Today's Czech Word Is....

At the request of one of my friends.. I will post a new word or two here every day.. Mind you, almost every word changes spelling in Czech pending on what case it is (and there are 7 cases) hence the difficulty in learning the lingo!!!

some of the first words I learned, food ones of course, 'cause you gotta eat!!!


pivo - just like it looks, very short "i" = beer

jidlo - yid-low = food

sunka - shunka = ham

brambory - again just like it looks, short "a" = potatoes

syr - seeeear = cheese

ahoj - ah-hoy = hi , hello, sometimes goodbye

prosim - pro-seem = please

nashladanou - na-slah-dah-no = good bye

dobre den - dough-bree den = good day.. this is an all purpose greeting used 24 hours a day

And my two favorites, one because they are cool to say, and two because of what they each mean:

vyborny - vee-born-yee = excellent, great, fantastic

milacku mee-lotch-koo = term of endearment, my love, my darling, etc.






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