How far? Jak daleko? How much? Kolik? Who? Kdo? Who are you? Kdo jste? What time is it? Kolik je hodín? It's one o'clock. Je jedna hodina. What is your name? Jak se jmenujete?

 

All right. (Very good) Dobrá. (Dobře) Thanks (very much) Děkuji (mockrát) You are welcome. Prosím/Není zač. Please Prosím Less Méně More Více I think so. Myslím, že ano. Excuse me. S dovolením. I'm sorry. Promiňte. Thank you. Děkuji. What? Co? What is that? Co je to? When? Kdy?

My name is [?] Jmenuji se [?] How old are you? Kolik máš let? I am [?] years old. Je mi [?] let. I am cold. Je mi zima I am warm. Je mi teplo. I am hungry. Mám hlad. I am thirsty. Mám žízeň. I am tired. Jsem unaven. I am sorry. Je mi líto. I understand. Rozumím. I do not understand  Nerozumím.       I know. Vím I do not know. Nevím.

Colors Color Barva Colorful Barevný, -á, -é White Bílý Black Černý Red Červený Blue Modrý Green Zelený Brown Hnědý Yellow Žlutý Orange Oranžový Beige Béžový Pink Růžový

Colors Gray Šedý Turquoise Tyrkysový Silver Stríbrný Gold Zlatý Light Světlý Dark Tmavý Light blue Svetle modrý Dark blue Tmave modrý Cream Krémový Purple Fialový Copper Měděný Lavender Levandulový

Cardinal Numbers zero nula one jeden/jedna/jedno two dva / dve three tri four ctyri five pet six šest seven sedm eight osm nine devet ten deset eleven jedenáct twelve dvanáct thirteen trináct fourteen ctrnáct fifteen patnáct

Cardinal Numbers sixteen šestnáct seventeen sedmnáct eighteen osmnáct nineteen devatenáct twenty dvacet twenty one dvacet jedna twenty two dvacet dva twenty three dvacet tri thirty tricet forty ctyricet fifty padesát sixty šedesát seventy sedmdesát eighty osmdesát ninety devadesát one hundred sto

Ordinal Numbers first první second druhý third třetí fourth čtvrtý fifth pátý sixth šestý seventh sedmý eighth osmý ninth devátý tenth desátý eleventh jedenáctý

Ordinal Numbers twelfth dvanáctý thirteenth třináctý fourteenth čtrnáctý fifteenth patnáctý sixteenth šestnáctý seventeenth sedmnáctý eighteenth osmnáctý nineteenth devatenáctý twentieth dvacátý 30th třicátý 100th stý