Czech Language Observations | But can she speak Czech?

[@MrBobor1]

I'm Slovak and she pronounces ř better than me lol

[@Pidalin]

that's nothing weird, you already said you are Slovak :-D

[@starfis20]

No neříkej. :D

[@radish9261]

slovak people dont use ř though do they?

[@mathiasuriel6002]

Sorry to be so offtopic but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me!

[@dorianrowan5167]

@Mathias Uriel Instablaster :)

[@dronepirate2344]

Your Ř sound great! :) My name is Aleš Řehoř btw ... :D

[@MrZonYT]

Snozze23 Řehoř haha you should be her boyfriend

[@Balader1Cz]

agree

[@talaniel]

Yeah I think so too. Btw no need to be embarrassed: there are lots of Czech who have problems pronouncing this letter. I think it is the last letter children learn to say correctly.

[@janbaxa3282]

Řehoř forever :D

[@sofya4552]

is it even possible to say?

[@radekcrlik5060]

Great czech actually! You have a huge thumbs up for even trying :) For foreigners it is not very easy.

[@ForMiSoft]

Actually your pronunciation of ř is very good. :)

[@talaniel]

@Provocateur Hehe, yes, your name says it, you are a provocateur :-) But anyway, you're right, Prague is full of people from Morava, Slovakia and other parts of the world :-)

[@jajonejo]

It seems that you are good at Czech - stop being modest. You are right, a stranger who speaks or tries to speak Czech is for us - cute. Everybody smiles and then you become cute. This video is funny and cute aswell.

[@gmarss7056]

Your Czech is extremely good! Many Czechs can’t pronounce Ř correctly, and you nailed it. It´s always exciting to hear someone who isn’t a native speaker try and learn our language - beeing a small nation and Czech language having a difficult grammar, we really appreciate it. Looking forward to seeing more, be it in Czech pro English:)

[@qwe5qwe566]

In Ostrava they can't speak Czech neither. There has been joke running around: What is the difference between Vietnamese and Ostrava people? Vietnamese people can speak Czech and have a job. But I must say that your "Ř" is amazing.

[@tweper8917]

You broke my heart T - T

[@Pstrosik]

Where are you from ? What part of Czech republic I mean? Because I'm pretty sure that my Czech speech is more correct then yours.

[@vitozana8659]

@@Pstrosik asi nějaký Ostrava-haters od Aše

[@vojtechbocek1121]

Musim uznat že "po našimu" neni moc české :D ale na Ostravsku nářečím mluví už hodně málo lidí.

[@moty6369]

@@vojtechbocek1121 kámoš z těšína mluví po našimu po dvacátým pivu, to je pak sranda :D

[@alexandrsidelka]

Your pronunciation is pretty good! I was so impressed especially with the Ř letter. How long have you been living in czech republic? Just discovered your channel like a week ago and i love it! You're so funny :)

[@111baf]

Now say: Tři sta třicet tři stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech.

[@gabrielahuzevkova2493]

111baf 😂👍🏻

[@bruntalskabahenni]

Myslim ,ze by to dala lip jak kde jakej slovak 🤣

[@frantiskablazkova415]

Tři sta tři a třicet stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta tři a třicet stříbrných střech je lepší

[@DUFFdanihell]

@@bruntalskabahenni Jo, slováci to ani nenapíšou na klávesnici

[@mari.be.86]

111baf i ty jeden zákeřňáku :D

[@lukasdyszkiewicz889]

Hey girl... I'm pure blood CzechFela... And got to say wAw...wAw you are flying it...my language is some times impossible but you are breaking all boundaries!!! Listen... I'm in Ireland for the last 12years and I almost forgot my own language to be honest... Well, long story short...??? Watching your work and hearing your Czech well your whole presentation was Amzing and upLifting for my soul...so thank you sooo much...well Děkuji Lukas Dyszkiewicz

[@alexbernhard7116]

We just like our tongue twisters. Yes, it is true we like them, even more, when foreigners are trying to say them.

[@MrZonYT]

Haha super videjko! Having lived in Ostrava makes you a hardcore expat and a true Czech Rep lover.. Being in Prague now must be a piece of cake, it’s so international these days! Keep up the good work and the use of Czenglish :-)))

[@apoc9ify]

Your pronunciation is fine. "ch" is the only remaining digraph in our language. I would think that mastering proper Czech grammar is more difficult for native English speaker.

[@southernbohemian1]

I love it when you speak Czech (I almost said dirty). I was forced by circumstances to speak other languages than Czech (mostly English) for 37 years, and I am so happy that now that I returned back home, I can speak the language all the time. Can't get enough of it.

[@CheeeoTV]

Hello Ariel, czech native here. First of all your ř and ch pronunciation is very good so don't be afraid of speaking :) If (když) I would speak for myself and my friends that we like foreigners who put effort into learning our language. We know it is difficult even for us so we appreciate it alot.

[@LucyMusic1999]

You are so talented! Your pronouncation is on spot almost everytime. You could learn languages with more difficult pronouncation like Chinese and so on. 😊

[@4awid]

Your pronunciation is actually really good. 👍🏼

[@MartinLyko]

OmG your Ř is perfect! It sounds very natural and easy.

[@benvra]

You are good! :-) Ř is not easy pronounce for our Slovak brothers and you did it excellent! :-)

[@vojtechnykodym9025]

Your ř is great, much better than some of my english pronounciations ;). Looking forward to next videos.

[@rudolfdvoracek]

It's weird . I live in England and watching American youtuber from Prague :-)

[@talaniel]

Well I do not give thumbs-up usually, but I have to this time to show that I find it great when foreigners try to learn Czech! I'm still struggling with my English - I can appreciate the effort I guess :-)

[@jana1973k]

Just a note: řeřicha means watercress. Yeah, it is a kind of plant but not any kind of plant. Otherwise, your Ch is perfect and Ř is pretty good. Have you tried "chřest" (asparagus)? :)

[@romanroth6839]

That was sooo funny. You're great 💗😊

[@SirAxolotlTheWise]

I am a Czech living in Scotland and here we have the "ch" sound too. For example in "loch" (lake).

[@rudolfdvoracek]

Hi cheerpa, I'm Czech living in England ;-)

[@klarasmetakova8152]

I love your pronunciation, its awesome!

[@jindrichcapek9836]

"-ček" is used just for masculine words. "House" (gosling) is neutral, so its cute form is not "houseček" but "housátko". Similarly, feminine words and their "cute" versions do not use "ček": hlava/hlavička, ruka/ručička, prdel/prdelka :-) And some words have 3 levels of cuteness: zub/zoubek/zoubeček, strom/stromek/stromeček. Some names have even 4 levels of cuteness: Jiří/Jirka/Jiřík/Jiříček ;-)

[@veejayroth]

she meant "domeček" though

[@paulrey8036]

Hmm, I haven't been taught that in school... Oprava: prdel/prdel-ička

[@veejayroth]

@@paulrey8036 prdel/řiťka

[@jindrichcapek9836]

@@paulrey8036 : "Prdelka" is correct. Just google "prdelka": 1 250 000 results. And google "prdelička" : only 701 results.

[@slovniricka]

Jindřich Čapek myslím si, že když tu žije vic jak 5 let, tak to moc dobře ví ;)

[@fdolsky]

Your "Ř" is great :). Dobrá práce, máš výbornou výslovnost :).

[@martinbudinsky8912]

Please next time tune down the backround music a bit. Sometimes its almost louder than you. Otherwise a good video and explanation of some very common things.

[@عيونحزينة-ت7غ]

I'm related to the Dostal's that came from Czechy very long ago. I barley only know how to say a few words and when I go to the store I like to say milko, voda, even pivo.

[@tomgobra3485]

And what do you think about the fact that some of our words do not use vowels?

[@dejv3052]

Čeština, nejroztomilejší jazyk v této světelné soustavě. :D dávám like

[@petrlinhart1298]

I really like your pronunciation, it’s actually quite advanced! You must’ve been practicing “ř” and “ch” for a long time! Have you ever taken any Czech language course? Maybe just with some native speaker on italki or just on Skype or whatever. If not, are you planning on that in the future?

[@zuzanaslabyhoudova1502]

Hi, Ariel! Nice to meet you :) I came across your channel for the first time today and I immediately fell in love with it! I´m actually an English teacher (I studied Czech and English linguistics and literature) so if I can help you with your Czech in any way, please let me know, I´d be happy to help! Z.

[@Lathander720]

I have been learnt Ř as a child on word Řeřicha. I wasnt able to learn it that way.

[@KiLL_Jack]

since my first name is Jindřich it makes it pretty hard to introduce myself to foreigners :D

[@dslaghman1436]

Jindřich Urbánek , hey you can introduce your self jindra

[@Kytkarius]

I remember back when i was +-7 yo, during one english lesson my tearech told us, that eventhough ' ř ' is harder for us to pronounce correctly when learning to speak, the letter ' ch ' is the most problematic for foreigners. I have no clue if it's true, but it just came to mind while watching the video.

[@poockoo]

The if/when is not always true, though. With future, when is more like "až", so it's going to happen, but we don't know when. Když is like if for the future - if you meet the condition, it will happen.

[@petrkachlik5902]

Your Czech sounds great to me👍😉and then,try to pronounce my surname..Kachlík 🤔🤩Have a nice time.

[@Multikochan2]

Why you keep saying that your czech is not usable? I frozed literally when you spoke some of our hardest letters like nothing happen at all...you have enormous ability to pronounce czech language, so yes ... Youre czech is almost perfect. Cheers and you have my thumb up muurican girl. 😁

[@enolAngnm]

i think i did the Ř best before someone explained to me how it should be done and now it has too much R in it :(

[@kibicz]

How about village of Chříč? Place known for truck-trial;)

[@goodstorylover]

Well done! Please, where are you from originally? I am a Czech, but I love English and am very interested in accents. Thanks

[@pouzivateljutube2995]

Great! Now you have to master Czech grammar. :D So good luck.

[@TokerJoker420]

Jaka (what kind of) i was like bro separate the word individually like English-language otherwise dont consider it a language im only learning 1 word per word and if they dont know what im saying then i guess the czech should learn to speak czech better and correct there language

[@ferneter9169]

Kdybych uměl anglicky aspoň tak, jako slečna umí naše Ř, tak bych byl frajer 😎 Povedené video 👍🏼

[@olejman]

I'm Czech, my wife is Thai. After 6 yrs she knows a lot offensive words in Czech but still with great Asian accent 😍👍 and her most favorite Czech words: "Fakt jo?" (really?) 😀

[@magicpetrpch7012]

You speak in my language that's nice...

[@lukashol731]

Good one ;-)

Definitely super cute! I'd love to see more. Please! :-D

[@PavelSkollSuk]

What about a video "why you don't want to learn Czech'?

[@juraslacinajuraslacina6822]

Your ř sounds realy good so keep learning

[@frufruJ]

Your ř is actually perfect!

[@ragnahandbubsbird]

I want to visit Chzech

[@vandrujemesk8651]

Máš veľmi dobrý prízvuk. Keď vyšperkuješ výslovnosť problematických písmen a spojení písmen, tak nikto nepozná, že si Američanka. :-)

[@akiraevil6682]

Your czech is awesome!

[@cinskapolevka]

You’re amazing Im your new subscriber👋🏻❤️

[@manju3663]

How long time will it take to learn Czech?? Did you tried using any app or by yourself?

[@neywa402]

Good job, Ariel. Good job :)

[@MegaXxpunkxXMega]

Řehořková pls

[@pavlinazrzava3057]

Tak to je dokonalý😍😂

[@antoninnyvlt727]

Please try: "Byl jednou jeden řek, a ten mi řek abych mu řek kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek, a já mu řek že nejsem řek abych mu řek kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek." but its really simple. 😉😁

[@anitakato150]

Ahoy!!!

[@DarmiGames]

actually, both your ř, and ch are really good, don't be nervour while using them!

[@marekj1100]

Truly awesome /ř/, but your /ch/ needs some work… 😉 Czech /ch/ is meant to be just audible ‘hot air’, no ‘throat clearing’ involved. For all practical purposes, it’s nearly just whispered /h/. You may try to whisper “hápeš” to hear what I mean. Actually, for Czech /ch/, we do narrow the throat some, as opposed to Czech /h/, but not so much as to obstruct the air flow. As it happens, the English /h/ (as in “happy”) tends to be narrower, more frontal than Czech /h/, so just whispering (fully devoicing) the English /h/ might serve you just fine to get the right /ch/.

[@TheCulturalCompass]

Thanks for your explanation. This one was always harder for me than r with hackem. Sorry no cz keyboard. And as punishment, I had to live in Chocen for a while. lol

[@vitekjenej7307]

You didnt say: Třista třicet tři stříbrných sříkaček sříkalo přes třista třicet tři sříbrných střech. and you dont have bad ř

[@robertwiesner6825]

Damn your ř is better than mine and i'm czech :D

[@hskpc]

Z toho si nic nedělej, jak to Ř vyslovuješ? :) třeba se to naučíš ještě, kolik ti je? :)

[@James_Hare_cz]

Já jsem z Česka takže v pohodě

[@Pstrosik]

I would like to know if you are able to recognize difference between question and normal sentence in speech. It must be bit thought for foreigner. Btw malicek is not cute for small its name for the pinkie finger.

[@yose42]

your ř is perfect

[@Royal8k]

1:31 don´t worry even Slovaks and Poles are not able to pronounce that letter correctly... So Czechs are able very easily digg them out... 1:57 Your pronunciation is quite good 3:09 Houseček - How see Czech ? Or Domeček ? 😂 3:33 Když se poseru tak budu posranej 🤣 4:46 very nice explanation from US : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXPZl5x5mdBgoMU, 4:50 Every czech man knows whe he get chřipka he is almost dead... 5:09 it is not some kind of plant but the garden cress (Lepidium sativum) 5:19 Your pronunciation is level Czech, I am not able to say it correct way 6:21 🤗🤗🤗

[@horacehungry2696]

Perune do čeho jsi to duši dal?! :-)

[@sandmann365]

Ariel, you are amazing ...! :-)

[@xdgamer2765]

CHECK or si zech?

[@joeblow7236]

Can I speak Czech ? 0:18 Can you do that ?

[@Elza000]

Actually u say chápeš better than many native speakers 😄

[@MyPavelpavel]

Rád poslouchám nebo si přečtu názory někoho odjinud. Kolikrát se tak člověk dozví věci, které by jej nenapadly. house+czech=cute house

[@adamkysilka5593]

Your Ř is great :))

[@258Blumen]

Čenglish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I like you!! :) 😍

[@yallacesky831]

Really funny

[@kajn3206]

Zkus říct : Třistatřicet stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes třistatřicet stříbrných střech

[@VeselyJednorozec]

notyvole, to je poprve co slyšim ř od někoho kdo se snaží říct ř a přitom nemá češtinu jak orodnej jazyk wow

[@aimbot4378]

V klidu. Je to Češka, jen si hraje na Američanku.

[@hanzzzvetrol]

A to máš jako odkud? Ona je z Jižní Dakoty

[@aimbot4378]

Nope. Slovanskej přízvuk, Angličtina tak na levelu c1, určitě ne rodilej mluvčí a 4 roky zpátky má ve videích výrazně horší Angličtinu a výslovnost :D což by asi neměla, pokud by se narodila jako anglicky mluvící.

[@vtechk]

You are super fun to watch! Your Czech is great. Just that brain cancer music.....

[@joefromravenna]

CH = the letter phlegm

[@Jan_Miklas]

Houseček :D :D :D Tkat was realy cute ;)

[@MistrErat]

Wow, awesome czech! You rock! It is very difficult language to learn and you get almost no value out of learning it :D (smal country, only used here+ppl from slovakia will understand you)

[@alenkakasparkova]

You are so good. Your 'ch' is absolutely perfect.

[@honzikkrobotu479]

Your ř is good:)

[@robertsafar2908]

I dont understand what is so hard on say ch and ř,,, i can say it casualy multiple times. You make it so hard, in real uts verry easy.

[@Pidalin]

tak zkus říct rychle ňákou větu v angličtině kde je za sebou několik TH, W a hodně R a vyslovuj to fakt správně, ne čenglišsky :-D uvidíš že to taky nedáš

[@jakesteampson7043]

Sure, you can say words like řeřicha, but how about sentences without vowels? Chrt pln skvrn z mrv vrhl smrž skrz drn, prv vrhl čtvrthrst zrn.

[@Ondrus21]

To se člověk musí pohybovat jinde než v centru. Tam už se česky fakt nedomluvíte. A můžeme si za to sami. Nekontrolovaně si sem pouštíme kdekoho bez jakýchkoliv dokladů, víz apod., a tím pádem se ani neřeší, jak dlouho tady zůstane.

[@martinpoupa7586]

Best video ever ❤️🤣🇨🇿

[@egioch]

"Nobody speaks Czech in Prague" is not a joke.

[@robertsafar2908]

Prague is not only center of city you know,,, prague is much bigger and, not much people in Prague speak english outside center of the city, specialy old people.

[@Jakimix135xd]

Of course - who speaks Czech in a district of Warsaw?

[@KristynaStefanova]

@@Jakimix135xd :D To nie jest Praga w Warszawie, ale nie wazne.

[@JaninaLilyna13]

And what if I'll tell you that we have two types of /ř/? :D One is voiced (for example in words such as "břicho" or "řeka") and the other is voiceless (e.g. "křik" or "lhář"). The difference between these sounds is the same like between sounds /z/ and /s/ or /b/ and /p/. But don't worry, most of the Czech people don't know that. I know it just because I study phonetics.

[@gabosampallosaez5296]

I think studying phonetics is a really cool thing! Keep it going! 🤩💞💞

[@wolfer960]

I'm Czech and live in England since I was 2 and I barely remember anything and suprised that I can say řeřicha😂😂

[@ForMiSoft]

Houseček would be domeček. :)

[@212025510]

One similar word "housík" exist. house music listeners use it :)

[@JohnBatman111]

or baráček, possibly a byteček if it is a small flat

[@avavaviv1]

Houseček je chlapeček od husy

[@JohnBatman111]

@@avavaviv1 to by byl housereček :D

[@a10.]

Šel housereček s husičičenkou a malými housáčačitinkami.

[@falseneutral7890]

When you start laughing at jokes in foreign language, especially at those witch dont make any sence in other language, that's when you know you cracked it!

[@ScoutOnly]

Adding "ček" doesn't just mean that it's cute. Sometimes you want to express the size of a certain object. (Dům - a house, Domeček - a small house)

[@libor-vitek]

U nás se přece říká, že co je malé, to je milé. Takže je to vlastně to samé :D

[@Pidalin]

hlavně když bude furt dělat zdrobněliny tak bude znít jako falešná mrcha a lhářka, protože přesně takhle mluvěj :-)

[@Lathander720]

Well you can continue domečíneček

[@durimuramon1620]

Dům - house Domek - small house Domeček - small and cute ?

[@SkullWP]

yes or when you say someone blbecek...you dont mean he is cute :D

[@TheNihes]

you are soo cute

[@asgardplays7139]

I wish you great time in Czech Republic. I hope you will stay here as long as possible (forever xD) :) ! I love your videos and I have to bow before your pronunciation of "Ř". Good job and great video :)