10.10 – ‘from’ a location

‘from’

If you want to say ‘from’ in Czech…

• Use z  GEN to say ‘from’ for both v and na words
• Use od GEN to say ‘from’ when you are saying ‘from a person’ (as in a gift from someone) or ‘from their house’ (as in I’m coming from someone’s house); additionally it means away from locations and is also frequently used with words like moře or jezero

These rules are summarized in the chart:

	‘from’ (odkud) source	‘at’ (kde) location	‘to’ (kam) destination
v word	z GEN jdu z hospody	v LOC jsem v hospodě	do GEN jdu do hospody
na word	z GEN jdu z koncertu	na LOC jsem na koncertě	na ACC jdu na koncert
person	od GEN jdu od Pavla	u GEN jsem u Pavla	k DAT jdu k Pavlovi

Letíme z Prahy do Hanoje.

We’re flying from Prague to Hanoi.

Často létám z Prahy do Moskvy.

I often fly from Prague to Moscow.

Petr a Julie jeli z Austinu do Dallasu.

Petr and Julie went from Austin to Dallas.

Odjeli jsme od moře včera dopoledne.

We left from the sea(side) yesterday morning.

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