No. 254 in Czech
jednou
"Jednou" means "once" or "one time" in English.
In a sentence
Jednou se rozhodla naučit hrát na klavír.
One day, she decided to learn to play the piano.
Here, 'jednou' refers to an unspecified day in the future when she made a decision, implying 'one day'.
Pokud to neuděláš teď, budeš to muset udělat jednou.
If you don't do it now, you'll have to do it one day.
In this instance, 'jednou' implies some undefined time in the future, meaning 'one day'.
Každý člověk by měl alespoň jednou v životě navštívit Paříž.
Every person should visit Paris at least once in their lifetime.
Here, 'jednou' is used in the context of frequency, meaning 'once' during a lifetime.
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