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The following is a handy formula for expressing the date in Czech:
The following is a handy formula for expressing the date in Czech:


<p style="text-align:center;">[[Czech_Days_of_the_Week|Den]], [[Czech_Ordinal_Numbers|Datum]] [[#Months_in_Czech|Měsíc]], Rok</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">[[Czech_Days_of_the_Week|Den]], [[Czech_Ordinal_Numbers|Datum]] [[#Months_in_Czech|Měsíc]], Rok = (Week-)Day, Date Month, Year.</p>
 
Also, in the Czech Republic, people habitually express the shorthand date: DD.MM.YY.


== Months in Czech ==
== Months in Czech ==

Revision as of 03:59, 29 January 2008

What's the Date?

The following is a handy formula for expressing the date in Czech:

Den, Datum Měsíc, Rok = (Week-)Day, Date Month, Year.

Also, in the Czech Republic, people habitually express the shorthand date: DD.MM.YY.

Months in Czech

Czech is one of several languages that do not use the Latin names for months which are common in western Europe. Here are the months of the year in Czech:

měsíc = month
Month Locative
"in ..."
Genitive
"the 'nth' of ..."
Etymology
1 leden v lednu ledna from led = ice
2 únor v únoru února melting ice
3 březen v březnu března month of birch
4 duben v dubnu dubna month of oak
5 květen v květnu května month of flowering
6 červen v červnu června from červ = worm, or possibly červená = red
7 červenec v červenci července month of ripening ("reddening") fruit
8 srpen v srpnu srpna month of harvest, srp = sickle
9 září v září září from zářit = to shine, i.e. when the sun shines, without warming
10 říjen v říjnu října rutting season
11 listopad v listopadu listopadu month of falling leaves, from list (leaf) + padat (to fall)
12 prosinec v prosinci prosince probably from prasinec, the month when pigs (prasata) were slaughtered

Seasons

roční období = seasons of the year.

  • jaro = spring.
  • léto = summer.
  • podzim = autumn.
  • zima = winter.