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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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MailboxMailbox
In this week’s Mailbox: the release of Tomáš Halík’s new book in
English, more on the translations of Czech place names, Radio Prague’s
signature tune. Listeners quoted: Jaroslav B. Tusek, Charlie Cockey, Peter
Freemantle, Peter DeHart.
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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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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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SoundCzechFor rabbits’ amusement
Hello and welcome to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language
programme where you can learn Czech phrases through music lyrics. Today’s
song is called Králíci (Rabbits) by the hard rock band Kabát. The phrase
to look out for is pro srandu králíků – for rabbits’ amusement.
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SoundCzechTraveling on the black
Hello and welcome to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language
programme where you will hopefully be taught a useful phrase or two through
music. Today’s song is one of my favourites, and indeed a former Czech
learning-aid of my own – it’s called ‘Černej pasažér’ by the
folk group Traband. Listen out for the Czech ‘dechovka’ or ‘brass
band music’ being played in a strangely mariachi way, and also the
song’s title: ‘Černej pasažér’.
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SoundCzechNot me, I'm just a musician
That’s the band Divokej Bill in their song Čmelák, or bumble bee,
singing our phrase for the week: “Not me, I’m a musician”. That’s
not the musician just stating the obvious. In Czech, the phrase “Já nic,
já muzikant” means more figuratively “Don’t look at me, I had
nothing to do with it... pretend I’m not here”, so to speak. Have
another listen to Divokej Bill, and look out for the phrase “Já nic, já
muzikant”.
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SoundCzechJdi se bodnout
Hello and welcome to this edition of Sound Czech, Radio Prague's weekly
language programme that introduces you to Czech idioms by way of Czech
music. The song today is Šachy, or Chess, by the Nahoru po schodišti
dolů Band from their album Wet Laundry. The phrase you're looking for is
“jdi se bodnout”.
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