We've been in Prague for about a week now. Part of that time was spent in Dresden, Germany.
While here, I've been picking up a little bit on the language. Such as (and this will all be spelled wrong because a) I can't spell in Czech; and b) Czech is a language in need of vowels):
Do-qui = thank you
Dobra Dan = good day
Yahodi = strawberry
Pomahrahnj = orange (the kind you eat)
oranjava = orange (the color)
Proseem = please
Haski Dan = have a nice day
Ananeece = pineapple
Babuchka = grandma
Audabuchda = turn
These last two sound almost identical when heard on a Garmin. So the joke around here has to do with me and those words.
Most = bridge
Hora = mountain
When we were up in Dresden, some of the German words were coming back to me from my last trip there a few years ago:
Guten Tag = good day
Guten Morgan = good morning
Bitte = please
Chooss = good bye
Konig = king
We left Dresden yesterday (on a really nice bus that puts some airplanes to shame) and arrived back in Prague and the house around 10:30. I went to bed at 11 and was looking forward to sleeping in, which I did. In the morning, in my semi-awake and drowsy state, I said, "Guten morgan" to Monika's mom. And then I realized what I had said, and said, "Oops ... Dobra Dan."
Yep, that's me .... your typical trilingual world traveler.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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1 comments:
Czech is Russian's cousin so I can read some of it. I've heard it's the most difficult Slavic language. Sounds that are so hard that some Czechs can't say them right.
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