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| LuxEtVeritas Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5709 days ago 50 posts - 65 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German, Italian | Message 9 of 63 06 December 2009 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I applaud your choice in studying Czech! One of my favorite countries in the Czech
Republic and having a strong knowledge of the language would be wonderful! I will be reading your logs :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5485 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 10 of 63 06 December 2009 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thank you!!! :D I really love Czech. It can be hard but it is easier to master than some other languages and it is a language that is rich with tradition and colloquialisms. I see you are studying German!!! A very good language to study :). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LuxEtVeritas Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5709 days ago 50 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German, Italian | Message 11 of 63 06 December 2009 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Czech history is just so interesting! There is a strange allure that hangs over cities
like Prague... a kind of mysterious appeal of antiquity- if that makes any sense :D I quite enjoy German, and can't wait to master it. It seems to be a fairly large stepping stone to many other languages. I haven't heard anyone speak Czech in ages, is it very similar to German? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5485 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 12 of 63 07 December 2009 at 12:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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Update on Russian: I have decided to make Russian FULLY apart of my TAC for 2010.
@LuxEtVeritas: I can't wait until I can travel to Prague. That is where I want to immerse. It is one of THE MOST interesting cities in the world. Czech is a Slavic language, and German is Germanic. Since the two countries are in close proximity I imagine the languages may have some overlapping vocabulary. They both have a declension system, although different. German inflects noun specifiers (the, a/an, my, your, etc.), whereas Czech inflects words (ex. sestra= sestru(acc.). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| LuxEtVeritas Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5709 days ago 50 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German, Italian | Message 13 of 63 07 December 2009 at 12:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the clarification, I knew they would be distinct in that one is Germanic and
the other Slovak, but because of the proximity I thought one may have perhaps adopted parts of the other (and vice versa). I actually listened to some Czech on youtube a little while ago just to see, but I couldn't understand anything. I also didn't know that Czech inflects words, which I find interesting. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| shapd Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6153 days ago 126 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Modern Hebrew, French, Russian | Message 14 of 63 07 December 2009 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Prague is indeed one of the loveliest cities in Europe and well worth visiting, but not the best choice for immersion. There are so many tourists that everyone speaks English or German or both and will not be interested in talking with you in Czech. I suggest you read the blog www.fluentin3months.com for advice on how to cope with this and get the most out of your visit. If possible, it would be better to spend some time in a smaller town.
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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5673 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 15 of 63 07 December 2009 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
To be honest, "everybody speaks English in Prague" is only true in the very center of Prague (primarily in the old town). For somebody visiting for a weekend, they may not get outside that area, but anybody on a longer stay or making a second visit may benefit from taking a short walk or tram ride to the just-out-of-the-center parts. There you can find lots of nice sights and restaurants and shops (with lower prices!), and a much reduced number of English speakers. It really isn't necessary to go to a small town to get a "full immersion" experience - you really can and do get that in Prague unless you purposefully seek out touristic places and expat hangouts. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5485 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 16 of 63 08 December 2009 at 7:49am | IP Logged | |||||
That's the thing I like about the Czech Republic. I don't like going to 'tourist' places. I much prefer to do my immersion in some small apartment in a nice, hospitable neighborhood where no one speaks any English whatsoever. I like this about Russia more because there are barely any true fluent English speakers in major cities anyway (according to what I have hear dplease correct me if I'm wrong). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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