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In view of the upcoming Czech presidency in July 2022, two Czech colleagues, who are also Bohemists (experts of the Czech language), present the phonetical and other subtleties of the Czech language. For instance, strč prst skrz krk – put your finger through your throat – is a sentence without any vowel! You can even tell a whole story without vowels. In grammar, there is an abundance of declension and conjugation forms. On the other hand, it is a Western Slavic language, which is quite easily understandable for Polish and especially Slovak speakers. In fact, Czech and Slovak are so close to each other, that intercomprehension (every interlocutor speaking his own language) is no challenge.
In view of the upcoming Czech presidency in July 2022, two Czech colleagues, who are also Bohemists (experts of the Czech language), present the phonetical and other subtleties of the Czech language. For instance, strč prst skrz krk – put your finger through your throat – is a sentence without any vowel! You can even tell a whole story without vowels. In grammar, there is an abundance of declension and conjugation forms. On the other hand, it is a Western Slavic language, which is quite easily understandable for Polish and especially Slovak speakers. In fact, Czech and Slovak are so close to each other, that intercomprehension (every interlocutor speaking his own language) is no challenge.