8, Holidays in the Czech Republic

8, Holidays in the Czech Republic

Traditional holidays:
1, Christmas – Christmas Eve is the most important , we decorated tree, fried carp with potato
salad, we gave gifts, baked sweet…
2, Easter – We decorated eggs, Christains celebrate Christ´s death and his return to life
(ressurection)
3, New Year´s Eve – big celebration, drink alcohol…

Holiday during the year which we remember/celebrate:
14th February – St. Valentine´s Day – people in love send each other Valentine cards and
small gifts

5th May – Prague Uprising (povstání)

8th May – the end of World War II. in Europe

2nd Sunday in May – Mother´s Day – children give their mother small gifts or cards

5th July – Jan Hus – a preacher in the Bethlem Capel and o professor of Prague University, he was condemned to death as a heretic and burnt in 1415.

6th July – Apostles of Sloves – Cyril and Methodins – they came to Great Moravia to spread
Christianity, involved Slovanic alphabet

28th October – 1918 – Czechoslovakia came into existence as an independent state

1968 – Cz. became a federation of 2 equal states

17th November – 1939 – anti-naci demonstrations – Czech universities and collages were closed

1989 – Velvet Revolutions

Minulé časy: Prostý, Průběhový a Opakování děje v minulosti

☺ minulý čas vždy vyjadřuje ukončenou minulost

SIMPLE: konstatování minulé skutečnosti (otázka a zápor pomocí DID)
a) –ed (pravidelná slovesa) – I aksed him. Did you ask him?
b) 2 tvar (nepravidelná slovesa) – He bought it. Did he buy it? He didn´t buy it.
CONTINUOUS: was/were + ing – He was playing. They were reading.
a) vyjadřuje děj, který proběhl v určitém okamžiku nebo od-do
Yesterday I was playing tennis from 5 to 6.
b) 2 nebo více dějů probíhalo současně (when, while)
While I was sleeping he was reading a book.
c) 1 děj probíhal, jiný minulý děj do něj zasáhl.
When I was walking in the park I met my friend
OPAKOVANÝ DĚJ V MINULOSTI: used to – I used to go there every week.