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u/[deleted] · 4 pointsr/czech

As far as books go, the Culture Shock and Culture Smart guides are pretty good. The book From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier Svejk is a deeper dive especially into 20th-century Czech culture, but a lot of the references now are more historical (life under communism, etc.) than applicable to contemporary life.

Broadly speaking, Czechs are proud of their culture, but not in any ostentatious way (outside of cheering for sports teams, for example, they're not really into flag displays like Americans).

People are generally reserved until you get to know them, but then they can be very friendly and generous.

People tend to project a somewhat skeptical, "realistic" view of the world, so some Czechs can be dismissive of "grandiose" theoretical frameworks (feminism, the EU, etc); on the other hand, many Czechs enjoy traveling and appreciate different cultures. Education is highly valued.

Most people aren't religious, and those who are are usually low-key about it. The only time you're likely to hear references to Jesus in a typical day would be when a middle-aged lady exclaims "Ježíš Maria!" or "Pane bože" (which sound much milder in Czech than English).

Many Czechs like to complain, but they also have a great, kind of dark or absurd sense of humor.

A lot of Czechs love nature, gardening, going for hikes, swimming and so on.

I think the biggest mistakes I might see a fellow American making would be labeling the country "Eastern Europe" (it's "Central Europe"), only talking about how cheap the prices are, being too informal in certain situations (i.e. wearing shorts to the opera), bitching about the inevitable cultural differences, and speaking too loudly in public. But Czechs also generally have a live and let live attitude about things (although they might privately grumble), so don't be too self-conscious.

u/mbecile · 4 pointsr/czech

I'm currently using the Czech: Step by Step by Lida Hola (https://www.amazon.com/Czech-Step-Language-English-Speaking-Foreigners/dp/8072004026) I find it very helpful, and if you move there, you'll get to practice a lot. You catch on a lot faster, and you'll get to practice more with your sweetheart. :)

My fiancé and her family are from the Czech Republic and I really love it there, I think it would be so cool to love there.

Velim is a nice quiet town really close to Česke Budějovice. I really liked it there, but I like small towns.

If you want more of a city feel and options, Kolín could be nice, definitely a lot more options of things to do there. Most of her family lives there now, and a few cousins in Prague while they attend University.

Kolín is the opposite direction of Prague on the train tracks, but if I remember correctly, it's closer to České Budějovice.

I'd recommend taking a trip down there and exploring the areas a bit if you have the opportunity, and seeing what you think suits you both best in terms of being close to family (short drive/train ride vs. same town) or you'd prefer a larger setting in a city, but still not too bad for a train ride over.

u/theYword · 11 pointsr/czech

Very sorry to break it to you but there are very few of the mainstream language resources which have czech. Rosseta Stone, Duolinguo, Michel Thomas are all missing Czech despite the fact that it is one language were good resources would be very helpful. The closest I have found for anything interactive is LiveMocha. However its not the best.

In terms of material, there are a growing number of books and other resources but they very much support the traditional way of learning language. Pilmsleur is a good intro course but isn't great for getting into the grammar of the language. This grammar book is good but you'll probably be crying after about 5 pages. There is a good series of textbooks but I can't seem to find it at the moment and the authors do an accompanying series of books/cd's which are designed for beginners reading czech.

If you have the time and money, the courses at Charles University in Prague are pretty good and an immersion in learning Czech is very valuable given the level of distance between English and Czech.

In addition here are some small resources which are semi-useful:
- Little Czech Primer

- Weird American Czech TV course

- Dictionary thats better than Google

- Youtube clips from a guy learning Czech, good for when you need to realise you are not crazy, the language is crazy.

Most of all you should realise that Learning Czech is not like learning French. I have learnt French and Dutch and both were a lot lot easier than Czech. This is because Czech is Slavic and so the grammar is very different so you will be forced to alter the way you construct sentences and vocabulary will be far more distant and new. All this requires more RAM on your part. To make matters worse the resources are limited and Czechs are not very used to teaching Czech as a foreign language or hearing it spoken by a foreigner. Given that Czech contains sounds and grammatical concepts that are not in English it can therefore take some serious work and immersion to really overcome this additional hurdle.

u/redpola · 2 pointsr/czech

Here's a great book on the subject. http://www.amazon.com/Czech-Point-Lucrative-Property-Investment/dp/8090544800

My connection with Nathan Brown is that he's done some work for me, but that was a long time after I read his book and found it very useful in my own process of buying a holiday property in Prague.

A big omission from the book is running costs of such a property, though these are likely insignificant if your folks can afford a property in the first place. :)

u/khoreshtefesenjoon · 1 pointr/czech

Quoting wikipedia for biblical interpretation does not prove your point at all. They don't even source their interpretation besides just quoting Genesis and "all of the land east of the Nile river" is extremely vague. If you want to have a reasonable argument, show me some rabbi's interpretation or some legitimate source that reinforces what you think is supposedly so clear and obvious, other than your own biased and contextless interpretation. If it's so clear and obvious, it must be easy to find some kind of reinforcement for your beliefs? Also your obsession with what Genesis says and not actually interested in what the Torah says is pretty telling, and is pretty much the historic way anti-semites have taken text out of context and at-face-value to portray Jews as evil. You can find examples of your anti-semitic bullshit in any far-right white nationalist forum, including the one on reddit, as well as the classic anti-semite's bible culture of critique by MacDonald. If you read the book, you'll see that he employs your tactics nearly to the T for biblical and rabbinical interpretation.

If you care about bigotry and anti-semitism and not just bigotry towards Palestinians, I would read up some more on it. Your knowledge is sorely lacking, and it's clear you're not aware of the various different foundations of anti-semitism because you seem to be blind to your own perpetuation of it.

Pretty much the exact same way islamaphobes do it with the Koran (Taqqiya, 72 virgins, etc.). It's sad how you don't see how bigoted you are by peddling this nonsense. I'm worried what other bullshit you believe because this is how you critically analyze texts, it really takes your credibility away.

It's hard to find an online source, most of this stuff is written in books and torah commentaries and in the heads of knowledgable rabbis, but this source is pretty thorough and goes through both interpretations and all the relevant sources and is consistent with all the rabbis I've learned this from. The source is apparently from this book

this map and this map detail some of the territory a little clearer.

Now if you want to actually find me some kind of source that isn't your interpretation of a sourceless wikipedia article that backs up your view, feel free.

u/_ovidius · 2 pointsr/czech

Ive never seen any of these elusive mason jars which Ive came across on American recipes for jarring tomatillos and what not. Closest Ive seen is these Ikea sealable jars but they are too expensive when jarring a lot of stuff: https://www.amazon.com/IKEA-202-279-84-Korken-Clear-Glass/dp/B07L33JCTT

We just sterilise normal jars and lids(in good condition) in the oven or with boiling water and use this machine which seals about 9 out of 10 jars if not more.

https://www.kasa.cz/zavarovaci-hrnec-vigan-zh27dgb-cerny-bily/

u/springy · 2 pointsr/czech

There are lots of course books, and many of them are popular, but most of them are not very good in my opinion.


My top recommendation, by far, is this book that will give you a good grasp of the grammar, without being the book being boring: https://www.amazon.com/Czech-Essential-Grammar-Routledge-Grammars/dp/0415287855


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u/infraspace · 1 pointr/czech

I read an interesting book about the experiences of the czech resistence during WW2. It's called The Hitler Kiss

Thats's an expression I'd never heard before but apparently means a bullet to the head. It's in English.

u/ObscenePanda · 1 pointr/czech

And you can get it on Amazon in a real sale even cheaper https://www.amazon.de/Samsung-MZ-76E500B-EU-interne-schwarz/dp/B078WQT6S6 (€70 in time of writing)...

u/Minnie_So_Duh · 1 pointr/czech

I am fairly certain based on a map that was in this [book](https://www.amazon.com/German-Bohemians-Immigrants-Lavern-J-Rippley/dp/0962293148) written about the Bohemian-Germans which immigrated to the same region in the US, and my family is included in this book. This [map](https://i.imgur.com/QE7iPD4.png) was included in that book. I actually did come across the other Načetín, but the one I'm seeking information on seems to match this map better.

u/rozruch · 1 pointr/czech

I have also used James Naughton's Czech An Essential Grammar. https://www.amazon.com/Czech-Essential-Grammar-Routledge-Grammars/dp/0415287855 Though by the time I got it, I was no longer working through a lot of the stuff. I learned some from his old Colloquial Czech https://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Czech-Complete-Course-Beginners/dp/0415161347/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505818609&sr=1-1&keywords=naughton+colloquial+czech which is hardcore but approachable as a revision aid. The former is a reference, and may do some of what you want.