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People often say that Czech is one of the most difficult languages in the world. An English person, however, might find Czech very hard because the grammar structure and words are very different to English. Our students are mostly English speakers and they know that learning Czech is not always a breeze.
The 30-characters word ‘nejneobhospodařovávatelnějšímu’ is the traditional longest word in Czech language, even though other artificial words can be longer. It means “to the least cultivable ones”.
List of dictionaries by number of words
Language | Approx. no. of words |
---|---|
Ukrainian | 253,000 |
Czech | 250,000 |
Portuguese | 250,000 |
Serbo-Croatian | 241,000 |
In Czech , customary greeting for people who aren’t friends or family is “Dobrý den”. Adressed person replies in same way.
But the language is beautiful. And you should absolutely go for it. You could also try learning Slovak, since it is basically czech with fewer grammatical rules. It is also understood by most czechs since the language is very similar.
A fairly common reason why Czech is said to be a very complex language to learn is its supposedly fantastically complicated grammar. Since Czech has seven cases, that , combined with the singular and plural forms, means that you would have to memorise fourteen different forms of one single word.
ISOLEUCINE. Note the ellipses. All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three -and-a-half hours to pronounce .
10 Longest Words in the English Language Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)
So what’s the word? Wikipedia’s says that it’s “Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl isoleucine” (ellipses necessary), which is the ” chemical name of titin , the largest known protein.” Also, there’s some dispute about whether this is really a word.
The Czechs I know all look like Americans. They vary from dark hair and hazel/brown eyes- but the typical Czech I think is more nordic looking . I think this type definitely have prominent high cheekbones, and more tend to have longer pointed noses. And fuller lips with a wider mouth.
German is a Germanic language and Czech is a Slavic language . – of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which it was part of for 400 years, we have many words that originate from German languages , or which were at least influenced by them.
“ Swedish is the world’s richest language, in fact it’s infinite – and it’s all thanks to compounding. “This is where you plug any old words together to make a new one, like ‘dishwasher’ in English. We thrive on this in Swedish , and even words invented on the spot are completely legitimate.
Table of Contents. Common Ways to Say Sorry in Czech . Promiňte. I’m sorry. Chtěl bych se omluvit. I would like to apologize . Upřímně se omlouvám. I sincerely apologize . Už to znovu neudělám. I won’t do it again. Slibuji, že příště stejnou chybu neuděláme. To jsem nechtěl. Je to moje chyba.
In Czech, the most simple way of saying “Thank you” is: Děkuji. Děkuji is a verb, and the dictionary form is děkovat which in English will be translated as “to thank.” So literally translated, the word děkuji means “(I) thank.”
Basic Czech Phrases YES = ANO (ano) NO = NE (ne) PLEASE = PROSÍM (proseem) THANK YOU = DEvKUJI VAM (dyekooyi vam) GOOD MORNING = DOBRÉ RÁNO (dobrye rano) GOOD AFTERNOON = DOBRÉ ODPOLEDNE (dobrye odpoledne) GOOD NIGHT = DOBROU NOC (dobroh nots) HELLO = DOBRY’ DEN (dobree den)