Friday, November 30, 2007

Czech Lesson. . . One

Well, today I wanted to review my Czech so I can keep up fluency. Due to this, I want to teach you a few words and phrases:

  • Hello - Dobrý Den (Dough-bree Den)
  • Hi, Bye - Čau (Ciao - same as Italian)
  • Good Bye - Na Shledáno (Nah Sled-a-no)

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  • How are you? - Jak se Máš? (Jahk seh Mah-sh)
  • I am well. - Mám se dobře. (Mahm se Dober-zhe) zh makes a sound like the si in vision.
Note: In reality, the ř makes a combined sound of a rolled R and a ZH. It is very difficult for beginners and even natives. This is why I divide it up into two seperate syllables instead of one, this makes it understandable yet pronouncable, at least until you get the hang of it.

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  • Thank You. - Děkují. (d-yeh-ku-yee)
  • Thanks. - Díky. (d-yee-kee)

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Well, that's it for today, I hope you enjoyed, please get me some feedback, I would love to continue this.

JB

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