Unit 9 – Svátky a oslavy – Holidays and Celebrations

In this unit you will be introduced to Czech holidays and other common celebrations. You will learn how to talk about Czech holiday traditions in connection with their most common holidays such as Christmas, Easter, name days, etc. You will also learn how to talk about your own family’s traditions as well as more general traditions associated with where you live. You will learn vocabulary to talk about gift giving, including the words for common types of gifts, as well as the grammar and vocabulary needed to give gifts to others.

Communicative Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

• talk about your favorite holidays
• describe what you do on various holidays
• talk about buying gifts and giving them to people
• count objects
• make shopping lists
• talk about purchases and compare products
• plan a party
• describe the cooking / food planning you will do for a party/celebration

• genitive review

• expressions of quantity

• stating the date
• dative for indirect objects
• pro ACC ‘for’
• reflexive generalizations
• reciprocal actions with se and si
• goal-less motion with chodit/jezdit

• months
• holidays
• gifts
• shopping
• brát/vzít ‘to take’
• dostávat / dostat ‘to receive’
• zůstávat / zůstat ‘to remain’
• oblíbený