Topic Archive Czech language
Have no fear!
Welcome to SoundCzech, a mini-series where we teach you Czech words and
phrases with the help of Czech musicians. This week we will talk about fear
and how to handle it, and we will listen to a part of a song Vyvolený, by
the punk-rock group Jaksi Taksi. More
Animals in the spotlight
Welcome to a fresh edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn Czech
phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is a 1970’s Semafor
Theatre hit called Máme radi zvířata and the singer is Jitka Molavcová.
The word to listen out for is “zvířata”. More
The Grim Toother
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech. In today’s edition we’ll be
hearing a song called called Zubatá by the legendary Czech band Pražský
výběr. The root of the word Zubatá is zub, which means tooth. Zubatá,
could be loosely translated as ‘Ol’ Toothy’ or the ‘Grim
Toother’, referring to the Grim Reaper and his unflinching skeletal grin.
One difference is that in Czech, Death is female. More
Words, words, words
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn
Czech phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the group
Spiritual Kvintet and the phrase to listen out for is “správné
slovo”. More
The sun came out today
Hello and welcome to the newest edition of SoundCzech. To help you shake
off the winter blues, and learn a bit of Czech in the process, we will
listen today to Jaromír Nohavica’s song Ahoj, Slunko, which translates as
“Hi, sun”. And it is the sun, often elusive at this time of year, that
we will be talking about today, and also a bit about compliments. So listen
to how the song begins, with Nohavica addressing the sun – ‘slunko’
– and giving it a first compliment. More
Smart vs. dumb
Welcome to another new edition of SoundCzech our long-running language
series in which you can learn words and idioms through song lyrics. Today's
song is by the Czech pop group Chinaski and is called 'chytrej kluk'.
Chytrej is the ungrammatical version of chytrý and chtrej kluk means smart
boy or smart guy. More
When every vote counts
Welcome to this week’s SoundCzech, a series where we teach you useful
Czech words and phrases through songs. Today we will listen to Tomáš
Klus’s song Banu bohu do oken. And since this is the presidential
election weekend, we will focus on words connected with voting. The word
you want to look for first is "volič". More
Another rotten day!
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s language
course in which you can pick up useful phrases with the help of song
lyrics. Today’s song is called Další blbej den (the Czech version of
Nick Cave’s Death is Not the End ) and is sung by the duo Aleš Brychta
and Pavla Kapitanová. The phrase to listen out for is actually hard to
miss because it is simply everywhere : blbej den. More
Džíny, hamburgry and komputry: is Czech under threat from English?
‘English is attacking Czech from all sides’ one newspaper columnist
recently despaired, while others talk of Czech’s ‘battle for
survival’ in a world in which ever more English is spoken. From terms
like ‘setobox’, ‘vygooglovat’ and ‘mobil’ on the one hand to
words like ‘sorry’, ‘byzy’ and ‘lůzr’ on the other, English
does seem to be making an impact on today’s Czech. But are these English
borrowings really a threat to the Czech language, or do they enrich it
instead? I asked some Czechs for their opinion: More
Czech expats from around the world come to Dobruška to connect with their heritage
Every summer the north-east Bohemian town of Dobruška turns truly
cosmopolitan, opening its doors to Czech language students from around the
world. The Czech language summer school organized by Charles University
lasts for a month and is specially tailored for Czech expats and people who
have developed an interest in the Czech language and culture.
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