The first day of the month ''Duben'' is also called ''April'' in Czech language, and it's the day people pull pranks on each other. Usually you make a prank, as silly as you want, and then when people get mad at you, you say ''April'' and most of them have understanding of what's going on.
@@liu3chan Something tells me that he knows what it means. Also its a bad translation, I think, I never heard english speaking people use the term april weather.
I find it funny how you prefer moon names that are named after some god. What I like about Czech names is that they are connected with nature and not with some gods. I like the respect of the old Czechs, with which they named (celebrated) certain periods of the year. By the way, March - "březen" - is pregnant from the word go - březí (but this word is not used for humans pregnacy, only for mammals). THIS is because wild animals mate in October and give birth to young in March. These two months were important periods in a year, because at that time, it was forbidden to hunt in the forests.
The main reason for that is that during "národní obrození" when people mostly spoke german in here, some decided to use only czech and started to come up with absurd words like "nosočistoplena" for paper tissue but it translates to "nosecleandiaper". A lot of those words were taken out of the czech dictionary but some still stay, mostly the nature related ones as czechs we're pretty proud of our nature. Also, english has some silly words too. For example walkie talkie. In czech we call it vysílačka which translates to a transmitter.
For the record in the Czech Republic we spank women with willlow at Easter. That means it's a holiday that can be between March 23 and April 26. And in eastern Bohemia, girls spank boys as well. In some regions a week before boys, in some regions after 12 o'clock on the same day, depending on local tradition. Oh by the way... there's a much weirder holiday in April and YESSSS. I'm talking about the witch burnings.
I'll give you a good hint for Ř. You already know our beautiful thundering R. Just say it with your teeth pressing top-on-top (like you do with S), and it will come naturally as Ř is a combo of S and R.
Almost all the foreighners have a big problem with pronouncing the Ř sound, it is very different from R. Try looking up someone saying this tonguetwister: "tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech" or "byl jednou jeden řek a ten mi řekl, abych mu řekl, kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek. A já mu řekl, že nejsem řek, abych mu řekl, kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek". It is pretty trivial for us, native speakers. But foreigners would probably have to train it for several years to pronounce it. But try saying "dolar,lira,libra, rubl" repeatedly. This is hard for even me as a native speaker. We have pretty hard tongue twisters.
Like, sorry dude, but NO ONE will ever prove to me that August is a better name for month than Srpen... Like, AUGUST is SO DISGUSTING NAME!!! 🤮 But the others are okay, I gues... 😅😂
What are your favourites from the names of the first six months in Czech and English?
The first day of the month ''Duben'' is also called ''April'' in Czech language, and it's the day people pull pranks on each other. Usually you make a prank, as silly as you want, and then when people get mad at you, you say ''April'' and most of them have understanding of what's going on.
Yes thanks, apríové počasí is an interesting one for me as well:)
@@CzechinwithBryan Aprílové Počasí means April Weather.
@@liu3chan Something tells me that he knows what it means. Also its a bad translation, I think, I never heard english speaking people use the term april weather.
Dude educates me about my own language, thats crazy 😂
I find it funny how you prefer moon names that are named after some god. What I like about Czech names is that they are connected with nature and not with some gods. I like the respect of the old Czechs, with which they named (celebrated) certain periods of the year.
By the way, March - "březen" - is pregnant from the word go - březí (but this word is not used for humans pregnacy, only for mammals). THIS is because wild animals mate in October and give birth to young in March. These two months were important periods in a year, because at that time, it was forbidden to hunt in the forests.
Thanks for the info. In the end,Czechs months win this language war!
The main reason for that is that during "národní obrození" when people mostly spoke german in here, some decided to use only czech and started to come up with absurd words like "nosočistoplena" for paper tissue but it translates to "nosecleandiaper". A lot of those words were taken out of the czech dictionary but some still stay, mostly the nature related ones as czechs we're pretty proud of our nature. Also, english has some silly words too. For example walkie talkie. In czech we call it vysílačka which translates to a transmitter.
On May you mentioned Mercury, but what about Brian May? :)
Duben is my favorite. No bias here! Give me that Oak.
Good choice, you're an Oak fan, I like it!
For the record in the Czech Republic we spank women with willlow at Easter. That means it's a holiday that can be between March 23 and April 26. And in eastern Bohemia, girls spank boys as well. In some regions a week before boys, in some regions after 12 o'clock on the same day, depending on local tradition.
Oh by the way... there's a much weirder holiday in April and YESSSS. I'm talking about the witch burnings.
Květen which is May in Czech ... means actually April in Polish ...
I'll give you a good hint for Ř. You already know our beautiful thundering R. Just say it with your teeth pressing top-on-top (like you do with S), and it will come naturally as Ř is a combo of S and R.
pro mě květen, should I add more??the word sound, the time of a year it represents.. and 1. máj😂which means kveten v slovenstine.. ultimate winner🎉
Ok great, good choice!
As Czech i would be soo happy if we got the way Slovaks did with months naming. This one works both ways ... - the gramar/speling
Nice point, thanks for the comment.
Listopad for me.
Listopad is one of my favourites!
@@CzechinwithBryan I was born in listopad. Funny videos, jen tak dál :)
Almost all the foreighners have a big problem with pronouncing the Ř sound, it is very different from R. Try looking up someone saying this tonguetwister: "tři sta třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta třicet tři stříbrných střech" or "byl jednou jeden řek a ten mi řekl, abych mu řekl, kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek. A já mu řekl, že nejsem řek, abych mu řekl, kolik je v Řecku řeckých řek". It is pretty trivial for us, native speakers. But foreigners would probably have to train it for several years to pronounce it. But try saying "dolar,lira,libra, rubl" repeatedly. This is hard for even me as a native speaker. We have pretty hard tongue twisters.
I'm sorry but I don't get it - April wins over Duben because it's blossoming and Květen looses to May because it's blossoming? :) wtf?
Velikonoce are also originally a Celtic festival that was also celebrated in ireland in the past
červen doesnt come from červ
Like, sorry dude, but NO ONE will ever prove to me that August is a better name for month than Srpen... Like, AUGUST is SO DISGUSTING NAME!!! 🤮
But the others are okay, I gues... 😅😂