American Reacts to The Czech Alphabet/ Česká abeceda

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  • @sushi777300
    @sushi777300 2 місяці тому +1925

    That was pretty solid pronunciation

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  2 місяці тому +113

      I’m pleasantly surprised to hear that 🎉😎

    • @JohnyDaison
      @JohnyDaison 2 місяці тому +39

      @@IWrocker Yeah, the pronunciation is not bad, but your stress / accent is off. Czech language is supposed to "flow". We place accent only at the start of words and not even always (e.g. a preposition said with accent can flow into the noun which then needs no accent of its own). You seem to place accent on all syllables which sounds very "hard", for lack of a better word.

    • @frufruJ
      @frufruJ 2 місяці тому +49

      @@IWrocker Your Ř is better than many expats' who've been living here for years, at your first attempt! Bravo!

    • @avitalsheva
      @avitalsheva 2 місяці тому +4

      @@frufruJ Because he’s 50 percent Czech

    • @jakubvalenta7803
      @jakubvalenta7803 2 місяці тому +10

      I loved the Ř or how he pronouced it arš but the rest is solid

  • @harrysoumen6122
    @harrysoumen6122 2 місяці тому +89

    Man, you have very good pronunciation. "Ř" is a nightmare for our kids and some adults too 😉. Greetings from the Czech Republic.

  • @chemvah
    @chemvah 2 місяці тому +1475

    Your face when Ř come... Priceless. 🤭
    You did it great. 👏

  • @theanemonegirl
    @theanemonegirl Місяць тому +52

    As a czech, I'm flattered by your interest in our language. 😀
    Your pronunciatuion of each separate letter was immaculate 👌 (the rolled R really surprised me, that was good!) - of course your Ř was the exception but hey, you can't manage Ř on the first try... even czech kids struggle with that. And besides, it was the comedy we were all waiting for. 😁
    And as for the czech words, your pronunciation was also quite good, but not as good as the individual letters.
    Thanks for this video 😄 and greetings from the Czech Republic 👋

    • @Wister6952
      @Wister6952 11 днів тому +1

      I am czech too and i think he did good .

    • @Evil-Morty0
      @Evil-Morty0 10 днів тому +2

      True my Guy/pravda příteli

    • @pickchickens5286
      @pickchickens5286 8 днів тому +1

      he was great, the words had the problem I think that he didnt know those letters exist, he said j instead of ď, jekuji

    • @E_jana.E_Jane
      @E_jana.E_Jane 5 днів тому +1

      im czech too im soo happy

  • @Suchac_cz
    @Suchac_cz 2 місяці тому +1304

    2:19 every Czech has been waiting for this 😂😂
    But well done sir, well done 👍👍

    • @Mylitllerats
      @Mylitllerats 2 місяці тому +19

      Yes😂

    • @Vocas46LP
      @Vocas46LP 2 місяці тому +5

      and it was worth the waiting :D

    • @SpuntCze
      @SpuntCze 2 місяці тому +7

      True, but he did very good job. 😊

    • @sammyagi
      @sammyagi 2 місяці тому +2

      Yess

    • @lukyl9702
      @lukyl9702 2 місяці тому +4

      Ne, W mě nejvíc překvapilo... 3:12

  • @frantisekvtelensky820
    @frantisekvtelensky820 6 днів тому +1

    Bro, you nailed it better than many Czechs, trust me! ❤️🇨🇿 Especially your "ch", "r" and "ž" were all top notch! 🤌

  • @LukasKarman
    @LukasKarman 2 місяці тому +378

    FUN FACT
    The word “dollar” originates from the Czech word “tolar” (short for “Joachimstaler”), which referred to a silver coin first minted in the town of Jáchymov (Joachimsthal) in the Kingdom of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in the early 16th century.
    In 1519, the Count of Schlick began producing large silver coins from local silver mines in Jáchymov. These coins became known as Joachimstaler Guldengroschen.
    The long name was shortened to “taler” in German, and the coin gained widespread popularity across Europe due to its consistent silver content and value.
    As these coins circulated across different countries, the name “taler” was adapted into various languages. The English eventually adopted the word as “dollar”, influenced by the Spanish “peso de ocho” (pieces of eight), which also circulated widely in the American colonies.
    The Dollar in America:
    When the United States gained independence, the Founding Fathers chose the “dollar” as the official currency, inspired by the popularity and stability of the taler and the Spanish dollar in global trade. The Coinage Act of 1792 established the U.S. dollar, basing its value on silver and gold standards similar to those used for talers.
    Thus, the Czech “tolar” has a lasting legacy that directly influenced the naming of one of the world’s most recognized currencies today.

    • @davidsuchanek7978
      @davidsuchanek7978 2 місяці тому +11

      O Velvary o Vervali kde jsou mé tolary?

    • @Czechgirl-2010
      @Czechgirl-2010 2 місяці тому +22

      A co slovo robot od Karla Čapka?

    • @pavlapavlinka80
      @pavlapavlinka80 2 місяці тому +12

      The english word "pistol" has its origin in Czech word "píšťala" which was a weapon used during Hussite wars (1. half of 15 th century) in the Bohemia region. The letter Ř sometimes makes problems also to Czechs.

    • @AlesMicik
      @AlesMicik 2 місяці тому +1

      @@pavlapavlinka80 That's more of a saying and a legend and not e confirmed fact. It's assumed but nobody really knows if it comes from it or not.

    • @aneri9569
      @aneri9569 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Czechgirl-2010 Pravda. :)

  • @KingFifer22
    @KingFifer22 2 місяці тому +48

    2:03 no way that was impresive

    • @adamdundr1681
      @adamdundr1681 2 місяці тому +1

      As a czech i don't See it but it Is probably inpressive

  • @hanavesela5884
    @hanavesela5884 2 місяці тому +906

    Pozdravy z Česka. (Greetings from Czechia) 🤪🥰

  • @isabell746
    @isabell746 Місяць тому +5

    I'm German and moved to Czech Republic about a year ago with my Czech husband and our 2 kids. I really enjoyed your reaction to ř 😅 I feel you! It took me about half a year to get it halfway right 😅 But even quite some Czech kids need to visit a special speech teacher to help them improve with their pronunciation of ř - so there's no shame in not being able to do it. Depending on which letters it's surrounded by ř can be very hard to pronounce.
    To get exactly the correct sound for ď, ť, and ň is hard as a foreigner too. It's a completely different tongue movement compared to their counterparts d, t and n... and sometimes, I just wanna buy some vowels somewhere to give my tonge time to relax 😅 trying my best tho. It's a pretty efficient language, coz there is a lot of info about the gender/case hidden in the ending of a word. I'm grateful that there are not so many cases for time, but that every verb has 2 forms is driving me crazy 🤯 In general, I do like it tho ❤️ Learning one step at a time...

    • @kikitauer
      @kikitauer 8 днів тому +2

      Aww thank you for trying so hard to accomodate us Czechs! 😉 Especially with Ř, I myself had to visit a doctor to get it right the first time 😅 R was also hard for me, I felt really accomplished when I learned it. Good luck to you and your kids! 😊

    • @isabell746
      @isabell746 8 днів тому +1

      ​@@kikitauerthx ❤ all the best to you as well 😊❤

  • @IvaJelinkova-x3q
    @IvaJelinkova-x3q 2 місяці тому +546

    Greeting from Prague. V is "single v" and W is double W - that mean "dvojité (double) V. You are good.🙂

    • @titifatal
      @titifatal 2 місяці тому +38

      An interesting thing about English 'w' double-u is that it comes from Latin where u and v used to be the same letter and the u(vowel) and w(semi-consonant) sounds were differentiated by doubling the u. So, double-u and dvojité vé are very closely related. The difference is that in words where W is used in Czech text (foreign words), it is normally pronounced as V.

    • @IvaJelinkova-x3q
      @IvaJelinkova-x3q 2 місяці тому +12

      @@titifatal I immediately thought of the example of two of our Czech and once very famous actors who played together inseparably - they were Jan Werich and Jiří (George) Voskovec. We Czechs read "V" and "W" exactly the same. Both emigrated to America, Jan Werich returned and lived out his life at home, while Jiří (in America George) Voskovec became an American actor and stayed in the USA. 🙂

    • @wowado
      @wowado 2 місяці тому +11

      @@IvaJelinkova-x3q Voskovec played immigrant juror in famous movie 12 angry men

    • @Herzschreiber
      @Herzschreiber 2 місяці тому +8

      German here, I don't speak Czech but I was guessing what you say about the W! Great to see I was right. Thanks for explaining!

    • @titifatal
      @titifatal 2 місяці тому +3

      @@Herzschreiber Ironically, v and w in German are not at all following the Latin mechanism to pronounce germanic sounds. That's what you get when you are using an alphabet with 23 characters for a bunch of European languages that have oodles of phonemes.

  • @kuci6469
    @kuci6469 2 місяці тому +7

    We all came for the Ř reaction. And it was WORTH IT! Absolutely priceless :D I'm actually very impresed with your overall pronountiation! Thank you :D

  • @adamhrdy1473
    @adamhrdy1473 2 місяці тому +242

    Na zdraví!! Posílám pozdrav z České republiky! 🎉 You have a great channel,thanks for your interest in the Czech Rep.

    • @Girlll199
      @Girlll199 2 місяці тому +14

      Taky jsem z české republiky

    • @user-cizinohabs
      @user-cizinohabs 2 місяці тому +12

      @@Girlll199 stejně jako více než 10 miliónů dalších lidí :D

    • @VZelvak8808
      @VZelvak8808 2 місяці тому +3

      Taky

    • @jackehry
      @jackehry 2 місяці тому +2

      Ahoj!

    • @jackehry
      @jackehry 2 місяці тому

      ​@@user-cizinohabslol

  • @stepanvrana88
    @stepanvrana88 2 місяці тому +8

    As a Czech who absolutely loves the US, this video was like a birthday present :D Also your pronunciation was suprisingly very good!

  • @ushpinmne
    @ushpinmne 2 місяці тому +104

    2:18 the confusion I was waiting for 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BeyondPrague
    @BeyondPrague 2 місяці тому +6

    I can tell you, as a native English speaker and long time learner of Czech, that was great for a first go through. You were really quite good with the Ř. I found that pretending to be on a motorcycle and making revving noises was quite helpful in mastering that sound. Go ahead and overdo it at first and then ease off the gas as you get more comfortable with it. I find the relative difficulty of that sound to be dependent on the letters that surround it in a word; the Czech word for ladder, žebřík, is quite tricky the first few times. Greetings from Brno.

  • @ZDrozd
    @ZDrozd 2 місяці тому +238

    Na Ř jsem se těšil :)
    I was looking forward to Ř :)

    • @iluris_online
      @iluris_online 2 місяці тому +35

      Tak to snad všichni Češi 😂

    • @zinstonehead
      @zinstonehead 2 місяці тому +13

      Nezklamal. :-D

    • @pan_huhu
      @pan_huhu 2 місяці тому +19

      postavil se tomu čelem, ale zpočátku vypadal, že má doživotní trauma :D

    • @Mylitllerats
      @Mylitllerats 2 місяці тому +1

      taky taky 😂

    • @Tomášcz11
      @Tomášcz11 2 місяці тому

      realne to video to reklo retardovane ř

  • @Erik101
    @Erik101 2 місяці тому +4

    Hey man, u r pretty good with prononcing letters ! I would understand u what u r saying. Good job. Example about Škoda vs. Skoda was hitting the nail !

  • @petrsadlek4011
    @petrsadlek4011 2 місяці тому +276

    you nailed it ! (Greetings from Czechia)

    • @Mylitllerats
      @Mylitllerats 2 місяці тому

      YAS same

    • @Vasikus
      @Vasikus 2 місяці тому +2

      A fellow czech (probably) playing KSP huh

    • @petrsadlek4011
      @petrsadlek4011 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Vasikus of course :) (Samozřejmě :) )

    • @Vasikus
      @Vasikus 2 місяці тому +3

      @@petrsadlek4011 jak jinak, čeština...
      Jakýto perfektní jazyk

    • @Domc4cz7
      @Domc4cz7 2 місяці тому

      @vasikus přesně čeština je perfektní jazyk

  • @Elizabeth_Cz
    @Elizabeth_Cz 2 місяці тому +3

    nailed it! Pozdravuji z Česka/ Greetings from the Czech Republic! 💗💗

  • @ESCLuciaSlovakia
    @ESCLuciaSlovakia 2 місяці тому +250

    Perfect pronunciation and I'm not exaggerating. 👏 Czech has 42 letters and Slovak has 46 letters, the highest number in Europe. There are 3 letters that exist in Czech and not in Slovak and 6 letters that exist in Slovak and not in Czech. The letter Ř is famously exclusive to Czech. The similarity of Czech and Slovak texts is 84% and we understand each other practically 100% thanks to a huge exposure since childhood. Both languages have stress *always* on the first syllable of the word, which is atypical for Slavic languages. Loved this video.

    • @Mykaeil
      @Mykaeil 2 місяці тому

      The origin language of all Slavic people used to be "Bukvica" it had 49letters=sounds, it was "picture" alphabet, matematicaly based 7x7, script was similar to cyrilic script. It was not so long ago than todays history teach us. And todays alphabets and dividing one slavic nation into many starts only about 300years ago... Mainly with compulsory education, and mandatory school system based in Europe that time.

    • @sidcronwel6208
      @sidcronwel6208 2 місяці тому +1

      OH no Slovakia, boooo...just joking

    • @ESCLuciaSlovakia
      @ESCLuciaSlovakia 2 місяці тому

      @Mykaeil This is a na•zi pseudoscience and not a fact.

    • @ESCLuciaSlovakia
      @ESCLuciaSlovakia 2 місяці тому +13

      ​@@Mykaeil That is a na z i pseudoscience and not a fact.

    • @arbuz_kawon
      @arbuz_kawon 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Mykaeilyou're a fool at best and a shill for Russia at worst. Slavic peoples started adopting glagolitic (later cyrylic) and Latin scripts during christianization, roughly from the 5th to 10th centuries CE.

  • @czbuchi86
    @czbuchi86 Місяць тому +4

    Czech has advantage over english in that we write almost everything same way as we speak it - so even this beauty: `Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy` is readable if you know what sound each letter/letter sequence make ... btw: can anyone read this IPA transcription: `/ˈpr̝̊iːlɪʃ ˈʒl̩u̝tʲou̯t͡ʃkiː ˈkuːɲ ˈuːpɛl ˈɟaːbɛlskɛ ˈoːdɪ/` - because cant :D

    • @ilmt
      @ilmt 16 днів тому

      Yeah. Some might say Czech is a phonetic language. But it is not the case as I was told (otherwise the 'děkuji' would be written 'ďekuji' or 'dítě' would be 'ďíťe', but the rules are constant.
      My guess (and don't quote me on this) is that's why we have 'ch' as a separate letter - because that is way different sound than 'c' and 'h' together. By making it a separate letter we have constant rules

  • @martinabenediktova6604
    @martinabenediktova6604 2 місяці тому +36

    You deserve a small evaluation for how well you did! 🎉 I am sure a lot of us would love to see you in our beautiful country experiencing local beers, meals and cars.

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  2 місяці тому +10

      Thank You so much ❤
      I will see Czechia 🇨🇿 one day soon, I know it.

    • @MrMajsterixx
      @MrMajsterixx Місяць тому

      @@IWrocker Please dont forget to record everything, explore restaurants and supermarkets, and come to Brno !

  • @MarioHerman
    @MarioHerman Місяць тому

    I've never seen an American pronounce the Czech alphabet so well. Congrats, bro, you're amazing!

  • @MiroRuta
    @MiroRuta 2 місяці тому +96

    That's hell great. I watch you from Czechia and enjoy your videos very much.

  • @radekhladik7895
    @radekhladik7895 2 місяці тому +107

    Thank you is "děkuju" or "děkuji", where "dě" is pronounced as "ĎE". Also one speciality in Czech is that we have a semivowels or what is the proper term.... Basically you can have l and r function as a vowel. For example in "vlk" (wolf), the "l" is treated as vowel.... So one famous tongue-breaker is "strč prst skrz krk", where there is no vowel in the whole sentence....

    • @saad-t7k
      @saad-t7k 2 місяці тому +13

      yes R and L are more half vowel half consonant. I think that is why people learning czech are confused from words with "consonants only". 😊

    • @tygrfili9624
      @tygrfili9624 2 місяці тому +13

      They are called syllabic consonants

    • @MasakoNagauchi
      @MasakoNagauchi 2 місяці тому +13

      ​@@tygrfili9624 And they allow the existence of such beautiful words as "čtvrthrst" (quarter of a handful) and "scvrnkl" (flicked off).

    • @saad-t7k
      @saad-t7k 2 місяці тому

      @@MasakoNagauchi and even whole sentenses! 😊
      Krt plch z mlh Brd pln skvrn z mrv prv hrd scvrnkl z brd skrz trs chrp v krs vrb mls mrch srn čtvrthrst zrn.
      Which could be also writen as:
      Lakomý hlodavec z čeledi plchovitých, který pocházel z pohoří Brdy, kde bývá často mlha, a který byl plný skvrn od chlévské mrvy, nejdříve ze všeho hrdě scvrnknul z brzd skrze trs rostlin zvaných chrpa až do zakrslých stromů, jimiž byly v tomto případě vrby, pochoutku srnek-potvor, kterou bylo čtvrt hrsti zrní.
      Im not good in english, but it could be something like:
      A miserly rodent from the family of the rat family, which came from the Brdy mountains, where there is often fog, and which was full of stains from stable manure, first of all proudly shriveled from the hills through a bunch of plants called cornflowers to the dwarf trees, which in this case were willows, the deer-monster delicacy, which was a quarter of a handful of grain.

    • @Sirael136
      @Sirael136 2 місяці тому +16

      Also lets don't forget "Smrž pln skvrn zvlhl z mlh." 😀

  • @wensdyy6466
    @wensdyy6466 2 місяці тому

    This really made my day. Its really amazing to see and hello from Czechia

  • @amazonit99
    @amazonit99 2 місяці тому +110

    I'm surprised how well you picked up Czech just from visiting a shop with Czech staff. You certainly have a talent for languages. Greetings from Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic.

    • @marekvojta9648
      @marekvojta9648 2 місяці тому +3

      Oh c'mon don't scare him with Hradec Králové, that is awful to try to say for english speaking person.
      By the way greeting from Hradec Králové 😂

    • @amazonit99
      @amazonit99 2 місяці тому +5

      @@marekvojta9648 😂 zdravím krajana, v tomto případě i souměšťana😉

    • @marekvojta9648
      @marekvojta9648 2 місяці тому

      @amazonit99 🤣

    • @FadedLightBluePink
      @FadedLightBluePink 2 місяці тому +5

      @@marekvojta9648 Hradec Králové would not scare him, I am sure, but Pardubice could scare him a lot🤣Greetings from Hradec Králové as well 😀

    • @MisanCuber
      @MisanCuber 2 місяці тому +2

      Nazdar sousede, (pravděpodobně). 😅

  • @HonimirPromrdal
    @HonimirPromrdal 2 місяці тому +2

    You made my night nice and funny, very good job :)

  • @AndorFazekas
    @AndorFazekas 2 місяці тому +625

    "Czech this out"

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  2 місяці тому +72

      Haha you caught that 🤣🎉🎉

    • @DaweSlayer
      @DaweSlayer 2 місяці тому +51

      @@IWrocker I cough dat. Czeched, Polished, Finnished, time for Czech Inn

    • @Apollo_CZ
      @Apollo_CZ 2 місяці тому +14

      ​@@DaweSlayerTime to Italeave.

    • @DannyDierickx
      @DannyDierickx 2 місяці тому +10

      Let's Czech out the Czech alphabet... I'll see myself out.... Czech please!

    • @Mylitllerats
      @Mylitllerats 2 місяці тому

      Lol😂

  • @AnezkaNovakova-cy2hm
    @AnezkaNovakova-cy2hm 2 місяці тому +1

    I dont understand how fast youre learning ❤❤😂
    Great job ❤ im so so happy that czech language ist that hidden anymore❤❤thank you so much

  • @fletchcz
    @fletchcz 2 місяці тому +52

    Ian, your Czech pronounciation is really good - I really do like your videos and noticed that in your Tatra's and Škoda's ones. My experience is that almost every American is not able to pronounce 'ch' letter, ususally they say 'k'. And 'ŕ' letter is difficult for many Czechs as well :) We have a nice word řeřicha (garden cress), it is good for training :)

    • @qwe5qwe566
      @qwe5qwe566 2 місяці тому +3

      In my experience Americans also struggle with or "C" and "Ť" as well since those are not sounds that English commonly use.

  • @robinbrothers8362
    @robinbrothers8362 2 місяці тому +1

    Your reaction on Ř and W was funny!😂
    Ahoj. Zdravím z Česka 🇨🇿

  • @david-polak
    @david-polak 2 місяці тому +24

    Ah you have summoned all the czechs. Good video, one note on the pronunciation of Czech words, most often than not the stress is on the first syllable. Your pronunciation is quite good and it can only improve with that in mind!

  • @lasaro42
    @lasaro42 Місяць тому +1

    You got a pretty good pronunciation. I believe czech must be really difficult to learn. Nice work!

  • @teo_heel
    @teo_heel 2 місяці тому +65

    Czech... Řř is a NIGHTMARE for foreigners... let's see how would you able to pronounce that.
    Good. Way better than I expected.

  • @pavlina777
    @pavlina777 22 дні тому

    Hey man, you are pretty clever❤I am Czech and I’ve never heard so good first try of “ř” from strangers, good work:))

  • @Azrael_Xx_
    @Azrael_Xx_ 2 місяці тому +38

    Oh damn, good job on the Ř! Impressive for the first time trying it.

  • @martinlutonsky1725
    @martinlutonsky1725 2 місяці тому

    Holy moly, your pronunciations was really really great, I did not expect it to be this good. 👏

  • @msmichellewinchester
    @msmichellewinchester 2 місяці тому +41

    The Ř wasn't bad! One tip for pronouncing it is to pronounce rolled R, but with your front teeth touching.

    • @DJKLProductions
      @DJKLProductions 2 місяці тому +1

      And voiceless I guess.

    • @flutterlump
      @flutterlump 2 місяці тому +1

      Omg finally!! Thank you so much!!!!!

    • @wowado
      @wowado 2 місяці тому

      incorrect, you can say Ř with open jaws and teeth not touching

    • @IQEGO
      @IQEGO 2 місяці тому +2

      Technically (as a czech) I would more recommend to try to push the tongue forward then doing R, and close the mouth just a little bit. Try saying RRR and then just push the tongue forward -> ŘŘŘ. RRRRR->ŘŘŘŘŘ

    • @msmichellewinchester
      @msmichellewinchester 2 місяці тому +1

      @@IQEGO Yeah, that's a possibility. But I feel like it's easier to focus on what your teeth are doing than your tongue, especially when you're not used to rolling your R.

  • @Ninetieschannel
    @Ninetieschannel 2 місяці тому

    U did great honestly. From what ive seen, my non czech friends always struggled with ř. It honestly is insane. Everybody initially makes the face u made LOL.

  • @novh4ck
    @novh4ck 2 місяці тому +21

    Your reaction to Ř was priceless. 😂 In the street view you briefly showed at 4:48 there is a store called "doma". I wonder if that's a store owned by Czech or Slovak immigrants because it literally means "at home" in our languages. EDIT: It's owned by Croatians so their word for home is probably the same.

  • @vajavajush
    @vajavajush 2 місяці тому

    as a czech myself this was a surreal experience, never have i thought id see a foreigner react to our alphabet :DD you did great!! the phrases you remembered are especially impressive

  • @TheMontyman007
    @TheMontyman007 2 місяці тому +74

    I've lived in the Czech Rep for 22yrs & Ř (R Háček ) can still cause me some issues. Try this classic Czech tongue twister - Třistatřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes třistatřiatřicet stříbrných střech. This tongue twister translates to "Three hundred and thirty three silver quails flew over three hundred and thirty three silver roofs."

    • @timmyymmit615
      @timmyymmit615 2 місяці тому +18

      add "tři" to "třistatřicet", substitute "křepelek" with "stříkaček" and "přeletělo" with "stříkalo" :-)

    • @TheMontyman007
      @TheMontyman007 2 місяці тому +1

      @@timmyymmit615 Txs.

    • @sexyolga479
      @sexyolga479 2 місяці тому +1

      @@TheMontyman007 the number is fine, "tři sta tři a třicet" is same as "tři sta třicet tři". although the former is much less common nowadays ;]

    • @kubajanosik8501
      @kubajanosik8501 2 місяці тому +1

      @@timmyymmit615 yes, i actualy use more this one :D

    • @zlatanclovecic1944
      @zlatanclovecic1944 2 місяці тому +1

      Take into account that these are tongue twisters Czechs created to banter themselves!

  •  2 місяці тому

    Man, you have my respect. As a native Czech, I am absolutely amazed at how you handled this. Respect. Please make more videos like this. :)

  • @jonascarva8032
    @jonascarva8032 2 місяці тому +17

    Your pronunciation was really good actually, great job!
    Fun fact: by the guiness book of world records, Ř is the most rarest sound in any language, and Czech is the only major language in the world that has it
    Byl jsi skvělý! (You were great!), Greetings from Czechia~

  • @gamerfox6752
    @gamerfox6752 3 дні тому

    I am czech, and i am happy to see someone is interested in our language! Your pronaucing is very good, the "R" is good either:D "Ř" was hard for me either. Very good video:D Greetings from Czech Republic👋👋👋

  • @simonvykoukal7668
    @simonvykoukal7668 2 місяці тому +23

    Great pronounciation man :) I know one American from Denver living in Prague for 12 years now and his pronounciation is tragic :D (but he admits it, it's hard for him to learn Czech) you could already teach him! Czech Regards from Malta :)

  • @eliskakordulova
    @eliskakordulova Місяць тому

    I know it's technically just you reacting to an alphabet but I find it immensely entertaining 😁✨️ especially the Ř reaction. Keep it up!

  • @alkemi5522
    @alkemi5522 2 місяці тому +23

    You're doing pretty well!
    I have a few generic tips for you regarding Czech words:
    1. Unlike English, Czech puts accent always on the first syllable.
    2. Don't be afraid to open your mouth more. When we learn English they tell us that "the English have a hot potato in their mouth". With Czech you really need to move thouse muscles.
    3. Don't be afrait to put a bit more spaces between the words. In some cases the preposition and the word need to be separated, because the same presposition can also serve as a prefix and then it's a different meaning. (For example "Dokola" and "Do kola"). Sometimes we ignore the spaces like you do, but that's more often informal then formal.
    4. Long vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú/ů, ý) are a bit longer. Also important, because some words have can have both versions and have different meanings. I'll try to find some sounds that are similar. Á is sort of like aa in Naan. É is like oyu pronounced in the video, regular E is the same but shorter - E is like E in Elf. Í is longer than you thnk. It's long like ee Weed. The closesd to Í I can thing ok is the begining (The first E) of the word Evening. Ó is just longer than regular O. Regular O is in Škoda - short and doesn'T go to U sound. So this just longer - an example would be the a word móda (fashion). Ú/ů is what you guys make by doubling the letter O, so like the oo in Cool or Pool. And Ý is the phonetically the same as Í, the difference is gramatical.
    5. The letter Ě: there's a whole grammar for it, but phonetically the E takes the ˇ from some letters and has it instead of them - those are Ď, Ň and Ť. So ď+e becomes dě in "děkuji" but ď+a stays ďa in "Láďa". So for your purpouse: dě = [ďe], ně = [ňe], tě = [ťe] (the e being the short E as in the word Elf). If the Ě follows another letter (b, m,...) it is instead bronounced as 'je' - that's like your Yes without the S. So bě = [bje] etc.
    You asked about Děkuji vs. Děkuju - the -ji is formal (and gramatically corect) the -ju is informal (used among friends etc.). Happens with lot of verbs.
    You can also say "Zdravím" (means greetings but the vibe is a bit less obnoxious) to greet people - the plus side is that it's neutral - it works as both formal and informal. I always use it when I don't know which way am I meant to speak 😅
    Ř is sort of like when you position your toungue to pronounce rolling R, but force the Ž sound through it. You got it really well.
    If your'e interested, have a look at Slovak alphabet too. They have some letters we don't have instead of some of our letters.
    Good luck, honestly, from Praha!

    • @RomanMlejnek
      @RomanMlejnek 2 місяці тому +1

      hodně dobrej koment!

    • @MrToradragon
      @MrToradragon 2 місяці тому +1

      Ad 1) Not always, Ahoj is exception form this rule.

    • @alkemi5522
      @alkemi5522 2 місяці тому +2

      @@MrToradragon No it's not? In English yes, that's like aHoy!
      But not in Czech, at least not in formal Czech.

    • @baph0met
      @baph0met 2 місяці тому +1

      To nám na Angličtině naopak vždycky říkali ať víc otvíráme pusu, že v češtině jsme zvyklí ji vůbec neotvírat a mumlat. Poprvé co slyším někoho říkat to přesně naopak.

    • @alkemi5522
      @alkemi5522 2 місяці тому +1

      @@baph0met No, my spíš tak jako víc artikulujeme 😅

  • @ToXic606-w4h
    @ToXic606-w4h Місяць тому

    One of the best pronunciations i have seen soo far👍

  • @avmz111
    @avmz111 2 місяці тому +29

    As a German I can confirm that train conductors in Czechia will greet you with "Dobrý den!". Only one time it was "Haló!".

    • @martinskacel7614
      @martinskacel7614 2 місяці тому +1

      Saxon Health "Hallo"

    • @PG-gs5vb
      @PG-gs5vb 2 місяці тому +8

      "Haló" is used as a greeting only in phone calls. When used outside phone calls, it's usually used in order or make oneself be heard, e.g. when you get lost or when you enter some premises and want to find out if anyone is present).
      "Dobrý den" is a formal greeting. When you greet your aquaintances, you use "ahoj" or "čau".

    • @avmz111
      @avmz111 2 місяці тому

      @PG-gs5vb Thanks for the addition. It happened once in the EuroCity train between Dresden and Prague. Each passenger was greeted by the train attendant with "Halo!", "Hello!" and "Hallo!".

    • @saad-t7k
      @saad-t7k 2 місяці тому

      @@PG-gs5vb AS a czech, I never use HAlo. I dont need it.

    • @ElectronekArts
      @ElectronekArts 2 місяці тому +1

      If you are on your way from Germany/Austria and you dont wear socks in sandals, you will ALWAYS be greeted by "Haló!" :D :D :D

  • @efpa7716
    @efpa7716 2 місяці тому +7

    4:20 The wierd marks are called "háčky" (little hooks) and there are also long letters that aren't in the alphabet for (example: á, é, í, etc.). :D

    • @Janka2356
      @Janka2356 4 дні тому

      Yeah and don't forget about letter u => ú , ů (depending if the letter in inside the word or at the beginning) 😁 I love our language 😂

    • @efpa7716
      @efpa7716 2 дні тому

      @@Janka2356 Yeah :D Me too (Even tho its a bit confusing)

  • @Titanium_God
    @Titanium_God 2 місяці тому +27

    W is just saying "double V" 😂 also A E I O U has written versions also as Á É Ě Í Ó Ú Ů

  • @tonikoborny619
    @tonikoborny619 2 місяці тому

    Honestly love that really someone likes this small country

  • @KarczekWieprzowy
    @KarczekWieprzowy 2 місяці тому +36

    Fun fact about Czechs: they are so based that they invented three words, pistol, howitzer, and a word for yeeting someone out of the window, then proceeded to defenestrate a couple of pro-pope administrators in the first (and not the last) defenestration of Prague, had 5 crusades declared on them, fought them all off with a bunch of peasants armed with proto-guns and flails, led by a half-blind and later fully blind general who never lost a battle, who employed a tactic that could be described as a moving fort, which was capable of fighting off the prime knighthood of the Holy Roman Empire, all of this within a 20 years
    They also commonly use Ahoj as a common greeting despite being fully landlocked (Slovaks too), which is the ultimate power-play imo
    edit nvm you got it x)

    • @Daesma999
      @Daesma999 2 місяці тому +4

      Hussites were based during Jan Žižka's reign.. he should check this part of history out. Not many talk about it
      He also basically used tanks to fight them off (but I guess this was already kinda used in the past too..?)

    • @x340x
      @x340x 2 місяці тому +23

      also the word "robot" is czech invention

    • @Daesma999
      @Daesma999 2 місяці тому +5

      @@x340x yup, especially that. We have more, tho. But talking about Hussites.. maybe mention of Dollar could fit the time period..?

    • @DaweSlayer
      @DaweSlayer 2 місяці тому +9

      @@Daesma999 Yes, first Thaler was minted in Bohemia 1520, you're welcome USA.
      (let's call it first global non-reserve currency)

    • @undeadpyxel
      @undeadpyxel 2 місяці тому +4

      And despite being a fully landlocked country, we have won a naval battle (Battle of Lake Baikal) and thus have a stellar 100 % victory rate in naval battles.

  • @lukasburic6796
    @lukasburic6796 Місяць тому

    Omg that R pronunciation is so spot on 👏👏

  • @Freezee
    @Freezee 2 місяці тому +40

    I really really love your videos! You should travel Europe one day, I'm sure many viewers of you can host you in many different countries!

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  2 місяці тому +10

      That’s my dream 🎉

    • @milanhales339
      @milanhales339 2 місяці тому +3

      @@IWrocker South Bohemian Booking host here btw. You're always welcome. Just a few kilometers from Budweis. Free of charge of course.

    • @Freezee
      @Freezee 2 місяці тому +2

      @@IWrocker I‘ll add that I‘m from Bern, Switzerland then, also always welcome :)

  • @Bihika0n0
    @Bihika0n0 2 місяці тому +2

    You did really great with the basic sentences dude! Justbe careful around "děkuji", it has more of the D inthe beggining, not J, but after all that was really great! I was really surprised at your ř, it sounded almost perfect!!! Love from Czechia ;3❤

  • @timmyymmit615
    @timmyymmit615 2 місяці тому +22

    Also common greeting is "čus / čau" (tchus / tchau) commonly used between friends

    • @czechgop7631
      @czechgop7631 2 місяці тому +15

      Bonus info:
      Čus bude pravděpodobně z německého Tschüs, ale Čau bych viděl spíše na italské Ciao

    • @zlatanclovecic1944
      @zlatanclovecic1944 2 місяці тому +2

      @@czechgop7631 Máš recht. Servus! 🙂

  • @vincarkcz6488
    @vincarkcz6488 2 місяці тому

    One thing that suprised me is how well you pronounced the letter "ch" because, I would expect for other peapole to not get it, similar to "Ř" but somehow, you did really good👍

  • @emperor6376
    @emperor6376 2 місяці тому +10

    Well done! 👍
    The letter "Ř" is more or less easy to learn, but there are many words with "R" without vocal, these can be imo more difficult to pronounce, f.e. PRST (finger), SRST (animal hair), KRK (neck/throat) etc.
    you can try this tongue-twister: STRČ PRST SKRZ KRK (meaning stick your finger through your throat)
    or some with "Ř":
    MISTŘE PETŘE, NEPŘEPEPŘTE TOHO VEPŘE (master Peter, don´t pepper this pork too much)
    Greetings from Czechia ♥

  • @zadkomut
    @zadkomut 2 місяці тому

    As a Czech guy I need to say this video made me really happy. And I want to gratulate you how fast you catch up with Ř,č,ž.

  • @SaulTNutts-no6js
    @SaulTNutts-no6js 2 місяці тому +36

    Your rolling r is impressive.

  • @nikkyvorasicka5423
    @nikkyvorasicka5423 2 місяці тому

    That was pretty good actually :) I cant wait for more diving in to the Czech language. I am watching from Czech Republic btw.

  • @maval4537
    @maval4537 2 місяці тому +12

    Congrats, you're really good, man😯👏🏻👍🏻! I had Czech parents, but was born and raised in Switzerland, where we used to speak swiss only, and had to learn Czech from scratch when I moved to the Czech Republic 16 years ago. Mine wasn't as good as your Czech even after two years.
    The only thing that is easier about the Czech language than any other language I know is that absolutely every word is always stressed on the first syllable. Greetings from Prague!

  • @PavelBe860
    @PavelBe860 Місяць тому

    M8 that was actually really good pronunciation and explanation ..! good job.. looks like its time to pack your bags and book trip to škoda and tatra museum...that would really made your jaw drop :-)

  • @radomircita9420
    @radomircita9420 2 місяці тому +12

    Your Czech pronounciation is not half bad for a foreigner! Dobrá práce! Zdravím z Čech!

  • @susenka15844
    @susenka15844 2 місяці тому

    Czech is so hard, I'm surprised because your pronunciation was so good. Many Czechs have trouble speaking Czech, even though it is their mother tongue. Your "Ř" and "CH" were also prety good. You have done good job.

  • @michaleminger4040
    @michaleminger4040 2 місяці тому +4

    Greetings from Czech republic, your pronunciation is very good, I'm impressed! Keep it up, I'm looking forward to more content from Czech Republic :) And if you ever come to the Czech Republic, I'd be happy to give you a ride in multiple Skoda cars, especially in a diesel wagons as you like them :)

  • @katerinarihova5346
    @katerinarihova5346 Місяць тому

    Doing great man! The Ř was really close and I think I will explain it like this to my foreign friends who'd like to try it. You combined the rolling R and Š. Sounded convincing. :) Not even people who've lived here for years can say it. :D
    You got the words correct, but thank you is děkuji (ďekuji / diekuyi), there's the soft D.

  • @jirinovotny653
    @jirinovotny653 2 місяці тому +27

    very decent first Ř!

  • @TorbenS
    @TorbenS 2 місяці тому +3

    So funny to see your reaction Ř and W. Mainly because I could relate. Haha!
    I'm from Denmark, here we have 3 additional letters to the ones in the English alphabet: Æ (Ae), Ø (Oe) and Å (Aa, sounds like the beginning of "always"). Test out Danish, as a lot old-Danish (old-Norse) is the origin of English words.
    In my part of Denmark (south, close to the German border) we have our "own" locale language (Sønderjysk), where the following sentence actually has a meaning: "Æ æ u o æ ø i æ å". In English it would be "I'm on the island in the stream" 😛

  • @michalandrejmolnar3715
    @michalandrejmolnar3715 2 місяці тому +11

    Hello, Im Slovak living currently in Austria, Vienna! Would love to see you in Vienna or Bratislava, where I was born! Czechoslovskia was a thing mainly because of our languages, Czech and Slovak are pretty much intelligible languages, at least we Slovaks are used to consuming media in Czech without translation - books, television, films. Slovaks and Czech I think have also a famous SPG - self propelled artillery called Dana or Zuzana. Something to consider when being into trucks. Ain´t a bigger thing for trucks than carrying artillery!

  • @valkyracat457
    @valkyracat457 Місяць тому

    It was pretty good! You are talented! Many Greetings from Prague

  • @Miccielly
    @Miccielly 2 місяці тому +4

    Finally! Love your videos, greetings from czechia. Your pronounciation was really good, I am now learning spanish and their sounds are similar to some of ours :) Even that Ř of yours was impressive :)
    One correction to your "My name is Ian" would be that you said "jesem" in czech it's just "jsem". And I would like to point out that "Dobrý den" and "Ahoj" aren't really interchangable as first one is formal and is used for people you don't know, using "Ahoj" in that case would be strange or rude depending on person and situation. One good exception I think of is when you are in the boat in river (quite popular summer activity) and another boat is passing by you greet with "Ahoj" even if you don't know each other.

  • @Nicolinka19
    @Nicolinka19 Місяць тому

    you, sir, just earned another subscriber. loved this video, warms my heart someone likes our language and doesnt compare it to russian :)

  • @MaxSupercars
    @MaxSupercars 2 місяці тому +12

    That was a quite good. Greetings from Slovakia. Our language got a lot of common with czech language... 😊

    • @PG-gs5vb
      @PG-gs5vb 2 місяці тому +2

      Yes, but no Ř. You're missing out! 😄

  • @jlie4559
    @jlie4559 2 дні тому

    2:05 that was the most perfect "R" i heard from an american in my whole life as a czech

  • @abbbee3765
    @abbbee3765 2 місяці тому +5

    Wow great job! Ř is unique letter and i believe it is used only in slovenia and czechia :) Small kids sometimes learn the right pronunciation for years .And its cool,that you learned few words. Champ ;)

  • @Paxie18
    @Paxie18 2 місяці тому

    Well done!!! Really impressed with the pronunciation 😊

  • @Luknys
    @Luknys 2 місяці тому +5

    Really good pronunciation, as Czech guy, i like hear czech from you Ian, in past guy named Tady Gavin was learning czech language, but for unknown reason he stopped making videos on YT, But Czech alphabet is just little step, wait until our grammar :)

  • @Penguinecek
    @Penguinecek 2 місяці тому

    Nice man :D Ř is hard for everyone dont worry, even for Czech people its pretty hard to explain how to pronounce it! You did really great!

  • @Togynar
    @Togynar 2 місяці тому +4

    Wow, I must say I'm quite impressed with your pronounciation. Especially your D.. I mean.. Your pronounciation of the letter D really hit as if you were a local in Czechia, although it might seem quite basic, you really nailed the accent.
    Also a little detail, in Czechia we only say "ahoj" to friends and close people, just someone who we address as "ty" (you) and not "Vy" (you, but formally, used to address any stranger, cashier or just anyone who's not a friend), otherwise we always use "dobrý den" or some other formal greeting. We tend to speak to strangers and other random people around really formally so "ahoj" and "dobrý den" are regularly not interchangeable and in Czechia some rude old people might get mad at you and whack you with their walking stick, if you either didn't greet them at all when walking past on the street, or if you said "ahoj" instead of "dobrý den" (fortunately there aren't many of these rude folks anymore).

  • @ProsteJordy
    @ProsteJordy Місяць тому

    As a Czech,I can say that this is really solid pronunciation,congrats!

  • @Kyk_cz
    @Kyk_cz 2 місяці тому +15

    You did great!
    Outside of Ř, the pronunciation with "hook" is simple - a softer letter
    We also have long vowels, with a comma above the letter. a vs á ect like the difference between pronaunce mark and car in eng.
    The advantage is always the same pronunciation of the letters, in this, for example English, is very confusing.

    • @blechtic
      @blechtic 2 місяці тому

      Except that "softer" seems to be at times an "H" and at times a "J". You have to remember which is when.

    • @IQEGO
      @IQEGO 2 місяці тому

      @@blechtic Isn't CH softened H?

  • @hrdinovalinda
    @hrdinovalinda 2 місяці тому

    I expected a bigger reaction to "CH" :D You made it like a boss!

  • @Oprazenysezam
    @Oprazenysezam 2 місяці тому +9

    Zdravím z České Republiky 👋 ( you have good pronunciation ) 👍

  • @F1ZzY.4N1M4T3Z
    @F1ZzY.4N1M4T3Z Місяць тому

    As a Czech person, I think this is much better than speed trying to speak Czech. Good job!

  • @tomscorpion6288
    @tomscorpion6288 2 місяці тому +37

    11 seconds in, I'm hitting that like button. Go Česká republika! :))

    • @tomscorpion6288
      @tomscorpion6288 2 місяці тому +2

      I guess Spanish helps with being able to pronounce Czech CH correctly, I think it's virtually the same as the Spanish one (in Juan, juego etc.). I never thought an American would be able to say that. Ř is hard in theory, but you just have to be as hard on the R as possible (it's not a combination of R and Š/SH).

    • @DaweSlayer
      @DaweSlayer 2 місяці тому

      11s pretty slow for Czech and video about us, shame on you!

    • @tomscorpion6288
      @tomscorpion6288 2 місяці тому

      @@DaweSlayer Sorry! :)

    • @laurascidos9075
      @laurascidos9075 2 місяці тому

      ​@@tomscorpion6288 you didn't do something bad and yes it's true the spanish language helps to pronounce ch.

  • @plaminek98
    @plaminek98 2 місяці тому

    Děkuji za video. Bylo super. Těším se na další video.

  • @aqua3890
    @aqua3890 2 місяці тому +5

    Polish is VERY similar to Chech so as a Polish person I totally understood you. :)
    We actually pronounce the letters the same way accept they we have just a few different letters. In all the words you told, they had just very minor but understandable differences.
    Once I actually met a Chech person abroad. We managed to understand each other by talking in our languages and so we became friends :D.
    There are a lot of minor differences between the languages but in the end of the day everything is quite understandable. It's awesome, right?!

    • @zlatanclovecic1944
      @zlatanclovecic1944 2 місяці тому +1

      Without knowing Polish as a Czech I've spent some time in Poland. The first day I understood some 50% and after few days some 80%, still feeling I can easily go further.
      Of course it's not enough to write poetry in Polish, but more than enough to undestand each other and to talk about things in pretty high level of detail & understanding.

    • @petrfedor1851
      @petrfedor1851 2 місяці тому

      Speaked polish sound understandable if one put bit effort into listening.
      Written look like some demon summoning manual.

  • @Mikomanus
    @Mikomanus Місяць тому

    you nailed it. Even i as a Slovak person, am having difficulties saying Ř correctly , but you made it at first try :)

  • @saad-t7k
    @saad-t7k 2 місяці тому +16

    When I go to a store I usually say Brý den (lazy version of Dobrý den). But when I go to a store where they know me I say Zdravím. Both are formal, but Zdravim is imho a little bit less formal then Dobrý den.

    • @frufruJ
      @frufruJ 2 місяці тому +3

      "Brayden!"

  • @filipbohac3486
    @filipbohac3486 Місяць тому

    man im from czech and the ř wasn't bad at all like u are one of the first people that i heard it say it like that it looked easy so man i'm gonna sub to u rn nice one

  • @matthewparker4526
    @matthewparker4526 2 місяці тому +5

    I'm half British, but I have been living in the Czech Republic for 10 years, and the letter "Ř" is the hardest letter, and I can't pronounce it even a lot of Czechs can't pronounce it and good luck saying "řeřicha" (watercress). At school, it's very thought that about 80% of children struggle with Czech language. Sometimes I told my parents that we should have stayed in England.

    • @VítězslavNovák-u3x
      @VítězslavNovák-u3x 2 місяці тому +2

      Imagine somebody named Gregory Watercress, in Czech Řehoř Řeřicha 😅.

    • @IQEGO
      @IQEGO 2 місяці тому +2

      @@VítězslavNovák-u3x But then he can sign his papers with just cool ŘŘ :D

    • @VítězslavNovák-u3x
      @VítězslavNovák-u3x 2 місяці тому

      @@IQEGO If I was ŘŘ, I'd want to drive only the Řolls-Řoyce 😁.

    • @IQEGO
      @IQEGO 2 місяці тому +1

      @@VítězslavNovák-u3x Ah yes, almighty Řolls-Řoyce for mister Řehoř Řeřicha :D

  • @magnetizer177
    @magnetizer177 2 місяці тому

    pog im so SO happy that someone even mentions czech

  • @Angry_Marthy
    @Angry_Marthy 2 місяці тому +22

    💪Dobře ty ! 😁

  • @Majklovo
    @Majklovo 2 місяці тому

    Well done Ian. I’m a native Czech and your “Ř” was almost perfect.

  • @martintrnak5908
    @martintrnak5908 2 місяці тому +20

    When you answer surprising information with "really, right?" , the Czech will say "fakt, jo?". Which literally translates to "fact, yeah?" It can lead to painful misunderstandings. (maybe it's right, I can hardly speak English without Google)