Vowel-less Czech words - small list of words in czech that have two, one or no vowels

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Paul8 Sunday 29th of May 2005 11:41:29 AM
Vowel-less Czech words - vlk:wolf
smrt:death
zmrzlina:ice cream
scvrklo se:it shrank
čtvrthrst:quarter-handful
There's also a tongue-twister with consonants only:
Strč prst skrz krk.:Stick your finger through your throat.

Axystos Sunday 29th of May 2005 05:54:35 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Paul8[/i]

There's also a tongue-twister with consonants only:
Strč prst skrz krk.:Stick your finger through your throat.[/quote]
I've seen that sentence almost everywhere, when I was looking for online material to learn czech and it's in my learning book as well. Is it such a well-known sentence that everybody uses it?

Neil Sunday 29th of May 2005 07:44:47 PM
- I don't think people actually use it all the time :) , but it's a nice tongue twister!

CzechAdam Thursday 02nd of June 2005 08:11:45 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Neil[/i]

I don't think people actually use it all the time :) , but it's a nice tongue twister![/quote]

We use it quite often but just for fun (it is really funny to listen people saying that, you can tease the people learning Czech with that sentence;). It is most famous Czech tongue twister:). Please note that it is not piece of cake for Czech to say it as well.

mandark Sunday 12th of June 2005 07:45:22 AM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Axystos[/i]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Paul8[/i]

There's also a tongue-twister with consonants only:
Strč prst skrz krk.:Stick your finger through your throat.[/quote]
I've seen that sentence almost everywhere, when I was looking for online material to learn czech and it's in my learning book as well. Is it such a well-known sentence that everybody uses it?[/quote]

Its one we pull on foreigners most often to demonstrate just how taugh it's gonna be ;-)))

Paul8 Sunday 10th of July 2005 12:16:55 PM
- To me, pronouncing that phrase is easy, pronouncing ř is a lot when in the middle of a word. I have no problem with the trill and none with the zh but to combine them is easy, unless there are other sounds around.

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Paul8	Sunday 29th of May 2005 11:41:29 AM
Vowel-less Czech words - vlk:wolf smrt:death zmrzlina:ice cream scvrklo se:it shrank čtvrthrst:quarter-handful There's also a tongue-twister with consonants only: Strč prst skrz krk.:Stick your finger through your throat.

Axystos	Sunday 29th of May 2005 05:54:35 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Paul8[/i] There's also a tongue-twister with consonants only: Strč prst skrz krk.:Stick your finger through your throat.[/quote] I've seen that sentence almost everywhere, when I was looking for online material to learn czech and it's in my learning book as well. Is it such a well-known sentence that everybody uses it?

Neil	Sunday 29th of May 2005 07:44:47 PM
- I don't think people actually use it all the time :) , but it's a nice tongue twister!

Paul8	Sunday 10th of July 2005 12:16:55 PM
- To me, pronouncing that phrase is easy, pronouncing ř is a lot when in the middle of a word. I have no problem with the trill and none with the zh but to combine them is easy, unless there are other sounds around.