WHY IS CZECH LANGUAGE SO HARD || I can't speak after 2 years

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[@martinknybel9688]

Actually people from Prague speak slowest, try people from Ostrava.

[@EpycChannel]

Or maybe try to listen somebody from Pilsen, its fun ! :)

[@BladeCZE]

Stejně tak moraváci 😁

[@junkiesgummies]

Jsem rodilý Pražák a nepřijde mi že by moje čeština byla nějak pomalá.

[@EpycChannel]

@@junkiesgummies jasne ze to nesedi na vsechny, lae u vetsiny je to opravdu pozorovatelny jev :D

[@dominiksykora5495]

@@junkiesgummies ono v Čechách se protahují i koncovky většinou oproti ostatním částem republiky

[@LenyGiraffe]

I am Czech and I am always very happy when a foreigner learns Czech. Great video!

[@ArepasforDinner]

Aaaw thank you

[@wolfyoy6144]

I am czech and i love it too 😆

[@czechman7140]

Me too.

[@trextrex-sf1uc]

Me too

[@tomasotahal2516]

Me too :)

[@onlinekiwi547]

Video: *czech* in a title Czechs: Dobrý den

[@tomasdanhel2482]

HAHAHA so original ty vole

[@kubaisfb]

@@tomasdanhel2482 nou nou nou nou😂

[@cz4334]

Ach jo 🤣

[@__login__9525]

Nonazdar

[@tentotento8101]

Doslova nikdo to nepíše tohle vzniklo jako vtip a ted je to overused nějakým normie hnusem

[@przemysawbukowski3648]

Czech, Slovak and Polish for English speakers are languages from hell :)

[@yarima9696]

Czechs: Ř Slovaks: Ô Polish: kurwa

[@user-id6vb8tp8k]

And russian)

[@Andy-mf4zl]

@@yarima9696 czech : Ř, Í, Ě 😂

[@kapinusova_aa3453]

(i m Czech) and Russian,CZech,Polish and Slovak leangues are Slavic leangues.

[@tomashonek690]

Ano

[@TheKevin0]

Až při podobném videu si člověk uvědomí, jak je čeština zajímavá a krásná. Především pro někoho z úplně jiného konce světa. :)

[@Untilia]

myslis zbytecne slozita a na hovno, ne? .. s tim co ona tam popisuje ma problem vecina lidi v beznem "provozu" nemluve o psane podobe

[@jetfix3041]

absolutne nechapu co s tim ta predesla generace ma nase rec je tak krasna atd... ne je to proste rec a je tezka absolutne zbytecne tezka.

[@Ondrus21]

@@Untilia Stejně tak má spousty lidí problémy i s angličtinou, jejíž systém je v podstatě primitivní ve srovnání s ostatními evropskými jazyky.

[@ferojozo5693]

@@Untilia Složitá? Ani mi nepřijde. Čeština je geniální jazyk. Považme třeba užívání časů, zatímco dříve pro vyjádření sousledného děje v minulosti byla potřeba užití perfekta, dnes lze vše vyjádřit pomocí jednoduchého tvaru minulého času. Taková španělština má třeba 9 časů, z toho používá subjuntivy pro vyjádření nejistoty v minulosti, přítomnosti a budoucnosti, přičemž každý subjuntiv používá jiný druh koncovky. A to je jenom začátek. S češtinou lze bez větších problémů rozumět jakémukoliv slovanskému jazyku. Gramatika, co se toho týče, je složitá, zejména pak psaná forma, což lze dokázat minimálně počtem chyb v mém komentáři. Pokud však máte nějaké návrhy na zjednodušení jazyku, sem s nimi, rád se něčemu přiučím. Rada na závěr, zdá-li se vám čeština zbytečně složitá, přečtěte si Jana Amose Komenského Labyrint světa a ráj srdce, vydání z roku 1848, to teprve poznáte, jak je dnešní čeština jednoduchá.

[@shaddar8593]

Souhlasím, bohužel je čeština vyučována špatně, člověk který je ve znalosti a učení se češtiny slabší se v ní lehce ztratí a potom už to jde opravdu rychle do... Tímto nechci říct že jsou žáci a rodiče svatí a zavšechno může ten zlý učitel/a ale učení se češtiny stylem napíšeme se pětiminutovku kdy slabší člověk na to potřebuje podstatně víc času není ta správná cesta a děje se to pořád. Já to zažil stejně, např. než jsem si stihnul odůvodnit proč a kde je jaké y/i tak byl konec a ono dostávat pětku za 5 chyb, písemku co písemku, bylo strašně demotivující a v podstatě sem na učení se češtiny rezignoval.

[@bluejump1343]

I am polish and yes, czech would be quite easy fot me to learn. It's not however as similiar to polish as slovak. Sometimes sentences sound exactly the same but most of the time we can just catch single words. And I love the fact that other slavic languages don't have articles. I hate them. This whole A, an, the, le, la, un, una, der, die, das is so unnatural for me. We just use "this, that" or "some" or "any".

[@marekj1100]

Whether other languages use articles or not is actually just an academic matter of terminology. What you have been told to call articles, could be just as well regarded a numeral for “one” and a demonstrative pronoun, and you sure do have those in Polish, and I’m quite sure you use them at least in some situations to differentiate definiteness from indefiniteness.

[@bluejump1343]

@@marekj1100 Yes, we use words like "this" "that" or "one" but still in english you can say: this apple, or: the apple. The problem is I kind of know the differance but for a long time articles were something super useless for me. Not something natural, just annoying additional mark that you have to put before the word. I don't even mind particles but articles are a big no no.

[@annakostrunkova5194]

I'm Czech and when I need to communicate with Polish at Work, we both speak English 🙈 even if my English is horrible! It's still much better way to understand each other 😁

[@Smortn]

@@annakostrunkova5194 When I was on Erasmus (Brusel) ... I made a special group in dorm with Polish girls,Serbian guy,Crotian guy, Slovenian Guy an Girl and Slovak Girl and we were having such a great time while we all were speaking our native languages while we were in dorm and we were trying to avoid english ... and at the end of erasmus we found out that we quite manmade new language (not trully cause it was only spoken) but we kind of understand each other everything... There were some things we found out for every language that have to be changed.... for example that me as Czech I have to change all H to G... so others can understand me :D And other ppl were on pills from us... cause we understand each other even tho we sound different and ppl from france and spain didnt get it

[@josefmalar7837]

@@Smortn ta změna kdysi dávno z g na h je způsobena vilem západu. taktéž jsme vlime západu změnili u na i. a celkem předělali i kvůli tomu významy. tedy dnešní líbit se by ještě původně mělo být lubit (milovat).

[@_khathy]

Your "Ř" is wonderful. 😁❤ (btw czech has a lot of rules and they are usually civic for us as well) good luck you are great!

[@barkley206]

přesně tenhle komentář jsem hledal, to je její ř je lepší než moje :D

[@cz4334]

Vážně?

[@eliska_hey5853]

Wait wait- Tom Raddle had sister? (Voldemort)

[@jurkoskvarka2154]

slovakia language is even harder

[@tottallynotkong]

@@barkley206 Stejně 😂

[@dariasfortis8850]

"They speak extremely fast..." Czech from Ostrava: Hold my beer :D

[@reneekollerova1750]

Pražák: Proč v ostrave mluvíte tak rychle? Ostravak : boneničaspičo

[@tottallynotkong]

xDDDDD

[@VojtechS02]

Jo no xd a nebo Hold my Cigarette xdd

[@emak4847]

Pravda pravda

[@borowikszatanski4950]

Ślązacy wszędzie tacy sami :D

[@winterbalm]

I am fascinated by Czech language since I was a kid because it has so many diacritical symbols over letters I never tried to study it, but I know how to read and understand a bit because one of my native languages is Russian

[@Pidalin]

Actually Czech has only few special symbols, have you seen Polish or latin languages with their special symbols? Even Slovak has much more symbols than Czech.

[@mrkv4k]

@@Pidalin If you count the ˇ and ´ as just one symbol, it's still comparable to polish, where they have symbol for softening the leter (ł) symbol for nasal sound (Ą) and this (Ń), which is simmilar to czech Ň.

[@czpatriotic4466]

Its never bad to try it.

[@locusamoenus1536]

@@Pidalin no ale díky češtině slovaci nemluví polsko_maďarsky. Většinu slov převzali od nás.

[@ingridlaskova1878]

@@mrkv4k Ještě nezapomeň na ę

[@robinsebelova7103]

It was not Cyrilic, but Old Slovanic, Cyrilic though came from Old Church Slavonic. And Latin alphabet replaced Old Slavonic in Czech lands sometimes during 10-12 century (as German influence rose)

[@janmacek1648]

*hlaholice byla zrušena na Velké Moravě v roce 886.

[@blyatifulnarkotik9258]

A nebylo to kvůli německému vlivu, ale kvůli vlivu francké říše.

[@martinwpn4503]

@@blyatifulnarkotik9258 franská ríša bolo nemecko a francúzsko

[@tomula2718]

@@blyatifulnarkotik9258 Frankové byli germánský národ

[@vit.budina]

For everybody curious about the declinations, here is an example with the word "auto" (it means a car). We use these phrases like "without" something, to help us decide, which declination the word is in. 1. the car - auto 2. without a car - auta 3. to a car - autu 4. I see a car - auto 5. we call it (like, hey, you!): car - auto 6. about a car - autě 7. with a car - autem It must be very confusing. But imagine you have to write tests at school on these in the 2nd or 3rd grade. Plus, we have many Grammatical rules to distinguish between different nouns with the same spelling and pronunciation with the only difference being the I or Y in the word (e.g. mít means "to own", but mýt means "to wash", nabít means "to charge (a battery)" and "to reload (a bullet weapon)", but nabýt means "to get to have something (like nabýt peněz means "to get to have money, become wealthy)"). We write tests only to learn to decide to write i or y in different nouns. And much more. Kids in the US and GB, be grateful for how easy your English classes are.

[@czpatriotic4466]

Thats true, when I rermember the times I've been going to elementary school, that bad marks I've got, holy english. Now my marks in czech are much more better, almost the best I got in my diameter. But it needs to learn.

[@thecakeofcommunism503]

Yeah. Our language is so complex and it must be difficult to learn it as a foreigner. I personally don’t have any problems with Czech. I was always good at it and I don’t even know how. But even for some people I know, the Czech language is difficult, so I’m wondering how hard it has to be for non-native speakers.

[@marianmarkovic5881]

Jeah on the other hand English,.. so much f**** verb tenses,... While in Czech is like Past, present, future,... English have like 20+ tenses, thats confusing for us,...

[@archeopterixneuroza4715]

@@marianmarkovic5881 Nepřeháněj zase, je jich 13. Vlastně 7, když odečteš průběhové (to vlastně nejsou časy, dalo by se to přirovnat k našemu slovesnému vidu). A jsou velice logické.

[@archeopterixneuroza4715]

@@marianmarkovic5881 A nezapomeň, že i čeština měla spoustu zvláštních jevů - 3 (ano 3!) druhy přechodníků a měli jsme kdysi i předminulý čas.

[@nelakovarova914]

For the thing with Škoda ( car ) it's Škodovka. And also people from Prague speak quite slow, but people from Moravia especially from Ostrava... man I'am from Moravia and sometimes I don't understand what the people from Ostrava are saying.😂. Anyway I'am happy that someone want to learn Czech. Wish you luck.

[@The-ZeeS]

Good one 👌

[@madafakaaa]

True, there are many jokes about it :D

[@yaoizawa]

no jo někdy se tomu taky divím jak mluvim rychle :DD (jsem z Ostravy) jak mluvim se svou ségrou tak si po chvíli řeknu že bych mohla rapovat

[@exit4161]

A hlavně máme proti Čecháčkům takový menší odpor :D

[@chikush3717]

@@exit4161 menší? Lidi z Čech bych řekla, že nemáme rádi trošku více, než jen trošku. A jejich dialog, hlavně pražský.. NESNÁŠÍM

[@jakubkrchnak4121]

Greetings from czech Its so cute when someone is learning our language

[@vitek1427]

Chinese: *is hard language Czech: Are you challenging me?

[@walkelftexasranger]

Pokud se nemýlím ,tak Mandarínská Činština je těžší.

[@nightskymusic1293]

@@walkelftexasranger Jo je těžší, v Japonsku jsem s tím měl potíže

[@nextghost]

There are only two difficult things about the Chinese language(s): The tones and the writing system. But its grammar is way simpler than in any Indo-European language.

[@lordpetr3]

@@nextghost yep i heard someware that is because communists made it soo it would be much easyer to learn, because China had extream number of dialekts

[@robertbones326]

Chinese: *economy grows America: ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME?

[@kvr_adventure940]

I love when u say our "CH" 😄😄😄 its so cute, like little cat going to bite you😄😄😄

[@FoxxoWoxxo]

we actually have an accent, but it's really hard to catch as it is on the first syllable in most words.

[@MrMajsterixx]

The CH is also soft it doesnt need to be like youre choking :D you said the řeřicha just right, dont try too much hehe :)

[@ArepasforDinner]

Prokletý Básník hahaha thanks!! But I always get comments on that on my tiktok like my ch is too much of an H

[@marekj1100]

I second that. Your Venezuelan /j/ sounds just fine. I like to call Czech /ch/ ‘just audible hot air’.

[@mkDaniel]

@@marekj1100 XD

[@PiscotV]

Yep, 'řeřicha' was on point, but 'brácho' was the typical "latin" 'j', like 'Brajo' (which is actualy kind of atractive sounding in my opinion). :-)

[@Krigsblakk9]

Je mi trapně, že cizinec umí vyslovit líp "Ř" než já. Ach jo.. :-D :-D

[@Twixik13]

Czech native speaker and I would recommend you to write down the most used sentences in Czech or sentences you use on daily basis. This way you learn declination much faster. Personally, I don't see a point in learning isolated words, because it will take you forever to encounter every 14 versions of particular word. I wouldn't waste time with grammar rules because they are complicated anyway, I suggest focusing on everyday language.

[@Je1imanek]

Somebody: "I want to learn a Czech language" .. Ř: "I don't think so." Z toho tvýho Ř jsem si sednul na zadek:)

[@MartinProavis]

Manžel jí to naučil, no... :-)

[@tomashonek690]

pak je tady ještě CH

[@lindateclova1852]

I don´t get how you are killing "Ř", for most people it is almost impossible to spell. Great job ! xDD I find Czech very beautiful and unique and I´m proud of being Czech. Otherwise, really good video :D I live in middle Bohemia and yeah, I can tell we talk really fast, but have u ever been in Silesia? They don´t use slang that much, but even I don´t get how fast they talk. It´s like literally impossible for me, let alone for foreigner. xD

[@walkelftexasranger]

Na Slezsku sice nepoužívají slang ,ale mají tam ten jejich zvláštní přízvuk (krátké zobáky s polským přízvukem :D). Na Moravě se ale mluví spisovně. Nutno dodat že jsme celkem hákliví na slang. xd

[@martin5488]

Povedz ô češko napr. Guľôčka napicu to vyslovíš určite

[@josefmalar7837]

@@martin5488 ano, na mě to na Slovensku zkoušeli taky, ikdyž mám na jazyky talent, tak to vaše uo prostě neumím :-D. sázím ale i nadále na to, že je nám rozumět.

[@m0xeline]

I personally think that if you listen to some native speaker you can get overwhelmed by how fast they speak. It doesn't really matter which language it is. But the more you listen to it the easier it becomes to keep up.

[@davidpelc]

Actualy Cyrillic was newer commonly used in Czech lands, it was mostly in Moravia and usually in monasteries for short period, in later 8th century it was beaten by Latin alphabet, so it's really long, long time ago.

[@ArepasforDinner]

You are completely right!! That was something a Czech teacher told me. And she was wrong. Thanks anyways for clarifying :)

[@davidpelc]

@@ArepasforDinner I've also made a mistake, it wasn't in 8th century, but in 9th century 😉 Anyway... your videos are great 👍

[@robinsebelova7103]

It was not 8th century, but 9th - remember, both Cyril and Method came to Great Moravian in 863.

[@Pidalin]

it was glagolic, cyrillic was NEVER used here

[@lupecek2937]

This is so interesting to see how a foreigner sees our language. I never thought about it like that.

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

I’m learning Czech language. It’s crazy hard for me

[@demonofmordor4405]

I studied English for translators in Ostrava, the best teacher I've ever had was an English guy, he was actually my supervisor for both my bachelor and diploma thesis, and he once asked us: you know what was the most difficult thing about learning Czech? and everyone said: ř! ch! And he said: no, it was "slovesný vid": "on vyšel" "ona dopila" atd. X ""on šel", "ona pila".

[@songbirdyy]

To souhlasím!

[@FOGER-]

Hopkins na filosofické fakultě? :D

[@matejtomas9460]

@@qwe5qwe566 Neřešíme je prostě proto, že v češtině neexistují. Suplujeme je videm, ale upřímně, anglický časy dávaj větší smysl.

[@demonofmordor4405]

jo Chris :D to byl super učitel :) a nejlepší bylo když se nám jednou fakt nechtělo učit, tak jsme ho vytáhli do mirroru, jenže pak musel řídit tak si dal jenom birrell no a my ostatní pivo že :D hodně piv :D spolubydlící ze mě měli radost no na kolejích :D

[@raven1758]

My German teacher at BUT told us the same story. Although not exactly - she was Czech and she was told this by her German friends. They weren’t able to wrap their minds around it. As far as I know it is a specialty of Slavic languages.

[@sptlght9548]

7:44 - The last time cyrilic was used was in The Great Moravia in 10th century. About a thousand years ago, not 200. Latin alphabet is in use in czech for longer time than the existence of Bohemian kingdom, Czechoslovak republic and Czech republic.

[@hanamullerova3623]

17:26 Ukončete prosím výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají😂😂 Actually, I have been riding in a metro twice in my whole life (because I'm from another city and metro is only in Prague here), but this sentence...it's really offten there. Btw. Nice video, I love it!

[@marekhubner2801]

Try to learn language like little kids. Watch the fairy tales for kids. Usually it use the simple words and language and from what you watch you can understand what is talking about. I learned english this way. I watched tales on Cartoon network and similar TVs and my skills were increase like at the kids when learning language from tales. I think its the same in every language. When the kids are small so you don´t read them or play them a books and movies for adults, no, you start with easier things. Problem with learning language is at first allways the vocabulary, the number of words you know. I like your videos a lot. Only when you discrabe letter CH, we dont grunt like in some other languages.

[@ArepasforDinner]

That really helps!

[@specialtasks5016]

Finally... A Brilliant Linguist on KZbin. Your Presentation is the most Professional I have watched! Thank You for your personal involvement in the education of others !

[@petrastibalova6967]

Děkuji za super video Andreo a nevzdávej to!

[@tm-ki3nq]

I am czech and you have all my respect, sometimes even I feel like i can’t speak czech😂

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

Poor Chinese learning Czech language. Sure it’s very hard for me 😂😂

[@AndrewDeer1]

A huge step forward for most people learning Czech is when they learn not to accent other syllables than the first one (lengthening the vocal is not really considered accentuation). Czech has fixated accent on the first, which is quite peculiar and also the reason why it might sound so flat, the intonation is not needed. So, ['vařit], not [va'řit] is the way forward! Thank you for the video!! ^^

[@AnthonyLauder]

This was such a lovely video. And you had lots of insights on Czech that few expats have after just two years.

[@ErtaiCZ]

This was actually hilarious! Thank you

[@mackogame3719]

14:30 after that story i had to stop video and i laughed for 3 min. XDD its really nice to see language from different point of view, i would never think about similarities between other languages because its natural for us, but that one got me. Excelent video. :D

[@awrixeldohoda2857]

Yeah, I'm Czech and I'm really proudof you, that you trying to learn this hard lenguage (It's hard for me too). You're really good.

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

I’m learning Czech language too . It’s crazy difficult for me 😂

[@awrixeldohoda2857]

@@user-di9kl6bz3y Damn, you have to have huge balls to learn such a difficult language. I wish you luck! And also merry Christmas xd

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

@@awrixeldohoda2857 děkuju ! It’s amazing I received your answer. I learned Czech language on line one year ago but I never use it to talk. I will move to Prague in next month for study. Hope I can find a local people to language exchange

[@awrixeldohoda2857]

@@user-di9kl6bz3y You sure will. People from Czechia love seeing that people abroad are trying to learn their language, so I am sure you'll find someone who will help you.

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

@@awrixeldohoda2857 thank you very much! Merry Christmas! You’re so nice

[@zel3r]

i love this video, your Czech makes me happy, thank you :)

[@xzFascinate]

výborné video paní, páni! :-)

[@salamanter2327]

„Šel pštros s pštrosicí a třemi pštrosáčaty pštrosí ulicí“ 😂😂😂😂say it in another video 😂😂😂😂😂

[@walkelftexasranger]

Nebo "pan Kaplan v kapli plakal". To je jazykolam který zní lechce ale dokáže být těžký jak prase :D Nebo "Nejkulaťoulinkatější"

[@christopherlansky]

I am also czech and when u were talking about the diference between pronouncing of arepas i was like:"tf Is she talking about... Its the same"

[@filipbohatec9496]

exactly :D taky sem si říkal, že prostě neřekla nic jinýho, jenom 3x stejný slovo :D

[@vladtepes4910]

mlhave si pamatuju, ze jsme se v zakladni skole ucili cosi o durazu :), ale narozdil od spanelstiny v cestine se na nej vetsinou neklade duraz :)

[@janjurecka7428]

Zvláštní. Mně přišly dost odlišný. Ale vim že hromada čechů když mluví anglicky tak vubec neřeší kam ve slově patří přízvuk a kvuli tomu to pak ani neslyší u jiných jazyků.

[@therra1101]

tak já to tam slyšela dost, ale asi jsem jen vycvičená z jiných jazyků, v angličtině to také tak je, že některá slova můžou mít jiný význam jen podle důrazu

[@usgbitJS]

filip bohatec my to asi moc neslyšíme, protože přízvuk je na první slabice, u španělštiny je to na předposlední nebo poslední, pokud se to teda nepřehodí akcentem nad samohláskou na tu akcentovanou slabiku. Ale nenajdu teď, co jsou tam za slova kde důraz změní význam...

[@aki_marada]

Skvělé video!

[@frejakarel]

Thank you for your interest, it is nice that you are spreading information about us. Keep going, you make us happy

[@keenmate9719]

I would say that the biggest problem of czech language and why it's so difficult to learn properly is that it is a language based on contradictions, it's heavily contextual and uses too much permutations and variations of words. What I mean by that is that some words are very exact in what they mean and when are they supposed to be used but the same words can than be used in context that completely changes the meaning of those words and we understand that but you as a foreigner have to learn these hidden on-context dependent meanings. This also comes from the fact that czech people love to play with words because czech language is build for that. If you look at some plays of Jan Werich, he plays almost with every single word. He pushes words our of their usual boundary and modify them to something we still understand but non-czech would have difficult to get. The context is also very very important but the problem is that context does not comes from order of words but sometimes it does. You can change order of words and still get the same context but other times you get something completely different. Say sentence "Is this Peter's computer? " can be translated "Tenhle pocitac je od Petra? Je tenhle pocitac od Petra? Je tohle Petruv pocitac? Tohle je Petruv pocitac? Je tohle pocitac od Petra?", these sentences mean the same thing but we have five different versions of such simple sentence and we have even local words like "tuto" which basically means "tenhle" but yet again it complicates the language and it's understanding for foreigners but at the same time makes it more rich and more joyful to use. And to the point of variations and permutations. When you look at Tady Gavin channel he is fascinated how exact some verbs and nouns are, but at the same time he is baffled why is there so many different variations and permutations of the same word. For example, your word "jít" have quite many variations dojít (to arrive somewhere, usually not somewhere close by, like to a pub), přijít (to arrive somewhere close, for example to home or office), obejít (to go around something but also to bypass something or someone, like your boss and go directly to his boss), ujít (to be on your way for some time already, you would usually use it as someone has made some progress in his walk or whatever he is doing BUT it also means that you walked faster than someone else and you just walked out of his sight), vyjít (to go out somewhere but in sense like you just walked out of your house for example), than you have negatives of those words usually done by prefixing them with "ne-"... I think you get the point. There so many different variations of these words and you cannot interchange them. Then there are conditionals. You can make quite many combinations like for example "Kdybych byl býval nebyl takový blbec, nepřišel bych teď na buben." It basically means If I was not stupid I would not lost my money, but it's more complicated, the sentence has actually two conditions that are negated and I use word "buben" that means "drum" but is used as a slang word meaning being broke. The bottom line is that czech is difficult for others because not many languages is based on playfulness and exactness that can be quite vague at the same time. It is it's core and primary feature. Everything you described is just it's consequence. Czech is like playing DoTA2 game that is so complicated and ever changing that nobody can really master it but everyone can find their place in it and have fun at the same time.

[@mkDaniel]

Did not think about it.

[@johnytwo]

this is probably not exclusive for Czech. English also has puns and idioms and phrasal verbs.

[@walkelftexasranger]

No doprdele to je ale slohovka :D Stručně řečeno naše řeč je hodně "květnatá". Btw takový malý fun fact. Věděli jste že Češi jsou nejlepší v komunukování pomocí cizích jazyků ? Je to způsobeno tím že naše řeč je hodně "květnatá" takže se rychle přizpůsobujeme (krásne slovo xd) různým nezvyklostem. To znamená že výslovnost co by jiným národnostem dělalo problém ,tak my máme zmáklé raz dva. Ps: Omlouvám se jestli jsem napsal nějako blbost co nedává smysl. Poslesních pár měsícu používám víc angličtinu než češtinu ,takže je možné že napíšu nesmyslnou větu.

[@drakvaclav826]

@@walkelftexasranger To PSko jsi psal zbytečně, dle mého skromného názoru jsi to popsal dostatečně košatě. Dodal bych naši velkou zálibu v souhláskách. Věty jako "zvrhl mls mrch srn, čtvrthrst zrn" v jiných jazicích opravdu nenajdeme.

[@pavelrak5766]

@@walkelftexasranger Jakoby ta květnatost češtiny je tak geniální věc, při psaní textu si s tím jde krásně vyhrát. A ještě je taky fascinující, jak jdou kreativně nahradit slova jiným, což text pěkně oživí. Třeba: malý strom/ strom nevelkého vzrůstu

This is the second time in a few days I have heard that Czech intonation is flat or dull. That it even might sound like we don't really care about anything :) Well, it's very interesting feedback it it made me wonder where did it came from. I would say, that Czech language actually has a distinctive and dynamic sound, but only if we get really exiceted. Which we actually rarely do :)

[@ancestrial2506]

viděl jsem tě na tiktoku, super video a určitě pokračuj moc ti to jde.🥰

[@aivyxdd373]

Hi, I'm from the Czech Republic and I have to say "Wow!". It's a great video. 😀

[@sobbx7976]

I'm laughing everytime someone who is learning czech language says ,, Řeřicha"

[@jsonkody]

Its so hard that high margin of czechs are unable to speak/write correctly when they need to.

[@KubaVrtik82]

Moc pěkný video! :)

[@thomyorkekinnie1858]

Love this video! Honestly I'm from Czechia. 😆I love these types of videos about Czech republic. ❤

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

Me too, I’m Chinese learning Czech language and love Czech Republic

[@callmeweak7719]

Ten pocit když si angličan a nikdo nerozumí co teď píšu za komentář xD

[@HussiteWarrior]

pantofle přešly do češtiny i španělštiny z Italštiny (do češtiny přes němčinu) .. a do italštiny se dostaly ze starověké řečtiny. semafor . Semafor je z angličtiny, původně komunikační zařízení, později v železniční dopravě.

[@BladeCZE]

Na Moravě nosíme papuče 😁 To my už vůbec nevěděla, co to je 😁

[@HussiteWarrior]

@@BladeCZE papuče a pantofle není to samé, papuče se nosí i v čechách. Pantofle je to, čemu na ostravsku říkáme cukle.

[@MrMajsterixx]

@@BladeCZE ne nenosime 😅 jsem z Brna ale to je jedno, hlavně bych řekl že to jsou dvě ruzny věci, pantofle maj vetsinou takovou tu nastavitelnou dvoj"přasku" přes vrch nohy takovy ty klasicky kancelářský/školní nebo pokud jsou to ještě třeba nějaky adidas na pláž tomu taky říkám pantofle no a papuče jsou že v tom máš celou nohu zakrytou jako např. to co nosí děti do školky, neobo na doma na zimu

[@andreastareckova3474]

I've seen your tiktoks and I think your progress is amazing I would never been able to speak czech if I weren't born in here so I have huge respect for foreign people who learn czech because it's super hard so keep going you're awesome.

[@bohumilheneberk6326]

Thank you for very nice video, very funny and magic ... Děkujeme!!!

[@ingridlaskova1878]

Já říkám: "Pán, pánovo, pánoj" 😂

[@humr2346]

11:16 I hear it a little bit, but without you pointing it out i would consider it as very little detail.

[@ChabrNinko]

Oh god, i fell in love with you 😍 When u said " Chtěla bych něco k pití " i almost died 😂 love your videos! ❤

[@MrMajsterixx]

já myslel, že to bylo "koupiti" ale k pití dáva víc ymsl :D

[@michalvody7580]

LoL! 😉😊 that's nice you're talking about Czech language. Btw Cute spanish accent!!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@klarazakova1029]

Adrea: "Why is Czech so hard?" Slovak: "...wait a minute"

[@David-ir8ec]

Ô je podle mě o hodně těžší než ř

[@picapes]

@@David-ir8ec Zas tak bych to nepřeháněl, ale souhlasím že Ô je těžší.

[@aronaax]

@@picapes ř je rozhodně méně přirozené pro výslovnost.

[@eapocr6246]

Nevím co všichní mají že je ô těžke na vyslovu :D

[@FrapepaCZ]

if u from czech republic its so funny to listen:D i know, that is hard to learn it. Im learning a german language and its hard form me cuz im lazy shit :D

[@jirimarek6379]

Im from Prag and I loved watching your video. It is so beatiful when someone who speaks other than slavic language learns czech. I must say that your pronouncement is realy good, like reaaaalyyyyy gooooooood. nice video!

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

I’m Chinese learning Czech language. OMG the language is crazy difficult for me. But I always love the country

[@kacerhomebeerbrewing]

Gees Marjaa :-) I'm really surprised how good is YOUR "Ř" Andreo ;-)! I live in Australia, born in Praha - Vychod and mi madre era espanola. Svet je malej... BTW... Excelente trabajo Andrea! Time for cervezas.

[@thecurdison]

Nice "Ř" for a foreigner tho

[@MekenziCZ]

Great video. Czech is a very difficult language. Maybe that's why we learn it almost daily for 9 years in elementary school. But if you learn it, you will communicate throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It's like learning a package of languages. Otherwise, Czech is one of the best languages ​​for describing ideas. Declension of words can describe a specific situation exactly. If Czech seems fast in Prague, it is much faster and shorter in Ostrava (Dobrý den = bryden). People in Ostrava do not use long accents and spaces between words. When I moved to Prague, here it sounds like everyone sings, how all using long accents.

[@ArepasforDinner]

MekenziCZ wow really?! You just gave me a great idea for a video!!! Czech accents perhaps?! 😂 thanks for watching!!! Means a lot!

[@MekenziCZ]

@@ArepasforDinner Try to play this to get an idea about Ostravština. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3zMiYeblqxpn80 Or watch the movie Ostravak ostravski kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJCwiYeibLuZmJY There is a rather complicated map of how Czech differs across the Czech Republic. www.ujc.cas.cz/sys/galerie-obrazky/publikace-obalky/mapa-nareci.jpg

[@tomasnovotny4644]

slušní lidé "bryden" neříkají

[@MekenziCZ]

@@tomasnovotny4644 ostraváci stále :) není čas ztrácet čas :D

[@Pidalin]

Brýden (s ý) se řiká i v Praze, řikaj to teda hlavně děti ve školách. Jinak v Praze a celejch Čechách se běžně řiká "dobrej" nebo pro Ostraváky "dobreeeeeej" :-D

[@marekjanovsky]

I like the way you talk and think about our language, that's perfect! Lovely! :D

[@ArepasforDinner]

Ahhhh thank you!!

[@jakenorman6741]

Im an English person who’s second language is Spanish so I really resonate with you in terms of learning czech. This video is so helpful because I didn’t have anyone to relate to in my struggles of learning. Thank you so much!!!!

[@letecmig]

Best way to learn the language, more precisely improve your ability to understand spoken language when you already learned some basics (I did this when learning russian)- watch documentaries on youtube in that language: a) much higher 'density' of spoken language compared to lenght than in the movies b) you see visual context in the ducumentary so you figure things out if some vocabulary is missing c) language used is 'standard', no slang, clear pronunciation d) you can choose type of documentary based on the section of vocabulary/language you want to improve: nature, cooking,history,architecture, even crime:) e) in parallel with the language/vocabulary you learn something interesting as well as a byproduct- so you win twice!

ditto that. I watch documentaries or popular science videos almost on daily bases as well as foreign TV news. Expecially on YT it's easy to choose from numerous topics to fit your interest and have a fun. Finally, what I found extremely useful is actually reading books. Again, you will never run short of supplies and you can choose whatever suits you best...

[@tiffanymaple8767]

Ja som bohuzial slovenka, milujem cesko cestinu. Cesi su uzasni ludia❤️ sice vobec nie som hrda na slovensko😂 ale som rada ze rozumiem ceskemu jazyku :)

[@milkbread5036]

so interesting, thank you!

[@MEGARANA]

Love ya . Props from Czech republic

[@Fe1538C]

15:10 "Fakt" (put intonation on end "t" ) "fakt jo" or "fakt?" "really?" CZ "Fakt" has the same meaning EN "Fact" Knowledge or information based on real occurrences. CZ "literatura faktu" is translation literally "literature of fact" meaning "non-fiction" literature EN "fiction" CZ "fikce" - CZ "jo" is EN "Yeah" - faktický > factual (same meaning)

[@milanpsenicka586]

Já radši říkám "vážně" nebo "opravdu" díky spoustě trapasů v zahraničí, bo mi to někdy jaksi vklouzlo i do té angličtiny :-)

[@josefmalar7837]

@@milanpsenicka586 to Váš šlechtí, protože omladina čeština zapomíná a já slyším poměrně často .... what? a nebo realy?, asi by mi upadly ruce a za každé totpoškození češtiny.

[@milanpsenicka586]

@@josefmalar7837 přesně tak, navíc čeština je velmi bohatý jazyk a má přes 300 000 slov. Není třeba přejímat slova z angličtiny nebo němčiny. A už vůbec ne zaměňovat česká slova za cizí!

[@Richwin100]

11:25 what the hell I am Slovak and I also don't hear any difference between your 3 times saying arepas xD

[@Arafeus]

Hi lady. I'm from Prague and thanks for your video. It's funny but interesting and nicely described. Dobrá práce! :)

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

Chinese girl learning Czech language too, in Praha. I want to find a local people who language exchange with me

[@tomyk9233]

"ukončete prosím výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají" is a phrase that i hear so fckin often, that it just resonates in my head every time a silence hits

[@chorche_jolando2178]

Oh boy, have you heard of Slovak?

[@walkelftexasranger]

Se Slovákama jsou schopni udržet konverzaci jen Moraváci :D Pražák když mluví se Slovákem ,tak je v pytli :D

[@krtek9404]

@@walkelftexasranger Záleží jak kdo.

[@mistycz1279]

Hello, I am from the Czech Republic and I am happy when people from other countries are learning our difficult language. You say beautifully ř. Nice video!

[@klaraosinkova5051]

Omg your pronunciation “ř” is amazing!!! 🤩

[@epipsychidionozymandias5021]

I have been wanting to study Czech for a while and this video just showed randomly in my recommended. I think the world is trying to tell me something. However this was incredibly interesting and useful, so thank you!

[@ArepasforDinner]

Hahaha it’s hard but it’s worth it

[@gregpotter2278]

Hola & Ahoj Arepas!! I'm so glad I found your channel, because you are so nice, funny, and informative! I visited the Czech Republic back in early March, right before the pandemic stuck and fell in love with the country! I visited my buddy (kamo), who lives & works near Kroměříž. I stayed about 10 days in Praha and loved it! So much so, that I enrolled in a TEFL certification course at a school in Praha and I will start whenever the borders are reopened and the school resumes classes again (maybe September hopefully). I cannot wait to get back to and live in Praha!! In the meantime, I have been taking Czech lessons via italki and also by private tutor through the one of the teachers at the school I'll be attending. I love the language, but yes, it is a channel! I added you on IG, so I would love to keep in touch with you!! Diky moc!

[@jachymhorak968]

Glad to hear about my language from a different perspective. It’s always fun and always interresting.

[@ArepasforDinner]

Glad you enjoyed it!! I’m still suffering with it 😂😂💜

[@tom28pet10]

You're making a great work. Just keep practice, watch movies, meet people and tak with them. I'm Czech and I aso have a problem with polite side of my language because of -ej (celý - celej - whole). Seeing you and your progress after only 2 years here makes me happy and proud of my language so keep up a good work :)

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

I’m learning too . Czech language is so difficult for me

[@danielakinska1529]

woow, tak to jsem vůbec netušila že tohle je pro angličany tak složitý. Anyway you re pretty good in czech. Great video!!!

[@kristinavorackova297]

i literally went pogchamp when you said řeřicha wow you are really good

[@jirikozel4873]

Great Andrea! :D

[@petrpasik]

Omg, you said "ř" absolutly correctly, wow! I can't believe it!!

[@cuteturtle3360]

Hi! I am also from the Czech Republic and I am glad that someone else is learning our difficult language! ❤️ Hope you do well 😇☺️

[@user-di9kl6bz3y]

I’m learning Czech language too . It’s crazy difficult for me. Hope I can learn better when I’m arrive in Praha

[@martinafialova5296]

Chachá, very funny, good job!

[@smrtik253]

Awesome video I am from Czech and everything is right ! Super video já jsem z Česka a vše je správně

[@sabinavlaskova803]

I am czech too and I like your videos! I want more!!

[@ArepasforDinner]

More coming every Tuesday and every Friday!!! 😁

[@kubaasajmon]

fantasticvké, youtube reccomenditaions jsou super

[@alicemacherie1020]

This is so funny! :D you did good. And hey, respect for trying to learn our bloody language ;) little secret: even the natives struggle with the rules!

[@ma5thew]

"Na počítači" got me :D I am an IT guy, so I have heard and said this like billion times in my life, but when you said it with your cute accent, this sound hilarious and I exactly understand what do you mean

[@ArepasforDinner]

Hahahaha 😅

[@jeniik]

You can say Ř! It took me 4 years to get there and I am Czech. And also you coming from Venezuela and having that ringing R helps with the pronunciation. The Czech description of a common English accent is "to speak like you have a hot potato in your mouth". Keep it up, it is very refreshing to have an outsider point of view!

[@simonahladikova8298]

Máte ( maš )strašně dobře videa pokračujte 😊

[@andrius2254]

Your accent is hilarious. xDD I'am from Slovakia and I know how native czechs talk, so your accent seems funny to me. But anyway, great video, very informative. Keep up the work. :) Little info for anybody who's interested in czech or slovak language: Slovaks understand czechs, because our languages are almost the same and we (slovaks) have many tv channels that are in czech language, so it's really easy for us to learn or understand their language.

[@k.sind.7610]

I find it really adorable that you like the word počítači. Just like I love the Russian word ночи. It just sounds cute to me.

[@huddywildkingdom]

TikTok! Your Czech is great :)

[@mgr.cyprianova3945]

Dobré video takové zajímavé

[@hanalojikova185]

Your czech is so good! I love your 'Ř'.

[@DJmenegment]

Greate video :D I stumbled on it by accident and I don't regret it, but you forget about dialects :D Dialects are the worst, since sometimes not even "casual" Czech person can't understand it, unless he digs deeper into the meanings. For instance I'll put those dialects: Brněnský hantec (dialect in area of Brno) or Chodské nářečí (spoken by ppl living in area of Chodsko) or dialects from area of Slezsko (Silesia) To be honest, I was for 14 years activly playing in theatre as an actor, but I still most of the times just don't get some of their different terminologies. Anyway, your Czech sounds pretty good, keep it up :D

[@kamilaprochazkova33]

Hi, I honestly admire,when someone is trying to speak/learn czech language. It’s hard even for us 😅 On the other hand, you’ve said that we cut 2 and more words in 1 word, but I think Spanish do the same. Idk, it’s maybe only my opinion, but lately I’ve been trying to study basic spanish and I’ve noticed that 😅 Like está aquí (E.G) I would pronounce it as two words and with 2 “A’s” but it’s pronounced like one word🤔 Maybe it’s just me,idk😅 Anyway, great job! Keep goin❣️

[@javiermarcialcespedesberne8575]

Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir nuevamente en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos, felicidades por tus vídeos...