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Czech Genealogical Word List (view source)
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'''''Gender.''''' Czech words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe the singular and plural forms of Czech words must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings: | '''''Gender.''''' Czech words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe the singular and plural forms of Czech words must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings: | ||
This word list gives only the singular masculine form of adjectives. Thus, ''starý, stará, staré,''and ''staří ''''''''(all forms of “old”) are listed as ''starý.'' The endings of past tense verbs also change, depending on the gender and number of the subject: | This word list gives only the singular masculine form of adjectives. Thus, ''starý, stará, staré,''and ''staří ''''''''(all forms of “old”) are listed as ''starý.'' The endings of past tense verbs also change, depending on the gender and number of the subject:''' | ||
This word list gives only the ''narodil se'' (“he was born”) form of the past tense verb. You can conclude that ''narodila se'' means “she was born,” etc. | This word list gives only the ''narodil se'' (“he was born”) form of the past tense verb. You can conclude that ''narodila se'' means “she was born,” etc. | ||
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'''Alphabetical Order''' | '''Alphabetical Order''' | ||
Written Czech uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet: á, | Written Czech uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet: á, č, ď, é, ě, í, ň, ó, ř, š, ť, ,ú, ů, ý, ž. The letter combination ''ch'' is also considered a single letter and is alphabetized after ''h''. Letters ''q, w,'' and ''x'' are used only in words of foreign origin. Czech dictionaries and indexes use the following alphabetical order: | ||
a,á b c č d ď e,é,ě f g h ch i,í j k l m n ň o,ó p (q) r ř s š t ť u,ú,ů v (w) ( x) y,ý z ž | |||
a,á | |||
This word list follows the standard English alphabetical order. However, when you work with alphabetized Czech records, use the Czech alphabetical order. | This word list follows the standard English alphabetical order. However, when you work with alphabetized Czech records, use the Czech alphabetical order. | ||
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* ''rz'' used for ''ř''<br> | * ''rz'' used for ''ř''<br> | ||
* ''sz'' used for ''š'' | * ''sz'' used for ''š'' | ||
* ''cz'' used for | * ''cz'' used for č | ||
Czech is a phonetic language, which means words are pronounced as they are written. | Czech is a phonetic language, which means words are pronounced as they are written. | ||
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=== '''Additional Resources''' === | === '''Additional Resources''' === | ||