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Hello and welcome to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language programme where you can learn Czech phrases through music lyrics. Today’s song is called Králíci (Rabbits) by the hard rock band Kabát. The phrase to look out for is pro srandu králíků – for rabbits’ amusement.

Hello and welcome to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language programme where you will hopefully be taught a useful phrase or two through music. Today’s song is one of my favourites, and indeed a former Czech learning-aid of my own – it’s called ‘Černej pasažér’ by the folk group Traband. Listen out for the Czech ‘dechovka’ or ‘brass band music’ being played in a strangely mariachi way, and also the song’s title: ‘Černej pasažér’.

That’s the band Divokej Bill in their song Čmelák, or bumble bee, singing our phrase for the week: “Not me, I’m a musician”. That’s not the musician just stating the obvious. In Czech, the phrase “Já nic, já muzikant” means more figuratively “Don’t look at me, I had nothing to do with it... pretend I’m not here”, so to speak. Have another listen to Divokej Bill, and look out for the phrase “Já nic, já muzikant”.

Hello and welcome to this edition of Sound Czech, Radio Prague's weekly language programme that introduces you to Czech idioms by way of Czech music. The song today is Šachy, or Chess, by the Nahoru po schodišti dolů Band from their album Wet Laundry. The phrase you're looking for is “jdi se bodnout”.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Sound Czech, a programme in which you can learn new Czech idioms with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is a duet by the Czech evergreens Karel Gott and Lucie Bílá from their 1997 hit album Duets. The phrase to listen out for is “co za lubem máš”.

Hello and welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s very own language programme where you can learn some interesting phrases, and enjoy some interesting music. Today, we’ll hear the song “5 policajtů”, or Five Policemen by the band Jablkoň. The song was featured on their 1999 album Bláznivá. The phrase to listen for is “mít všech pět pohromadě”.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which you can learn popular Czech expressions through song lyrics. Today’s song, called Snad jsem to zavinil já (It was probably my fault), is by the rock band Olympic and the phrase to look out for is brouka v hlavě máš (or brouk v hlavě).

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which you can learn a new Czech idiom or two through song. Today we’ll be listening to Czech household favourite Lucie Bílá sing rock’n’roll, in the form of a tune called ‘Amor Magor’ (more or less ‘Idiot Love’). The phrase to listen out for comes near the end and goes by in a flash – so listen hard. It is ‘je asi slepý jako patrona’

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by Waldemar Matuška and is called Boty toulavý.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can learn new phrases or expressions through song lyrics. Today’s song is called Zubatá by the famous underground rock band Pražský výběr – a group headed in the 1980s by singer and musician Michael Kocáb, now the country’s minister for human rights and ethnic minorities. Zubatá is a Czech slang expression for none other than the Grim Reaper, only in Czech Death is a woman.