9.6 – Expressions with the Preposition k ( DAT)
We’ve now encountered a lot of different expressions with k ( DAT). Until this lesson, we actually probably haven’t realized what form is being used here:
k jídlu ‘to eat’
k pití ‘to drink’
k snídani ‘for breakfast’
k obědu ‘for lunch’
k večeři ‘for dinner’
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MA |
MI |
F |
N |
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Hard Stem |
-ovi Jan → Janovi Petr → Petrovi
Honza → Honzovi |
-u k obědu k svátku |
-e / -ě
Aneta → Anetě Karolína → Karolíně
sound changes: k → c r → ř h → z ch → š
Erika → Erice Sára → Sáře
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-u k jídlu |
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Soft Stem |
-ovi Aleš → Alešovi |
-i |
-i Lucie → Lucii Marie → MariiI
snídaně → snídani |
-i
-í k pití |
*highlighted are some of the dative endings that are being used in phrases.
We also now have run into the following phrases:
Všechno nejlepší k svátku! – ‘All the best for your name day!’
Finally, we’ve run into these phrases which incidentally are with the dative plural (to be learned very soon):
Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám – ‘All the best for your birthday’
Co je dobrý dárek k Vánocům? – ‘What is a good gift for Christmas?’
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