SoundCzech | All stories

Welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which you can learn interesting phrases through song lyrics. Today we will hear a 1986 song “Brejle” by the pioneer Prague new wave band Hudba Praha. The phrase to listen for is “růžový brejle”.

Welcome to a Christmas edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s weekly Czech language course in which you can broaden your Czech vocabulary with the help of song lyrics. Today we’ll hear the traditional Christmas carol “Dej Bůh štěstí tomu domu” or “Let God Bring Good Luck to This House”. The phrase to listen out for is “dát požehnání” or “give blessings”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can pick up useful phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the group Wanastovi Vjecy and is called Velkej první letní den “that great first day of summer”. The phrase to listen out for is “láska bez paroží”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a tune by Iveta Bartosova, one of the most famous Czech songstresses of recent times. The tune is called “Juanita” and the phrase to listen out for is “chvěješ se jak osika”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a song called “Je to blázen” from a Czech musical called Hamlet. The phrase to listen out for is “mít o kolečko navíc”:

Welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which you can learn interesting phrases through song lyrics. Today we will listen to a 1989 song entitled ‘Vysočany-Libeň’ written by singer and poet Jiří Dědeček but performed by an all-girl band called Panika. The phrase to listen for is ‘syn smrti’.

Today’s SoundCzech features a song called Mrholí by the bearded 1960s Czechoslovak pop star Waldemar Matuska; I first heard the cute but likable tune on the soundtrack of the nostalgic 1999 film Pelisky (Cosy Dens). Mrholí means it’s drizzling, or it’s misty. In the song the drizzle reflects the protagonist’s lovelorn sadness.

Welcome to SoundCzech, our Czech-language series through music. In this edition: slang used by young people to describe partying, slang any person in their late teens or early twenties who has ever gone clubbing or to a party in Prague will have used or come across. The song is by popular hip hop group Gipsy.cz.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a song called "Zivot je pes" by Pavel Sedlacek, which was very popular in the 1960s. The title of the song also happens to be the phrase we'll hear today.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague's Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we'll be listening to a tune by one of the most popular Czech bands of the decade - Chinaski. The song's title is "Chatra", which means "the rabble" or "riff-raff" in Czech. And the phrase to listen out for is "pres to nejede vlak".