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 Na mých hodinkách jest půl druhé. By my watch it is half- past one (lit., as in German, ' half towards two ').

Mohou již býti tři čtvertě na jedne. It may already be a quarter to one o'clock.

Bilo deset hodin. It has struck ten (lit. ' It has struck ten of hours.' Observe the neuter, very frequently used at the begin- ning of the sentence. A corresponding idiom may be found in the other Slavonic languages).

Idou vale hodinky dobře ? Does your watch go well ?

Jelll nenipozde. It is not yet late.

Rozednívá se. The day is breaking. (Cf. the verb dniti se, to be dawning, and the signification of roz in composition.)

Máme dnes prvního. We have now the first day of the month.

Žádné pravidlo bez výjimky. No rule without an exception. Uvidím-li, zl je tak, budu rád. If I see it is so, I shall be pleased.

Já budu čekali až přijde. I will wait till he comes (lit. ' till he will come').

Ptáci lítají pod oblaky. The birds fly under the clouds. Ryby plovou v vodách. The fish swim in the waters. U veclr jest soumrak. In the evening is twilight. Vltřícek vije till. The wind blows softly. (Veje from váti, to blow; a verb of the 1st conj., 7th class.  Cf. znali.) Bouře poráží stromy. The storm throws down the trees.

bouře, s.m., a storm.

Jablko jest kulaté. The apple is round.

Kohout ráno zpívá. The cock crows in the morning. Vejce kryje se skořápkou. The egg is covered with a shell. ( Vejce, root ej, to which the diminutive ce is added ; cf. Ger. Ei; Russ. afine. The addition of v at the beginning of words with a vowel is very characteristic of some of the Slavonic languages. Thus cf. Bohemian varhany (only used in the plural), an organ;