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Czech Past Tense Secrets: Why We Write -l, -la, -li, -ly (and What It Tells You About Who Did It)

Why do Czechs write pracovali, pracovaly, or even pracovala? Welcome to the wonderful chaos of Czech past participles where endings reveal who did what, and even how many puppies were involved. Learn how -l, -la, -lo, -li, -ly, -la endings secretly tell a whole story and how to finally master them (without crying over grammar tables).

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Done or Still Doing? The Secret of Czech Verb Aspect

Why do Czechs have two verbs for “to write”? Because they care whether you’re still in the middle of it (psát) or already done (napsat). This post unpacks the mystery of Czech verb aspect — with simple rules, funny examples, and a handy worksheet you can grab to finally master perfective vs. imperfective

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