Subject: Czrash Czourse in Czech
Sent: 3/5/19 10:43 AM
Received: 3/17/99 9:38 PM
From: Brian Faull, h2ofaull@wpi.edu
To: Jeffrey Francis Haynes, jeffie@wpi.edu
CC: glee_club@wpi.edu
Brynn Gemma Hart, bhart@wpi.edu
David Thom Christianson, christia@wpi.edu
Heather McCusker, heather@wpi.edu
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Julie Beth Roberts, jroberts@wpi.edu
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Theresa Green, terri@wpi.edu
Ok; finals took over my life and I couldn't continue my Czech lesson.
I don't feel like doing anything so i'll just like, write a crash course
in Czech.
The special characters aren't going to show up the same with different
fonts, so i'm not even going to try. Be aware that some of these letters
have little funny things over them sometimes. :) All of the R's are
rolled, most vowels are pronounced like our 'short' vowel sounds, rather
than 'long' vowel sounds.
Thought you'd appreciate this little crash course I constructed in the
amazing Slavic-esque language of Czech. I used the Random House 'Fast and
Easy Czech (women)' guide for reference.
While I'm by no means a Czeck Czexpert, I know a bit. I'd be more than
happy to converse with you all on the plane, etc. to practice some basics.
It'll really impress them! :) You may want to print out a copy of this,
if you think it'll be useful. I've tried to make it a good reference as
much as possible...
These expressions will be very useful to you (some more than others) when
we're in and around Prague. Be polite, they like that kind of shit. uh,
stuff, ie, please, thank you, pardon me, I'd like another beer, all of
which are included in this handy tutorial. :)
Speaking Czech "TO JE VELMI JEDNODUCHE", is very simple.
To get someone's attention, use 'excuse me, please'
Prominte, Prosim (proh-meen-teh proh-seem)
On with the rest of the tutorial:
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English ** Czech ** PhoneticCzech
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BASIC EXPRESSIONS:
Hello (good morning) ** Dobry den ** doh-bree denn.
Good evening ** Dobry vecer ** doh-bree vech-air
Good bye ** Na s'hledanou ** nah-slet-tah-noh
How are you?(informal) ** Jak se mate? ** yahk-se-maah-teh?
Fine, thanks. and you? ** Dekuje, dobre. A vy? ** dyek-wee-doh-brzhje,
aah-vee?
What's your name? ** Jak se jmenujete? ** yahk-se-imm-ahn-ooh-eh-te
My name is... ** Jmenuji se... ** imm-ahn-ooh-ee-se
Where is ** Kde je ** k-deh-yeh
to the right ** napravo ** nah-prah-voh
to the left ** nalevo ** nah-leh-voh
Straight ahead ** rovne ** Roh-vin-yeh
near ** blizko ** bleets-koh
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POLITE EXPRESSIONS:
Please ** Prosim ** pro-seem
Thank you ** Dekuji ** dyek-wee
You're welcome ** Neni zac ** nen-yee-zahch
Yes ** Ano ** ahh-no
No ** Ne ** neh
**NOTE** instead of yes, please, Czech say "yes, thanks" so say
Ano, dekuji and Ne, dekuji, not prosim.
Nice to meet you ** Tesi me ** tesh-yee-meeh
Pardon me ** Pardon ** par-dohnn
Pardon me(formal) ** Prominte ** pro-meehn-teh
I'm sorry(regret) ** Nezlobte se ** nez-lohb-teh-seh
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REALLY USEFUL STUFF!
I don't understand! ** Nerozumim ** neh-ro-zoo-meem
Do you speek english? ** Mluvite anglicky? ** mul-veet-eh-an-gletz-keh
I don't speak czech very well ** Mluvim cexky jen trochu **
mlu-veem-chesk-ee-yen-troh-khoo.
Repeat, please ** Opakujte, prosim ** oh-pahk-ooh-ee-teh-proh-seem
I don't know ** Nevim ** nehv-eem
Where's the restroom? ** Kde je toalety, prosim **
k-deh-yeh-toh-ahl-ET-teh
Where are you going? ** Kam jdete ** kahm-ee-dyet-teh
The bill, please ** Ucet, prosim ** ooh-chet-proh-seem
Is tip included? ** je zahrnuto zpropitne? **
yeh-zah-rohn-yoo-toh-zip-roh-peet-neh?
Tea with lemon ** caj s citronem ** chaheye-s-tsiht-ro-nemm
Cucumber salad ** JUST KIDDING ** DON'T EVER SAY THIS
Where's a good restaurant? ** Kde je dobra restaurance? **
k-deh-yeh-dohb-rah-rest-ahr-ahn-seh
Cafe ** Kavarna ** kuh-vahr-nah
milk ** mleko ** mleh-ko
water ** ka ** kah **I THINK**??
The menu, please ** Jidelni listek, prosim **
eeh-dyel-nee-list-ek-proh-seem
(MEN)I would like... ** Chtel bych ** khee-ytell-beecsh
(WOMEN)I would like... ** Chtela bych ** khee-tyell-aah-beesch
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EVEN MORE USEFUL STUFF!
Why is the pastry shop closed? ** Proc je cukrarna zavrena? **
prohch-yeh-kook-ar-nah-zah-vrzsh-ray-nah
The wine list, please ** List vin, prosim ** list-veen-proh-seem
One beer ** Jedno pivo ** eed-yed-no-pee-vo
Two beers, please ** Dve piva, prosim. ** dv-yeh-pee-va-proh-seem
Pilsner beer ** plzenske pivo ** pil-zen-yeh-skeh-pee-va
Another, please! ** Jeste jedno ** eeh-ehs-teh-yehd-no
** WHEN USING THE ABOVE EXPRESSION, POINT AT YOUR EMPTY BEER. **
(a toast, to your health!) ** Na zdravi ** nah-zuh-drav-ee
** AND AFTER DRINKING ALL OF THAT WONDERFUL CZECH PILSNER **
Kde jsou toalety, prosim!? ** WHERE's THE RESTROOM!? **
k-deh-yuh-sow-toh-ahl-eh-teh
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NUMBERS/MONEY:
Money ** Penize ** peh-neet-seh
Bank ** banka ** bahn-kah
credit card ** Kredit karty ** kreh-deet kahr-tee (i shit you not)
I'd like to change money ** Chtel(a) bych si vymenit penize **
khee-tyell-beesch-see-vyell-men-eet-pen-eet-se
How much? ** Kolik? ** koh-leek?
**NUMBERS** the number and phonetic is given
0-noola
1-yed(en,na,no), say yedno in general
2-dv(ah,yeh), say dvyeh in general
3-trzhee
4-chteerzhee (I still shit you not)
5-pyet (much better)
6-shest
7-sed-mm
8-oh-smm
9-devyet
10-dehset
11-jedenacht
12-trzhinacht
... (just the base of the digit plus 'nacht' appended)
20-dvahset
... (base + set)
50-padesaht
... (base + saht)
...
100-stoh (or when with another numer, 700 for instance)
... (base + stoh)
1000-tiseec
**POST OFFICE**
stamps, please ** Znamky, prosim ** znahm-key
air mail ** leteky ** let-eck-ee
Ok, i need to sleep. Good luck, talk to you all very soon!
Mnoho stesti! Good luck! :)
-Brian
--
Brian Faull =)
mailto:h2ofaull@wpi.edu
http://www.wpi.edu/~h2ofaull/
Quote of the day number 354:
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-- Jose Simon
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Jeffrey Francis Haynes wrote:
>
> Everyone please be in Alden Friday at 2:30PM. We will be checking bags
> and we should be leaving by 3:30PM.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> | Jeff Haynes
> | EE, WPI
> | Worcester, MA
> | http://www.wpi.edu/~jeffie
> | jeffie@wpi.edu
> |
> | "Intellectuals cannot go on forever avoiding their share of
> | responsibility for the world and hiding their distaste for
> | politics under an alleged need to be independent."
> |
> | - Vaclav Havel on why he accepted
> | the position as President of
> | Czechoslovakia.
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