Víkend na chatě
Weekend at the Cottage
A classic Czech weekend: leaving the city on Friday for the family cottage, garden work, mushroom hunting in the forest, and sausages over the evening fire.
You will practice: Present-tense routines (jedeme, pijeme, pracujeme), days and times as fixed chunks (v pátek odpoledne, v sobotu ráno), and going places with do/na (do lesa, na zahradě, na procházku).
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- chatacottage, cabin
- chalupacountry house, cottage
- přírodanature, countryside
- odpočinekrest, relaxation
- lesforest
- rybníkpond
- zahradagarden
- trávagrass
- květinaflower
- procházkawalk, stroll
- houbamushroom
- oheňfire, campfire
- špekáčekšpekáček (Czech barbecue sausage)
- písničkasong (diminutive)
- vracet seto return, to go back
Did you get it?
4 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. Where do many Czechs spend their weekends?
2. What does dad do in the garden?
3. What does the family look for on their walk in the forest?
4. When does the family return home to Prague?
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.