jak
/[ˈjak]/
Czechadvconjnoun
Definitions
- 1.how
Jak se máš/máte?
How are you?
Jak to jde?
How's it going?
- 2.as
jak Petr tak Pavel
both Peter and Paul
jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá
as you call into the forest, you hear from the forest; what goes around comes around
- 3.yak (mammal)
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jak, from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).