"Jdu domů."

Translation: I am going home.

[btopps]

Any reason why "I go home" wouldn't be accepted?

[endless_sleeper]

Yep. The Czech verbs of motion have two different forms 'determinate' and 'indeterminate,' similar to 'imperfective' vs 'perfective.'

jít 'walk, go on foot' (determinate) conveys the meaning of 'single, one-directional, goal-directed action.'

vs.

chodit 'walk, go on foot' (indeterminate) conveys the meaning of 'repeated, habitual, multi-directional and general (non-goal-directed) activity.'

The same applies to jet vs jezdit, běžet vs běhat, lětet vs létat and several others.

(from James Naughton's Czech: An Essential Grammar.)

[Paul747131]

Thank you for this great explanation!

[Daku_]

Pro english native je to pravděpodobně hezky vysvětleno, ale jsem czech native a moc to vysvětlení nechápu. Mohu poprosit i o vysvětlení v jednoduché angličtině, případně česky? Děkuji

[VladaFu]

Tak to snad rozdíl mezi chodit a jít vysvětlovat česky nepotřebujete.

[Alex.Eisner]

Why not "I am coming home"?

[VladaFu]

to come - příjít, přicházet

[Alex.Eisner]

There is another lesson, forgive me for not remembering exactly, where jde is interpreted as coming. I believe the english translation was she is coming here. Is there a simple explanation for this?

[VladaFu]

Yes, it is not a clear cut. But I hope you agree that to go and to come are two different verbs even if they sometimes overlap. So do jít and přicházet.

To come here I find it ok to use jít. But I do not find OK to use come for jde tam, jde domů, jde (somewere else).

[horsthartm2]

Sorry, but how would one tell in czech, that one goes home, perhaps of being tired. I thought i've heard it once in a while. Would it be "jdu doma"

[Freaxment]

Which case is used here? I mean word dům

[endless_sleeper]

"Domů" is not a noun, but an adverb meaning 'to home' and thus not declined.

'At home' is "doma."

[Freaxment]

something like "Jdeme kam? - Domů" ?

[endless_sleeper]

Exactly. I've edited my post.