Living in Prague: The Czech Language

Having an awareness of the local language will not only enhance your experiences but also be a rewarding way of delving into the local community. Your new neighbors and friends will relish your effort and encourage your in roads as you progress. There are many, many language schools to assist you and help you learn in a way that is suitable to you. Although Czech is well known for its complicated form, do not be put off as just the basic vocabulary and grammar knowledge will benefit you. For more information on good language resources see below. Be a part of our Prague expat community on facebook: www.facebook.com If you are an expatriate, you will definitely enjoy our city guide videos www.expateye.com Move One is dedicated to providing seamless services for all aspects of international relocation. We offer door to door moving, fine art shipping, pet transportation and personalized relocation assistance (including but not limited to home search, school search, settling-in and immigration services) To learn about our services, visit our website www.moveoneinc.com For interesting news from the industry, visit our blog www.moveoneinc.com
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22 thoughts on “Living in Prague: The Czech Language

  1. FAA43

    Yeah, you’ll get by in many places with English, but there are times and places when local language in any part of the world is crucial. Like in hospitals. Try explaining that you need painkillers after a surgery or you have abdominal pain without knowing anything about the local language. The older generation of nurses/doctors will probably just nod and won’t pay much attention. Learn local languages. It’s common courtesy.

  2. tomasmalin

    Tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříká přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech. 😀

  3. SanoRodriguez

    or something like that: Prd krt skrz drn, zprv zhlt hrst zrn. Or: Petr Fletr pletl svetr. Pletl Petr Fletr svetr? Svetr pletl Petr Fletr. And try to pronounce it quickly.

  4. steviemack1984

    im learning to speak czech, first word i learnt was pica, not a nice word in czech but its used alot in english lol

  5. NicoleEivissa

    Yeah the people in CZ, in banks, shops…you almost don’t meet people who REALLY know English, even if they do, they just don’tt want to speak! I wish people there were more open to speak with foreingers, to be more polite to them! I’m Czech, have Greek friends there who speak both Greek and English and also some Czech…all the time I can hear of them bad experiences with English in shops etc.

  6. jpwillia30ge

    Thank you so much. This was very informative. As an American, it’s difficult to get papers to work legally in the EU, so I was considering getting a trade license to teach English. Don’t know where the chances lie there, though.

    BTW, isn’t it called Slovak in lieu of Slovakian?

  7. saiien2

    @mypeja, yes we have some words from german, but it´s not similar with german, and with russian? Yes czech is a slavic language as russian, but we have some similar words with russian, but they are similar only in speaking, they mostly means something different. For example: Krásný means beautiful in czech and Krasnaya is russian word but it means red. These two words are similar in speaking but they´re completely different. Czech is mostly similar with polish than russian.

  8. mypeja

    You are wrong about the origin, Czech language does not come from Serb because Czech is older than Serbia and also has a little to do with Russian. It is a Slavik language but it also have a lot of German letters and pronanciations.

  9. HayItsEm

    Im Alot of Czech and german. then a bit of brittish, irish, n swedish. I love speaking czec around my friends no one i know knows czech!! but me!!! ih <3 jak ih can speak czech :DD

  10. l1nhs

    I”m living in Prague for 8 months, and I cant say Prague people dont understand english so much..Even in central district

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