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Letter from PragueThe international lingua ceca
While English resounds in the offices of Prague’s hoity-toity, Czech is
the international language in the halls of Radio Prague. Here you’ll find
a Spaniard deep in discussion with a German and a Frenchman with an
Englishman in Czech. Sometimes this occurs to the mingled delight and
anguish of native listeners. Czechs are not yet accustomed to their
language going global.
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SoundCzechFeeling like a soft-boiled egg
Hello and welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language
programme where you can learn some interesting phrases with the help of
song lyrics. Today we’ll hear the song Doteky, or Touches by Vladimír
Mišík and his band Etc from their 1987 album, 4 and the phrase we’ll
listen to is “jak vejce, celej naměkko”.
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SoundCzechRunning out of steam
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, in which you can learn
Czech expressions through song lyrics. Today, we feature a song by one of
the most popular Czech bands of ‘90s, Lucie. It’s called L’aura and
is all about running out of energy, or spirit, or gas. The words to look
out for are došly mi síly.
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SoundCzechNot salty, not fatty
Hello and welcome to SoundCzech, which this week finds us dissecting a song
by ageing rockers and former Czech Eurovision flag-fliers, Kabát. The song
is called 'Cesta do Kadaně' ('Journey to Kadan') and sees the group
travelling to a range of glamorous, and less glamorous, Czech locations and
having an uproarious time in most of them. The phrase to listen out for
comes bang in the middle of the song and goes 've Slaným je to nemastný':
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SoundCzechDrunk as a plum
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech
language course in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song
lyrics. Today’s song is by the group Alcohol and the phrase to listen out
for is “ožral bych se na mol”.
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SoundCzechIt is a Spanish village to me
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech
language course in which you can learn new phrases through song lyrics.
Today we´ll be listening to the Prague band Tata Bojs, who are well known
for their playful songs full of puns and little jokes. Today´s song
"Informační", or Informative, is swarming with Czech idioms.
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SoundCzechPromising mountains and valleys
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series
where you can learn Czech phrases through song lyrics. In today’s
episode: slibovat hory doly – an expression singer Daniel Landa uses in
the song Verbíři. The phrase means to promise a lot – indeed more than
one can deliver.
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SoundCzechGet a move on!
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – a programme in which you can
learn new Czech phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by
Ewa Farna, it is called Ponorka –Submarine - and the phrase to listen out
for is “hejbni se”.
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Current Affairs“Patience with God” by Tomáš Halík hits the bookshelves worldwide
“Patience with God”, a new book by Tomáš Halík, a Catholic priest
and a renowned Czech theologian, has been put out by the US publisher
Doubleday and hit the bookshelves in English-speaking countries around the
world. A reflection on faith and atheism, “Patience with God” will be
officially launched at the seat of the UN in New York on Tuesday. Radio
Prague spoke to Mr Halík about some of the issues he deals with in his
latest work.
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Letter from PragueThe Oxman cometh
Perhaps the most common swear word in the Czech language sounds a bit
strange to say the least to the uninitiated. The Czech word for ox or
bullock is vůl, and spend any time in the company of young Czech men and
probably very soon, and very frequently, you’ll hear the word in the
vocative: ty vole, you ox.
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