2013-08-03T14:27:02+02:00 Radio Prague http://radio.cz/en/section/SoundCzech/lazing-the-day-away urn:uuid:220f510e-13ea-5062-9bb7-e91016824a5b 2013-08-03T14:27:02+02:00

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech. In today's edition we look at at expressions using the word 'líný' or ‘línej’(informal) - featured in the song Jsem tak línej by the legendary Czech pop group Olympic. Yawn. What could be more appropriate for the lazy days of summer, on a weekend when temperatures are expected to hit around 35 degrees Celsius!

urn:uuid:1342cd36-ae55-52e2-8a8f-6391648f71ed 2013-07-20T02:01:00+02:00

Hello and 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 Dalibor Janda and it is called Žít jako kaskadér - Living like a stuntman.

urn:uuid:5f064d9b-378c-5739-82d0-347b1626fda3 2013-07-06T02:01:00+02:00

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, our series where you can learn Czech expressions through song lyrics. Today we feature the expression chodit po špičkách, which translates as walking on one's toes or tippy toes.

urn:uuid:67e3018c-2200-5223-be8b-32d9eea03de4 2013-06-22T00:00:00+02:00

Welcome to the newest edition of SoundCzech. Today we will listen to a song by the Eben Brothers called Čert, or the Devil. We have already talked about the devil in another SoundCzech episode, but today we will look at a few more fun Czech sayings that involve the prince of darkness. The song we will listen to today, also talks about a different side of the feared entity – a sad devil.

urn:uuid:2be1240b-0ec1-55a4-ba1e-350f0d65c7a5 2013-05-04T02:01:00+02:00

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.

urn:uuid:32d08249-591c-57f2-90b9-b4b78a52d116 2013-04-20T02:01:00+02:00

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”.

urn:uuid:ba70aea8-d6c0-5139-9d0b-33f1f48c28ac 2013-04-06T02:01:00+02:00

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.

urn:uuid:d2dcff64-e278-577e-894e-0daf72f72945 2013-03-23T02:01:00+01:00

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”.

urn:uuid:5ffb2b77-9858-5000-bad4-129e442d7670 2013-02-23T02:01:00+01:00

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.

urn:uuid:d0c45d05-f850-549d-92da-343278a45e0d 2013-02-09T02:01:00+01:00

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.

urn:uuid:2f8dd3cd-e5f5-5eac-9a67-46c7e4d4db24 2013-01-26T02:01:00+01:00

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 Panu 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".

urn:uuid:f4a0e04a-b53f-5ab1-97d1-e9c1e95982b3 2013-01-12T02:01:00+01:00

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.

urn:uuid:b03ceb57-e69f-5800-853d-d9902f0235eb 2011-01-29T02:01:00+01:00

Welcome to SoundCzech our long-running language series in which you can learn Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today’s final edition looks at the expression vypdanout z týhle díry – to get out of this hole. The expression features in a song by Mňága a Žďorp a very popular alternative rock band from Valašské Meziříčí, called Ve 4 rano – At four in the morning. The setting is a bar or club just before closing: the music has come to an end, no one has anything left to smoke and the tables are dirty from spilled drinks.

urn:uuid:a01033d4-7b55-5d05-9873-74e5650b8a45 2011-01-22T02:01:00+01:00

Hello and 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 Alkehol and is called Nesmíš se vzdát – you mustn’t give up. The phrase to look out for is in the refrain – život ti hubu kolikrát nabije.

urn:uuid:7f8ce758-b11b-59e8-be54-16422aeeab60 2010-12-18T02:01:00+01:00

Welcome to a new edition of SoundCzech, our long-running series looking at sayings and expressions through song lyrics. Today’s expressions all have to do with the Czech word for work – práce – at a time when people either don’t have enough or have too much, trying to clear their desk ahead of the holidays. Featured is a song by 1990s punk band E!E called Práce. In the tune, the group sings “práce, jé práce, práce, je práce”, which translates as work, yay work, work there’s work. The accent on the “e” in the first jé makes all the difference.

urn:uuid:fc162b20-bf26-5c69-a001-25cdeb825ec6 2010-12-04T02:01:00+01:00

Hello and welcome to SoundCzech, our popular miniseries in which you can learn some interesting Czech phrases while listening to music. Today’s song is by Vladimír Mišík and it’s called “Co ti dám”. The phrase to listen out for is “na hromádce”.

urn:uuid:c4e653bb-d046-53d8-b4ee-b56269b8f69c 2010-11-27T02:01:00+01:00

Hello and 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 a traditional Czech folk song sung by Standa Hložek – and it’s called “When I used to come to your house.” The phrase to listen out for is “krev a mlíko”.

urn:uuid:1fcafba8-6d13-5f69-89cb-4af8c6f40699 2010-11-20T02:01:00+01:00

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, our long-running language series which looks at popular Czech sayings through song lyrics. The expression in today’s episode is Hele, nemachruj (Hey, don’t brag) featured in a song of the same name by 1980s Czech pop icon Michal David.

urn:uuid:a3ab08c0-2745-5ac1-ba3c-5b24a33ae106 2010-11-13T02:01:00+01:00

Hello and 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 a singer going by the name of Xindl X and it’s called Poslední večeře - The Last Supper.

urn:uuid:bd0042ef-d241-5405-8228-e856a37f9a00 2010-11-06T02:01:00+01:00

Hello and welcome to SoundCzech, the only programme on global airwaves in which you can learn something interesting about the Czech language while listening to song lyrics. In this edition, we’ll hear the track “Ani k stáru”, part of the music score for the popular Czech film, “Vratné lahve”, or Empties. The phrase to listen out for is “nemám páru”.