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Ahoj and welcome to ABC of Czech. In today's programme we're be talking to Pavel a student who attended the Summer School for Compatriots in Dobruska. He'll share with us a funny story about learning and speaking Czech in the pub - hospoda.

Ahoj and welcome to the first in a new series of ABC of Czech. I am Heather Bowne and over the next few months, I'll be your guide through some of the intricacies and surprises of the Czech language.

Czechs are going for gold in Athens! Cesi bojuji o zlato! Ahoj and welcome to a special Olympic edition of ABC of Czech. In today's programme we'll learn how to talk about the Olympics - olympiada in Czech, which as you can see is written with a lower-case 'o.'

Welcome to Radio Prague' special Czech language course which looks at idioms concerning wild flora. All that's left for today's lesson are flowers - kvetiny.

Welcome to Radio Prague's Czech language series in which we look at Czech idioms concerning wild flora. Today we take a closer look at wild berries and mushrooms.

Welcome to Radio Prague's Czech language programme in which we explain the meaning of Czech idioms about plants. Today's topic is anything to do with bushes, shrubs and brambles.

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague's special Czech-language series focusing on idioms about wild-growing plants. We've already done trees and their parts, and today we won't go far from that topic - we'll be looking at the words "wood" and "forest" in Czech phrases and idioms.

Hello and welcome to our Czech-teaching series, focusing on farm plants and crops. Today we look at vegetables. The Czech word zelenina is derived from the word zelený, green. All the plants we are going to speak about today are not vegetables, strictly speaking, but they fit best in today's instalment.

Hello and welcome to the last farm-animals episode in our language-teaching series featuring Czech countryside idioms. The only important animals left are poultry - drubez.

Thanks for joining us again in exploring Czech idioms featuring farm animals. Today we look at the pig. Although reportedly one of the cleverest animals, in language pigs are stuck with such unpopular qualities as obesity, disorderliness, dirt and smuttiness - in every sense of the word. Both the word prase - pig, and svinì - a swine, or an obsolete word for a female pig - are terms of offence in Czech. While the former refers mainly to poor hygiene habits and lack of decency, the latter implies dishonourable, disloyal behaviour.