10.2 – ‘to’ a destination

‘to’

If you want to say ‘to’ in Czech…

• If you would normally use v  LOC to say ‘in, at’ a place, then use do  GEN to say ‘to’
• If you would use na  LOC to say ‘on, at’ a place, then  use na  ACC  to say ‘to’ (i.e. the difference between ‘on, at’ and ‘to’ with the preposition na stems from what case follows the preposition)
• If you are saying to a person’s place (house, apartment, business^[1], etc.), then use k  DAT; The preposition k means either ‘to (a person’s place) or in some situations it can mean ‘towards’ (typically when the object of the preposition is not a person)

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, certain types of locations	od GEN jdu od Pavla	u GEN jsem u Pavla	k DAT jdu k Pavlovi

Například:

Často chodíme do hospody.

‘We often go to the pub.’

Jdeme na koncert.

‘We are going to a concert.’

Dneska večer jdeme k Pavlovi.

‘Tonight we’re going to Pavel’s (house, place, etc.).’

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