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Až přijdu do kuchyně, vezmu z lednice mléko a dám ho do malého hrnku.
Meaning
When I come into the kitchen, I will take milk from the fridge and put it into a small mug.
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Breakdown of Až přijdu do kuchyně, vezmu z lednice mléko a dám ho do malého hrnku.
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Questions & Answers about Až přijdu do kuchyně, vezmu z lednice mléko a dám ho do malého hrnku.
What does až mean here, and how is it different from když?
Here až introduces a future time clause: once / when in the sense of when that moment comes.
So Až přijdu do kuchyně... means Once I get to the kitchen...
Compared with když:
- až is very common for a one-time event in the future
- když is more general and is often used for repeated situations or for past/present when
In a sentence like this, až sounds very natural because the speaker is talking about the next step in a future sequence.
Why does přijdu look like a present-tense form if the action is in the future?
Because přijít is a perfective verb.
In Czech, perfective verbs do not normally have a true present-tense meaning. Their present-looking forms are used for the future. So:
- přijdu = I will come / I will arrive
- not I am coming in the normal present-progressive sense
If you wanted an actual present or ongoing meaning, you would use the imperfective verb přicházet / přicházet or more commonly přicházím for I am coming / I come.
Why is there a comma after kuchyně?