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Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech –Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by Hana Zagorová it is called Biograf Lásky (Cinema of Love)and the phrase to listen out for is “můžeme si lhát” – we can lie to each other.

Hello, and welcome to SoundCzech – part Czech language programme, and in part a tool with which to unravel man’s deepest philosophical queries. Forsooth, today we delve into the most quintessential of them all, as Shakespeare asked, být či nebýt, “to be or not to be” – pondered o’er not only by the poets but also by the band Pražský Výběr in the song Big bít či nebýt.

Hello and welcome to a fresh edition of SoundCzech – our language series in which you can learn Czech words and expressions through song lyrics. Today’s word is usmrkanec – an expression Czechs have for a little upstart, or little snotnose or sniveler. The phrase to look out for is Co si to malý usmrkanec myslí? – what’s the little upstart thinking?! (or who does he think he is) featured in the song O Ferdovi a Mravenci by the pop band Divokej Bill.

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 “Den jako obrázek“ or “A picture perfect day” by the singer duo Hana Zagorová and Helena Růžičková. The expression to look out for is “byl konec s jarní únavou” or “spring fatigue was finally gone”.

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 sung by Eva Olmerová. It is called Boží Den – a heavenly day and the refrain goes “a heavenly day – a gift from Our Lord”. The expression to look out for is “dal nám ho Pán” meaning it was given to us by our Lord.

Ahoj, and welcome to this edition of SoundCzech which this week features both rhyme and reason. The rhyme is provided by the hard rock group Kabát in their song Brouk Pytlík, and reason in the patent na rozum, “a patent on reason”. Have a listen:

Hello, this is SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s very own programme in which you can learn some interesting, if not useful phrases while listening to music. Today’s phrase to listen to is kde nechal tesař díru, or where the carpenter left a hole. This old and rather odd saying appeared in a song by the Moravian band Mňága a Žďorp, released on their recent album, Takže dobrý.

Hello and welcome to SoundCzech, which this week will give you lots of the language you need to know when doing one of the things that Czechs like most: drinking beer. Czechs drink more beer than any nation in the world so there are a lot of words you need to know, beginning with “hospoda”, as sung in the folk song “Ta naše hospoda”, or “That Pub of Ours”:

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 the group Alkehol and it is called Guardian Angel. The phrase to listen out for is “on už mě má plný zuby”.

Welcome to SoundCzech – our Czech language series in which you can learn Czech phrases and idioms through song lyrics. Today, the phrase to look out for is tanec mezi vejci – dancing among eggs in a song of the same name by famous Czech folksinger Jaromír Nohavica.