"Pokud máme hlad, jíme."

Translation: If we are hungry, we eat.

[bright_flash]

What's the difference between jestli and pokud?

[tragram]

As a rule of thumb, I'd say "pokud" means more of "in the case that (we are hungry...)" but I'm not sure, it's very hard to pin it down. :(

[bright_flash]

Thanks! Are you a native Czech speaker?

Edit: Oh, I see that you are a native speaker from your profile info. Well, Czech must be a complicated language even for native speakers, hehe.

[tragram]

It sure is! :D Especially when it comes down to explaining stuff. I looked it up but I couldn't seem to find any good explanation. :(

[ion1122]

pokud = provided (that)

[liborio151972]

just in collocations, the meaning is same

[chartsman]

pokud, jestli, když... so many words with practically the same meaning!

[Renardo_11]

“Když” is different, it does not mean “if” but “when” or “whenever.”

[Hatch-Slack]

You are right. když is pretty much the same as whenever. But sometimes it can also mean "if". Like in the example above.

[Hatch-Slack]

Yes. And when we look at them as compound words, then we discover more:
po-kud - "kud" like in kudy= where to, od-kud = where from.
jest-li/je-li - literally if is. This -li looks like a morpheme for the English if and is really fascinating
http://ssjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php?heslo=li&sti=33450&where=full_text&hsubstr=no

kdy-ž(e) where -ž forms many other adverbs:
kde-ž, kde-ž-to, něho-ž, etc
interesting that kdežto is analogous to "whereas" (similar construction and the same meaning)
Sorry for this off-topic.

[AgnusOinas]

Nice analysis :) Just a small correction: "kudy" means "which way". The word for "where to" is "kam".

There's even an idiom involving both: "Nevím kudy kam." - meaning I am (figuratively) lost and I don't know how to proceed.

[MaiolicaMeltdown]

Hmm... In Russian "pokuda" means "as long as", could it be the same in this case?

[VladaFu]

no, Czech and Russian are very different and not mutually intelligible