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Hello and welcome to SoundCzech, where, once a week, you can pick up a new Czech idiom or two through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a tune by the comedian, singer and banjo player Ivan Mládek, called ‘Vysoké Mýto’. ‘Vysoké Mýto’ does mean literally ‘high toll’, but the title of the song actually refers to a small town on the Bohemian-Moravian border. In the song, Ivan Mládek laments that Vysoké Mýto, population 12,000, does not have its own Empire State Building. You’ll find out why in a minute, but first, the phrase to listen out for: ‘jasné

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – our Czech language series in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by Lucie Vondráčková and is called Tenký led – thin ice – which is the phrase to listen out for today.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. With the New Year just round the corner, it might be the right time to check out a few phrases connected with drinking, which is, after all, an important part of most New Year celebrations. We’ll be listening to a song by Karel Plíhal and the phrase to look out for is “namol opilý”:

Hello and welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, our language series which gives you a chance to learn interesting Czech phrases through song lyrics. Today, we’ll hear the song Muzeum by the star singer-songwriter Jaromír Nohavica. It was one of the tracks on his 1993 album, Mikymauzoleum. The phrase to listen for is “noha nohu mine”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – our feature in which you can learn Czech phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the Czech band Psí vojaci (Dog Soldiers) called Nechoď sama do tmy (Don‘t walk in the dark by yourself). The phrase is “zmizet jako pára nad hrncem” - “to disappear like steam over a boiling pot”.

Welcome to this weeks edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn Czech phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is sung by the Eben brothers and is called Já na tom dělám – I’m working on it. And that’s the phrase to listen out for today.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language course, helping you learn new idioms and key phrases through song lyrics. Today we’re listening to a song by Hana Hegerová – the Czech queen of chanson sometimes referred to as this country’s answer to Edith Piaf. The tune is called ‘Potměšilý host’ (which you could translate as ‘the wily guest’) and the phrase to listen out for comes nearly halfway through the song. It goes “slouží službu medvědí”:

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech – the programme in which we explore the Czech language through song lyrics. The phrase that we will look at is “na sklonku” from the famous Karel Kryl song Salome.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll listen to a song by Janek Ledecký with a rather complicated title: “Jediný, co na mě vypadá fajn, jsi ty” or the only thing that suits me is you. The phrase to look out for is “dát ruku do ohně”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series in which you have a chance to learn interesting phrases through song lyrics. Today, we’ll hear a song called “Sklerotická” (Sclerotic) by the Eben brothers, from their 1984 album Malé písně do tmy, or Small songs for the Dark. The phrase to listen for is Spadla klec.