Lesson 1 | Exercises

Vowels Pronunciation
Guess the translation of as many words as
1 you can. Check your answers in the video.
Czech Words English Translation
bar bar
hamburger hambuger

banán banana
map
mapa
krem cream
jogurt yogurt
moderní modern
problém problem

T
he Czech language has the same vowels as the English language. The
only difference comes from the fact that each vowel can also be written
with a long sign above it. These long vowels are then pronounced twice
as long.

Normal A E I/Y O U
Long Á É Í/Ý Ó Ú

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 Practice pronouncing long & short vowels.
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Don’t focus on the meaning of the words.
Simply focus on the pronunciation.
A
 Á
 E
 É

bar bar ambasáda embassy balet ballet problém problem
map metro
mapa banán banana metro diskotéka discotheque
Praha prague káva coffe hotel hotel mléko milk
lampa lamp kavárna cafe ne no krém cream
I/Y
 Í/Ý
 O
 Ó

goal
pivo beer víno wine soda soda gól
kino cinema prosím please voda water tón tone
minuta minute moderní modern policie police sólo solo
typ type Londýn london jogurt yoghurt móda fashion
U
 Ú/Ů

jogurt yoghurt sůl salt
kečup ketchup úkol task
unie union dům house

Guess the translation of as many words as

3you can from the previous table. Write
your answers next to the Czech Words.

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 Practice pronouncing long and short
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vocals. Don’t focus on the meaning of the
words, focus only on the pronunciation:
A|Á banán, ambasáda, kavárna, káva
E|É den, krém, problém, lekce, ne, kemp, dezert
I/Y | Í/Ý pivo, víno, prosím, byt, být, policie
O|Ó voda, sólo, soda, gól, móda, policie, tón
U | Ú/Ů kečup, sůl
OU na shledanou

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Homework
1 Without looking back at this lesson, can you
remember the Czech name of these 5
images? Focus on the correct spelling.

bar moda

víno metro mléko

2 Practice the vocabulary in the Memrise

Course.
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