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A12 min · 86 words

Bez cukru

Without Sugar

Babička is baking her famous bábovka — and the sugar jar is empty. A kitchen crisis powered by the genitive case.

You will practice: The genitive after bez, do and u (bez cukru, do obchodu, u babičky), quantities (trochu mléka), and nemám + accusative (no case flip!).

Words to know

Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.

  • cukrsugar
  • moukaflour
  • vejceegg(s)
  • máslobutter
  • receptrecipe
  • prázdnýempty
  • sklenicejar, glass
  • běžetto run
  • troubaoven
  • vonětto smell nice

Did you get it?

3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.

1. What is missing for the bábovka?

2. Who runs to the shop?

3. What does babička teach Tom?

Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Czech reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.