Preliminary Remarks by Libor Zajicek

In Czech rendition. We use relatively lot of differ diacritic marks, so this is such a computer Czech.

In Czech there is home-made verb být (to be). There is also existovat (to exist) here, but it is from Latin and I think it is still little bit a book form. But like a noun it is more colloquial, for example in lost existence (sorry for my English) "ztracena existence" - about a lame duck.

As made of slavic stuff we have "byti", I think it is more or less an abortive attempt to think up someting instead the latin-czech "existence". It is used by some philosophers. Further we have "bytost", like "lidska bytost" (human being), "mimozemske bytosti" (extraterrestrial beings). Can derive deminutivum "bytustka" too, like "prijemna bytustka" (somebody agreeable.)

Libor Zajicek.

Existence................. existence, byti

Life.......................... ..zivot

Being [noun]............ bytost (for example human being)

I was......................... byl jsem (masculinum: I will use everywhere)

he was...................... byl

they were.................. byli

I am.......................... jsem

you are..................... jsi

He is......................... je

they are..................... jsou

I will be...................... budu

he will be................... bude

they will be................ budou

there was.................. bylo (tam) (but we don´t have phrases like es gab, il y avait)

there will be............... bude (tam)

it existed................... existovalo

Finally ten short sentences. [Please put the 'existence' word in brackets]

Example: The girl [is] a student.

The girl is a student............... Ta dívka (je) studentka

The boy is being kind............ Ten chlapec (je) mily

The building has existed for ten years...........Budova (ma) (word for word has; you can also say: stoji - stands) deset let

The girl is running quickly .... Divka bezi (is running) rychle

The boy is handsome............ Ten chlapec (je) pekny

The man is a doctor.............. Ten clovek (je) doktor

I believe in the existence of atoms..................Verim v (existenci)

Life exists on earth.............. Na zemi (je or existuje, but the first one is better) zivot.

I like being a student.......... (Jsem) rád studentem (word for word:

I am glad student (instrumental))

I enjoy life......................... Uzivam si zivota (word for

word: (i) enjoy life (accusativ))

I love him/her with my whole 'Being.' ....................Miluji ji celou svou (bytosti) (but it is little bit "a linguistic sentence, to be fitted")

"existence". It is used by some philosophers like "lidi" (extraterrestrial beings).

We can use:  "bytustka" too, like "prijemna b

If you need another one explanation, write.

icek