jít or jet?

Czech has two verbs for English go, and you must choose between them every time.

• jít means going on foot: jdu, jdeš, jde, jdeme, jdete, jdou
• jet means going by vehicle (car, bus, train, bike): jedu, jedeš, jede, jedeme, jedete, jedou

Ask yourself: am I walking? If not, use jet (only flying has its own verb, letět). Clues in the sentence help: pěšky (on foot) or a walk (procházka) means jít; autem, vlakem, metrem, na kole means jet. Vehicles themselves also jet: Kam jede tenhle autobus? (Where does this bus go?) A trip to another town or abroad is almost always jet: Zítra jedu do Prahy. (Tomorrow I'm going to Prague.) As the last example shows, the present tense of both verbs can also describe a plan for the near future.