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Belonging to the Slavic group of languages, Czech has many similarities with Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian, so it is much easier for residents of the CIS to learn it than, for example, for a German or Englishman. This language is not without grace and melody, and the streets of Prague captivate with mysterious legends, which will certainly become clearer as you learn the language.

Czech lessons with Advent EuroConsult

The channel's materials will help you learn the Czech language at an elementary level, starting with the very basics - the alphabet, pronouns and conjugations. The video explains grammar, rules for writing sentences, and much more in a concise and understandable manner. 10 lessons are allocated to conquer the entry level. Knowledge of a foreign language is not required - training is in Russian.

Czech language with Czrepetitor

During lessons, vocabulary and grammar are explained through presentations - elementary level is taught. At the same time, explanatory comments are in Czech, but the presentations are so simple and understandable that even those who do not know the language can safely start the lessons. Course participants will be able to expand their vocabulary, learn to form simple sentences, and also learn correct pronunciation. The channel was created for those who study closely and are simply interested in Czech.

Czech with Elena Shipilova

The listener will find more than 30 video lessons on the channel that will help immerse themselves in the world of the Czech language. Grammar, vocabulary and much more. Charming Elena will tell you about the nuances and subtleties of using this or that word in a sentence.
It’s interesting that the channel’s teacher, in addition to Czech, teaches other languages. By delving into the channel’s archive, you can learn how to learn languages ​​correctly, overcome problems in learning a language, be able to get the correct pronunciation and much more. The lessons are well suited for those who are learning the language from scratch and are conducted in Russian.

Simple Czech

Listening to foreign speech is known to be one of the main problems of a Russian-speaking user. The lessons posted on the channel are designed to correct this misunderstanding - a pleasant audio reading of Czech is so well, simply and clearly organized that you want to start learning Czech without any particular goal. First, the student listens to the Russian version of a fragment of the book, then listens to its translation into Czech.

Czech with Go Study group s.r.o.

Here they will teach you how to introduce yourself, introduce you to the Czech alphabet, teach you how to answer the question “what time is it” and ask “how much does it cost”, introduce you to public transport and help you solve other everyday issues that require you to explain yourself in Czech.

Czech with Kurz Češtiny

The channel contains many lessons for learning Czech. Educational information is provided primarily through high-quality presentations.
The lessons are taught by a native Czech speaker, but explanations are given in Russian with a pleasant Czech accent. Kurtz will talk about the features of learning Czech, introduce you to grammar, warn about the main mistakes that people make when learning this particular language, and introduce you not only to the language, but also to Prague. On the channel you can also find frivolous but interesting videos like “What you shouldn’t shout in Russian in the Czech Republic.”

Czech with LINGVOPORTAL

Studying the Czech language using a textbook with detailed explanations in Czech. The speaker's voice is pleasant, the pace of teaching is calm. The textbook comprehensively covers the material: grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, history of the language and much more are studied. In addition, the authors of the channel offer to complete a full training course posted on the official website. The material is qualitatively commented by the reader.

Czech language with Gennadij Jakimov

The author of the channel, being a professional linguist and translator, will tell you how easy it is to start speaking Czech and introduce you to the country itself and its customs and cultural values. Here you can expand your vocabulary and speed up the process of learning the language, and get the correct pronunciation. The lessons are designed for beginners and advanced users of the language, training is conducted in Russian. All training information is provided primarily in clear and simple presentations.

Anyone can quickly learn a language from scratch to a basic level. All you need is desire and a little of your time. We are pleased to prepare the first Czech lesson so that you can quickly move towards your goal - to enroll in a Czech university.

How to quickly and independently learn Czech?

Czechs respect people who learn their language. The fact is that several centuries ago Czech almost died: German was spoken in the country. I had to try hard to bring it back into use. Nowadays, if not love, then respect for the language is in the Czechs’ blood.

Foreigners who want to study or work in the Czech Republic need to learn the language. To learn Czech from scratch you need to learn to read and write.

This alphabet is not that complicated

A a short a
B b bae
C c tse
Č č what
D d de
Ď ď de
E e short uh

soft e(e)

F f ef
G g ge
H h Ga (G Ukrainian)
Сh ch Ha
I i short and

long soft and

Jj e
K k ka
Ll el
Mm Em
Nn en
Ň ň en
O o short o
P p pe
Q q kve
R r er
Ř ř erzh
Ss es
Š š esh
T t te
Ť ť those
U u short
V v ve
W w double ve
X x X
Y y short hard and

long hard and

Z z zet
Ž ž zhet

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How to write and read words in Czech correctly?

As we hear, so we write! But to follow this rule, you need to know several rules that distinguish Czech from Russian:

  1. Before the vowels e, é, y, ý, the consonants d, t, n remain hard: délka [de: lka] - length, tenor [tenor] - tenor, dýha [di: ha] - plywood, typ [type] - type
  2. Voiced consonants are deafened at the end of a word and before voiceless consonants: krev - blood, polévka - soup, tužka - pencil
  3. Voiceless consonants before voiced ones are pronounced as voiced: prosba [prozba] - request, kdy [where] - when, kde [where] - where
  4. The letter ř is a specific sound of the Czech language, which in sound can be compared with the sounds of the Russian language [рж], [рш]. Pronounced as one sound:
    • ř [rzh] - sonorous. Pronounced before vowels and voiced consonants: řeka, říše
    • ř [рш] - deaf. Pronounced at the end of a word and after voiceless consonants: tři, křeslo.
  5. Pronunciation of consonants before ĕ:
    • d, t, n before ĕ are pronounced softly: dĕti, tĕlo
    • Between v, f, p, b and ĕ an additional sound [j] appears: vĕž [viesh] - tower obĕd [obete] - lunch
    • Between m and ĕ an additional sound [ň] appears: mĕsto [mnesto] - city mĕsíc [mnesi:ts] - moon; month
  6. The consonants [r], [l] form a syllable without a vowel sound. If you pronounce the words mrkev, vlk, krk, an audible sound [s] should appear, and these consonants in the first syllable can also be stressed.
  7. The Czech sound [h] is pronounced like the Ukrainian [g]: had, hrad. In Russian, this sound is preserved in the exclamation “Wow!” The [g] sound in Czech appears only in words of foreign origin: gymnázíum.
  8. The combination zc is read “sts”. Examples: zcela [scela] - completely, zcukernatět [stsukernatet] - sugar up

Let's look at the accent

To deal with stress you need to know 2 things:

  • Fixed stress. In Czech, the stress is always on the first syllable. For example: kakao, matka.
  • Longitude. In some words above the vowels you can see a sign such as ’(čárka). It is placed above long vowels. dobrý den, moderní auto, salám, také, bílý. The sign ˚ (kroužek - [krouzhek]) is used to denote a long ů [ū].

Note that: longitude is more audible in colloquial speech and it can be in any syllable. Because of this, many questions and errors arise. You cannot be guided only by the rule of stress on the first syllable: you need to remember the pronunciation of each individual word. Remember, stress and length can be in one word: stretch out the long vowel and don’t forget about the stress.

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Czech grammar for beginners

Nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns and numerals are mutable. There are many rules and exceptions. We have collected the main basic rules that will be useful and not difficult for a beginner to understand.

Nouns

A noun in Czech is characterized by:

  • Category of gender
  • Case
  • Number
  • Animation/inanimateness, etc.

To determine what gender a word belongs to, you need to look at its ending in the singular nominative case:

  • The masculine gender includes words: with a zero ending - with a hard or soft consonant: student, les, pes, muz, otec, -a, -e, -i’ - nouns that denote male persons. You will learn to define this category when you know the meaning of words. For example, řidiče is a driver.
  • Feminine gender will be words with: ending -a, -e(ě) - sestra, matka, vesnice (village), zero ending (base consonant): noc, kost, postel, pomoc, tramvaj.
  • The neuter gender includes nouns that end in -о, -е(ě), í - kreslo, okno, divadlo (theater), moře, pole, slunce, pracoviště (place of work), čtení.

Personal pronouns in Czech

face singular plural

3 on, ona, ono oni, ony, ona

Já is practically not used in Czech. The pronouns já, ty have short, unstressed date forms. case unit numbers mi, ti (me, you), and vin. case unit numbers - mě, tě (me, you): dá mi, dám ti, zná mě, zná tě.

Cases in Czech

Let's start with the fact that in Czech grammar there are 7 cases, and they are usually designated in two ways - ordinal numbers or Latin names:

První pád/Nominativ kdo? co?

Druhý pád/Genitiv koho? What?

Třetí pád/Dativ komu? What?

Čtvrtý pád/Akkuzativ koho? co?

Patý pád/Vokativ

Šestý pád/Lokál (o) kom? (o) čem?

Sedmý pád/Instrumental kým? What?

All cases are clear and coincide with the Russian language. BUT! Their order is different: after the accusative case comes the vocative, then the prepositional and instrumental. In Czech, the vocative case is used frequently and should not be forgotten.

Never forget verbs

A sentence in Czech cannot exist without a verb. If in Russian we miss the words: there is, to be, to exist, to be, then in Czech this is a mistake. For example: To je obchod. - This is a store.

Conjugation of the verb být

units plural number number

(já) jsem nejsem (my) jsme nejsme

(ty) jsi nejsi (vy) jste nejste

(on/ona/ono) je není (oni/ony/ona) jsou nejsou

For example:

  • Jsem Rus – I am Russian
  • Jsi Čech? -Are you Czech?
  • On je student - He is a student.
  • Jsme turisté - We are tourists.
  • Holky jsou krásne – The girls are beautiful.

The verb mít (to have) is used much more often in Czech than in Russian. Often constructions with the verb mít are translated into Russian as “I have”, “he has”, etc.

Conjugation of the verb mít

past tense

(já) mám nemám měl/a jsem

(ty) máš nemáš měl/a jsi

(on/ona/ono) má nemá měl/a/o

(my) máme nemáme měli/y jsme

(vy) máte nemáte měli/y jste

(oni/ony/ona) mají nemají měli/y/a

Many verbs that end in -at are also conjugated: znát, dělat, vstávat, dát. Example: dělat - já dělám, ty děláš, on dělá, my děláme, vy děláte, oni dělají.

There are many constructions with the verb mít. The most common are mám rád+noun. in the accusative (4) case: Mám rád květiny. — I love flowers; and rád + verb form in the corresponding person: Rád se učím. — I love to study

Note that: The negative particle ne in Czech is always written together with the verb!

Learning the first Czech words

In addition to the rules, it is important to know the words. You can understand Czech intuitively; some words are similar to Russian. But in order to ask about something, ask or thank you, you need to know the basic words.

Even beginners can remember

  • Words of politeness
  • Days of the week
  • numbers

dobrý den [dobrý den] hello

dobré ráno [good early] good morning

dobrý den [dobri dan] good afternoon

dobrý večer [good evening] good evening

ahoj [agoy] hello

nashledanou [nashledanou] goodbye

děkuji [dekuji] thank you

promiňte [prominte] sorry

dobrou chuť [good-hut] bon appetit

dobrou noc [good night] good night

ano [ano] yes

ne [ne] no

pondělí [pondeli] Monday

úterý [uteri] Tuesday

středa [strsheda] Wednesday

čtvrtek [chtvrtek] Thursday

pátek [patek] Friday

sobota [Saturday] Saturday

neděle [week] Sunday

nula [null] zero

jeden [eden] one

dva [two] two

tři [trzhi] three

čtyři [chtyrzhi] four

pět [drinks] five

šest [six] six

sedm [sedm] seven

osm [osm] eight

devět [devet] nine

deset [deset] ten

Funny words are the easiest to remember

Every language has funny words. But for me personally, the Czech language is a record holder. The main thing is that these words are easy to remember and will definitely come in handy in life. Here is my TOP of such words:

barák [barrack] - house

bydliště [bydlishte] - place of residence

lepidlo [lepidlo] – glue

Důchodci [income] – Pensioners

cerstvé potraviny [stale potraviny] - fresh products

chapat [hapat] - to understand

čichat [sneeze] - sniff

děvka [girl] - prostitute

kalhotky [tights] - panties

letadlo [letadlo] - airplane

matný [matte] - matte

mátový [matte] - mint

mraz [scum] - frost

mýdlo [thought] - soap

mzda [bribe] - fee

nevěstka [daughter-in-law] - prostitute

okurky [cigarette butts] - cucumbers

ovoce [ovoce] - fruit

pádlo [bad] - oar

pitomec [pet] - fool

počítač [pochitach] - computer

pohanka [toadstool] - buckwheat

policie varuje [police varuje] - police warn

pozor [shame] - attention

rychlý [loose] - fast

sklep [crypt] - basement

škoda [Skoda] - loss

bydlo [cattle] - life, living

skot [cattle] - Scotsman

šlapadlo [slapadlo] - catamaran

sleva [left] - discount

sranda [sranda] - joke, joke

strávit [strikes] - to spend

stůl [chair] - table

určitě [rumble] - definitely, definitely

úroda [freak] - harvest

úžasný [terrible] - beautiful, charming

vedro [bucket] - heat

voňavka [stink] - perfume

vozidlo [drove] - car

vůně [vune] - aroma

záchod [entry] - toilet

žádný [greedy] - none

zakázat [order] - prohibit

zápach [smell] - stench

zapomněl [remembered] - forgot

zelenina [green] - vegetables

Is Czech a difficult language?

Yes and no! It’s difficult to answer unequivocally. Even the grammar of their native language at school was not easy for everyone. As in any language, there are many rules and exceptions that need to be learned and remembered. It's the same here. At the everyday level, learning Czech is still easier than German, English or Spanish. But to study and work you need to sweat.

Ready! You have started learning Czech 👍 We wish you success. Na shledanou 😃

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Mar 7, 2019 Tatiana

The first thing your “comrades in misfortune” who are already learning it, and (especially) native speakers of this language, will do is say how difficult it is to learn it. Judge for yourself: Czech has seven cases, many combinations of unpronounceable consonants, irregular plural forms, words whose meaning cannot be guessed based on knowledge of other languages, the difficult letter ř to pronounce, just a nightmare!

As a generally optimistic person, I try as much as possible to ignore such unhelpful comments from those who are panicked or desperate. None of these “important” messages motivated me to make new progress in my studies, so I decided to look at them from a different perspective.

Just a few hours after I started learning Czech from scratch, I already found several reasons to say that it is not the most difficult language. First of all, I was pleased to discover that Czech is a phonetic language (with the difference that it is not at all similar to, for example, French, and certainly fundamentally different from English: just try to pronounce though, through, plow, dough, cough the first time without mistakes and time to think). Moreover, verb conjugation in Czech is similar to Latin languages. Since then I have learned to think differently about the difficulties and quirks of language, and perhaps you will find this way of dealing with obstacles interesting. I’m not trying to prove that Czech is “easy”, I’m trying to make it clear that by “getting hung up” on the complexities of the language, we slow ourselves down and deprive ourselves of faith in our own abilities. Fear of failure, doubt and doom to failure are the main killers of motivation, therefore Learn to learn Czech easily!

  • Study Guidelines Based on Personal Experience

An excellent book that has helped me a lot is Czech: An Essential Grammar (by James Naughton, Routledge Essential Grammars). It was recommended to me once, and now I highly recommend it to you (provided, of course, that you speak English). It provides detailed information about word formation (which I will talk about later in this article), and very clearly explains Czech grammar in a straightforward, without unnecessary “water” form. There is no need to waste time on childish pictures and inappropriate examples; the manual explains the very essence of the language with full translations of all examples used and extensive collections of useful new vocabulary in each chapter. I needed a guide that presents the Czech language in the form of facts that are easy to understand and analyzed in detail, so this book was the best for me, but in case you want material offered in the form of lessons, then this book is not for you.

As I always mention, I always carry a phrase book in my pocket. At any time, while waiting for something, I take it out and repeat some words from the dictionary at the end, it is small enough to be able to go through all the words for a certain letter of the alphabet in 10 minutes, and at the same time, large enough to the most necessary words fit in. Phrasebooks published by Lonely Planet helped me cope with several languages, so the Czech phrasebook was of great use to me.

If you prefer to study in front of the computer, there are a number of sites that can help too! Slovnik.cz has a very detailed dictionary, but sometimes it gives too many translation options for simple words without contextual support, so I personally prefer the good old Wordreference’s Czech dictionary. I also found some excellent blogs, including Czechmatediary, which is written in both Czech and English by native Czechs living in the US.

  • Czech vocabulary and its patterns

When you learn French, Spanish, etc., you come across a lot of unfamiliar words. Since Czech belongs to the Slavic group of languages, be prepared to encounter many words similar to those in Russian.

Fortunately for us, Czech does not consist of hundreds of thousands of unique words, each of which will have to be memorized separately. In fact, there are a fairly limited number of basic roots, prefixes and suffixes, most of which are attached to each other according to consistent and logical rules that are easy to remember. Let me show you with an example what I mean.

Let's take 4 prefixes: v, vy, od And za(all except vy, are also prepositions) and add them to the root morpheme chod which comes from the verb chodit, go. The pretext itself v, like the prefix, means "into", so when you come across something that literally means "to go into", "to enter", you get vchod - entrance. Vý/vy means exactly the opposite, so východ - exit. Od, essentially means "from", so odchod - departure, departure, departure, departure.

You will quickly realize with relief that a huge number of Czech words are formed using a small number of prefixes added to the root, and many of them have completely logical meanings. Therefore, learning new words sometimes becomes the study of not new words at all, but words that are already quite understandable.

Although some examples require a little imagination, they still do not lose their logic if you have developed this same imagination. Let's take the prefix za in combination with chod: za can mean “behind/behind”, that is, for example, going behind the scenes, going out of sight. So, imagine: if you apologize and want to disappear from view for a while, in other words, go away, you go... to the toilet! Although all the signs in Czech say toaleta, in everyday conversation this word sounds strange, since most people, when referring to the toilet, say záchod! Yes, I know I'm going a little overboard! But you have to agree that I’m not just pulling a logical connection by the ears, this is a really interesting and memorable image! This is one of the effective and simple mnemonics that allowed me to learn thousands of Czech words with almost no effort.

In fact, the prefix + root combination is at the heart of language and actually gives you words exponentially. So, if you understand the meaning associated with the basic prefixes do, na, nad(e), ne, o(b), od(e), pa, po, popo, pod, pro, pře, před, při, roz, s(e), spolu, u, v( e), vy, vz, z, za, you can combine at least half of them with, say, ten basics. Thus, by learning just 10 new words, you get 10x10=100 words thanks to all the possible combinations!

When you add knowledge of suffixes to roots or prefix + root combinations, it is incredibly helpful in understanding a huge number of words without the headaches of trying to remember each word individually. For example, the suffix , meaning a person associated with the meaning of the root, and the word lek - medicine combined give lekař- doctor. "Film" in Czech will sound the same as in English, but filmař means the person making the film, ryba- it's a fish, but rybář- this is already a fisherman, and so on. A vast number of words can be broken down into logical components, so learning prefixes and suffixes provides a wealth of insight into language.

  • Czech grammar is not so scary at all

When I was told that each word has 7 cases with different variants for singular and plural, I was concerned that I would have to learn 14 “words” for each individual word. But this is not the case. All we have to do is change the ending of the word (in most cases we just need to change one vowel to another, and all other changes follow stable rules, such as "h" changing to "z"). It takes a little getting used to and remembering when you need to change “o” to “a”, and which case to use in which construction. But if you do enough exercises, communicate directly with Czechs, and make mistakes in declension from time to time, they will correct you, and - believe me - you will remember it. You can definitely get used to this!

In fact, after a while it will become very natural! This may be annoying at first, but try to look at it from the language side. I'm so used to using Czech cases that now it even annoys me when people use Czech words Praha in English instead of English Prague without its declension! You can't tell in Prague(in Prague) or to Praha(to Prague); it's obvious that it will be in Praze And to Prahy!

You can object to me that it’s not easy to “fit” all this in your head, but let’s compare it with other languages: Czech did not manage to surprise me with its difficulty regarding many nuances, inclination of nouns in particular. Irish, for example, has genitive and vocative cases, and when we change a word, we change both its ending and its beginning. In Czech, only the ending changes, but the rules are quite stable.

In French, you simply cannot use a noun without adding an article, which also requires knowledge of the gender of the word. There are no definite or indefinite articles in Czech. Moreover, in Czech there is a grammatical gender, but the gender of a word is easy to determine: almost always a noun ending in a consonant will be masculine, the ending “a” is inherent in the feminine gender, and “o” is the ending of the neuter gender.

There are exceptions, but they are fairly obvious and understandable. There are three genders, but remembering which gender of a noun is quite easy, especially compared to languages ​​like French, and, as I recall, German, which has much more complex gender endings, association rules that seem much more disordered.

  • The right attitude when studying is the key to success

There are no difficulties in Czech that you cannot overcome. Consonant clusters cause quite a lot of difficulties, but in Czech some consonants can behave like vowels. When you are focused and dedicated enough to the language, these “strange sounds” will very soon turn into words. Children learn this language all the time, so there are no excuses for a smart adult like you!

Of course, this post can be countered with a whole list of reasons why Czech is difficult, but why bother yourself with doubts once again? In addition to these helpful study tips, it is important to work with and continually access new sources of information.

Literary Czech can seem both expressive, imaginative and difficult to learn. But if your goal is precisely, then there is nothing that would prevent you from achieving it. I challenge you to find more evidence for yourself that it is simple than to tell me I'm wrong. Give this language a chance and prove to yourself that you can actually speak Czech quite easily and quickly.

Děkuju (Thank you) Czech, it was a real pleasure to teach you!

In learning any foreign language, not only theory is important, but also “correct” language practice. Moreover, we are talking not only about speaking practice in the classroom, but about connecting all areas of our lives to the process of “language absorption.”

Prague Education Center shares tips on how to effectively learn Czech not only in class.

Watching TV series and films in Czech is an excellent method of learning the language. Czech “voice acting” with Russian subtitles will be the most rational start. We recommend starting with films and series that you have already watched in your native language.

Don't be upset that at first it may be difficult to understand the actors' speech, and you will have to look more at the subtitles. Soon the process will start to “work” and you will receive a whole bag of additional colloquial phrases, slang and correct pronunciation.

Where to watch: Youtube, “films in Czech” VK groups, cinemas.

2. Change the language of the OS and mobile applications

How many hours a day do you use your computer or smartphone? By changing the language of your operating systems and applications, you can easily learn new words, especially technical terms. The number of words may seem insignificant, but you will not even notice how you will remember many new and quite complex concepts. We don’t put it off until later, we do it right now:

iOS: Settings - General - Language and region - iPhone/iPad language - Čeština
Android: Settings - Language and input - Language - Čeština

3. Communicate more with native Czech speakers

Meet people, communicate, be open! Make new Czech friends: in real life or online.

Prague, like other student cities, has great potential for dating and networking. Attend as many useful events as possible: exhibitions, galleries, forums and your “friend book” will be steadily replenished with new interesting people.

Correspondence in instant messengers is a great way to learn spoken Czech and improve your grammar.

Rule No. 1: don’t be shy and don’t worry about possible mistakes, very soon your grammar will be perfect!

4. Sign up for group classes at a sports club

Sport is not only good for the body and spirit. This is great language practice! Try to sign up as soon as possible for a sports club that offers group classes and lectures. Believe me, sport really unites and helps you find new friends among the “locals”. From ballroom dancing to powerlifting, from chess to crossfit - in the Czech Republic you will find a huge offer of sports clubs and sections.

5. Read books in Czech

A very effective way, because unlike boring educational texts, you are involved in the plot of the work, simultaneously expanding your vocabulary. We recommend starting with children's books in Czech: the difficulty level of such texts is moderate, and you can progress from book to book without much difficulty.

6. Radio, podcasts and audiobooks

While going about your usual activities, you can continue to study, be it a morning run, a walk around the city, or a regular evening at home. Radio, podcasts and audiobooks in Czech are perfect for these purposes. The logic of this method is similar to books - you are involved in the process and can choose the complexity and topic of the material. And even though it may be difficult to perceive information by ear at first, as you progress you will begin to better understand the intricacies of Czech speech.

Tune in to the “right wave”. Top Czech radio stations: Spin radio (hip-hop), Europa 2 (international pop), KissFM (pop).

7. Learn on the go

Make the most of the time you spend in queues and on transport. Even a small portion of a podcast you listen to or a portion of a book you read will undoubtedly have an impact on your knowledge. Also, be sure to download educational language games and applications; daily exercises will soon bear fruit.

8. Download the PEC QUIZ app

The application makes it possible to learn the Czech language in a fun way, offering different levels of difficulty. In addition to the obvious benefits of constantly repeating the material covered, the leaders of the in-game rating are awarded monthly prizes for excellent knowledge. Learn new words every day and compete with your friends. The application is available for Android and iOS.

To receive free education at universities in the Czech Republic, language proficiency at level B2 is required. Every person who wants to become a student at a prestigious university faces the question of how to quickly learn the Czech language and how realistic it is to achieve good results within a year.

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offers everyone from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries preparation courses for studying at universities in the Czech Republic, including language teaching. Our many years of experience will allow you to master all the subtleties of speech and learn to listen to lectures, communicate and write fluently in Czech.

Ways to learn Czech

Czech is part of the group of Slavic languages. It is similar to the Russian and Ukrainian languages, but at the same time it has its own difficulties and features. They consist in differences in stress, grammatical structures, differences in the meaning of lexical units that sound similar.

Establishing correct pronunciation is of great importance. Phonetic errors and distortion of words lead to misunderstanding and difficulties in communication. In addition, when learning the Czech language, you need to master writing and reading the Latin alphabet.

Learning the Czech language requires a lot of hard work and attention, systematic hard work, and daily practice in communicating with teachers and other students. What are the ways to learn this language?

  • On one's own
    You can purchase tutorials and other language aids and start learning on your own. This method requires minimal financial costs, but it is ineffective. You will need a lot of time and effort to understand all the grammatical, lexical and phonetic subtleties. You will not always be confident in your correct understanding of the peculiarities of the language, and you will not be able to actively and fully communicate with other students.
  • Online courses
    This is a more effective method of learning a language. There is a large selection of courses online that will help you do a lot of exercises, expand your vocabulary, and even chat on Skype. You can choose a teacher from any city and study in comfortable conditions, without wasting time on travel.
    But online learning also has significant disadvantages. A teacher located far away cannot always give you maximum attention and you will lack the experience of live communication, which is very important when studying at a university.
  • Czech language courses at your place of residence
    Have you found Czech language courses in your city? You can be congratulated, because the Czech language is not as widespread as English. Many people who want to master this language have to travel to a neighboring city, which leads to chronic fatigue and reduced learning efficiency. In addition, you cannot always be sure that your teacher is sufficiently professional, and finding a native speaker teacher is an even more difficult task.
  • Czech language courses in Prague
    Learning a language with native speakers in the capital of the country is the best solution for those who have serious goals of obtaining a quality education. At the Educational Center Association (ECA), you study the Czech language in Prague together with native speakers who have extensive experience in teaching and live communication.

What difficulties can you encounter in learning?

Despite the fact that the Czech language is not the most difficult for the Russian- or Ukrainian-speaking population, learning it can cause certain difficulties, namely:

  • insufficiently developed listening comprehension and understanding of the interlocutor;
  • poor vocabulary, inability to select the necessary lexical units when speaking;
  • difficulties in constructing sentences, inability to express one’s thoughts and judgments;
  • strong accent making it difficult to understand;
  • fear of speech errors, a psychological barrier that prevents free communication.

These and other mistakes and difficulties can be easily overcome if you study speaking practice by enrolling in Czech language courses in Prague. In a relatively short time, you will master the necessary base and overcome the fear of mistakes and the feeling of self-doubt.

We will help you succeed in Czech

We offer a large selection of programs for learning Czech throughout the year. They all involve intensive language and speech practice in listening, reading, speaking and writing. You will receive the necessary skills to successfully pass entrance exams and enroll in the best specialties of leading universities in the Czech Republic.

Annual Czech language courses at the Association Educational Center they provide excellent practice for training grammatical structures, mastering and using lexical units, developing phonetic skills, and listening comprehension. Thanks to our programs, you will learn many useful and interesting facts from the history and culture of the country.

Czech language courses in Prague help to quickly and effectively overcome the language barrier, increase motivation in learning, and arouse interest in further deepening and improving acquired skills. Being in a natural language environment makes language learning lively and very effective, and the creative, friendly atmosphere of classes makes them educational and exciting.

Already hundreds of graduates of our center are successfully acquiring knowledge at the best universities in the Czech Republic. You can become one of them if you fill out an application on the site.



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