The good news is that almost 11 million people use Czech cases correctly. And these people all learned to do so as kids. If 11 million Czech children can learn to speak correct Czech by instinct, so can you! Mastering Czech grammar is not something you archive in 3 months, however. How to ask people whether they speak a particular language, and to say that you do. This is perhaps the kind of question other people might ask you, and it's useful to be able to understand it and to have an answer prepared. Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, m = said by men, f = said by women, >m = said to men, >f = said to 10. Listen to native English speakers (try to!) speak your language Whether your mother tongue is Czech, Spanish or Turkish, the chances are, you have spoken to a native English speaker who has learned to speak it and you’ve thought “hmm… that doesn’t sound quite right”. In Prague all the tourist spot attendants and waiters speak English. All the little gift shops, trinket stores, Starbucks and cab drivers speak English. Everyone in the tourist areas knows enough English to help you buy whatever they are selling. The only people who do not speak English are the police officers, so if you are in trouble make 1) Zmrzlinovy Pohar – A glass with fruit and ice cream. 2) Palacinky (palachingky) – On it’s own it is just a pancake but “palacinky s ovocem a zmrzlina” turns it into a pancake filled with fruit and ice cream. 3) Kolac – (kolaach) Cake. 4) Jablecny zavin – (yab-bletchnee zaavin) Apple Strudel. If you’re taking learning Czech seriously, and want to learn Czech fast, free and online, you might grab a Czech grammar book or learn online (which is way more convenient). Seriously, learning a new skill has never been easier. Just grab your phone and get to work! CzechClass101.com will make learning Czech easy, exciting, and fun. With us In English, we say the way to a man (or a woman’s) heart is through his or her stomach. The Czech saying goes like this: “Love comes through the stomach” ( Láska prochází žaludkem ). You can also say “I love you so much I could eat you” ( Miluji tě k sežrání ). Famous people born in the Czech Republic include: Martina Navratilova and Ivan Lendl (tennis pros), Milos Forman (film director), Sigmund Freud (psychologist), Oskar Schindler (of Schindler’s List fame) and Petra Nemcova (supermodel). 8. Be careful not to call Czechs “Czechoslovakians”. Vm0690.