My Finnish friend struggled with the Czech word "sluníčko" (aurinko in Finnish). She was able to say "slunce" pretty well but there's a catch in sluníčko for her. :)
English words or inventions come czech: Robot - invented by writer Karel Čapek for his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), was derived from the Czech word robota, meaning manual labor. Polka - the term for the traditional Czech dance (possilby) comes from "půlka", meaning half, referring to the tempo. The exact etymology is debated (it might also be named after the term for Polish people, Polák). Kolache - the traditional Czech pastries, from the Czech word "koláč", may not be as well known throughout the English-language world as some of the other words on this list, but they’ve been surging in popularity in southern US states recently. Howitzer - though Germanized, the term for this piece of field artillery comes from the Czech word "houfnice", which dates back to the cannons used in the 1420s Hussite Wars. Pistol - the general English-language term for a handgun or type of handgun comes from the Czech word "píšťala", which again dates back to the Hussite Wars and refers to one of the earliest examples of a firearm. Semtex - the plastic explosive was originally created for use by the Czechoslovak military in the 1960s. It's named after city SEMTín and company EXplosia. Pilsner - the term for this particular style of beer comes from Pilsner Urquell (Plzeňský Prazdroj), the world’s first-ever pilsner-style lager. Tunnelling - not in the literal sense, but when used as a term for financial fraud the word most likely dates back to Czech origins in the 1990s, when newly-privatized companies went bankrupt after management transferred assets to their own personal corporations. Pram - from Czech "prám", a flatbottomed boat Absurdistan (in Czech Absurdistán) - word created by Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly through works of Václav Havel. Lighting rod - not only Benjamin Franklin, but also Czech Prokop Diviš, an inventor, priest, scientist and theologian, came up with the lighting rod. Methamphetamine - known as "Meth". Well, czechs are good in drugs of any kind. Nanofibers - defined as fibers with diameters less than 100 nanometers. Also nanofibres are the Czech patent. Sobering-up station - by Jaroslav Skála He was a Czech psychiatrist, fighter against alcoholism.
Great effort on the Dutch pronouncation! Here in the Netherlands, Pat and Mat are quite popular. But their names are translated as ‘Neighbour and Neighbour’, and we are the only country that gave them spoken lines. So not many Dutchies know that Pat&Mat are actually Czech.
Well... in fact Poles made Pat & Mat talk about decade or two earlier (I knew th video long before it appeared on youtube)... But(!) it is quite... inofficial... dabbing. :D See for yourself: ruclips.net/video/Hmn22D7RD0Q/видео.html
I've recently heard a story about that. Basically when they tried to sell this cartoon outside the country, they were told that it wouldn't hit with the audiance that much unless the characters were dubbed. I find that baffling as it's like trying to dub the original Charlie Chaplin movies. It was made as a pure silent slapstick comedy with an excellent use of music, both portraing emotion really well. It's almost universal language and should work really well internationally without modification. Can't imagine who came with this stupid idea. Like for example an other popular silent Czech cartoon Krteček (Little Mole) which is doing suprisingly well in Asian countries.
Martin Vendl I love Krteček! Actually, I am slightly obsessed with Czech animation lately, and Krtek/Krteček is one of my favorites. My mom and uncle watched it on German television when they were kids, but it might have been aired on Dutch television as well.
@@LittleBulleteye Krteček... I have met French young children being big fun of Krteček. Because their parents appreciated it as smart, non-violant children stories. But they thought it was from Poland! I was honestly horrified by this faux-pas! :D
Psychological pricing (to be more specific - using prices such as 9 Kč instead of 10 Kč, 99 Kč instead of 100 Kč and so on) is also something that was first widely used by a Czech manufacturer of footwear, Tomáš Baťa. It's called baťovská cena (Baťa's price).
Těch vynálezů je celá řada, třeba Hromosvod (Prokop Diviš), základy genetiky (Gregor Johann Mendel), Semtex (teď myslím výbušninu podobnou C4, ne drink)...
Taky Ruchadlo, oblouková lampa, patentka, polarografie, SILON (nylon). Co dnes téměř nikde nemohu najít, je geniální verzatilka Lékařství: priessnitzův zábal, Jan Jánský - objev krevních skupin, Milan krajčík - umělé cévy, Antonín Holý - antivirotika působící i proti HIV.
Ok, milions of Czech people are here. I would be more interested in reactions from other countries (Americans especially), especially in this particular topic. It would be interesting to hear from them how surprised they would be. Kudos to you btw
I’m American married to a Czech from Plzeň. I am surprised at a couple of the items on Jen’s list but not all. Czechs are incredibly intelligent people. Frugal and interesting if a bit dour-appearing at first.
@@lukasloukota8352 I love the Plzen trams! I love the public transit system throughout Czech Republic as a whole. Extremely clean, efficient, cost-effective, and it just simply works extremely well. I love the Czech culture and hope to move there some day! It's a dream of mine to live in the center of Europe in Czech Republic! I love it there so much! Yes, I understand that many foreigners basically insult Czech culture by comparing it to other countries. Most of those people are probably people that don't travel much and don't have a larger world view and therefore don't respect other cultures.
@@bubblespink1989 ? Ano. Pepa to napsal i nekreslil, muj koment narazel na skvele udelanou scenku kdy Josef, ktery zrovna pise/kresli P&K a dava radu Karlovi ohledne slova robot. Mozna jsem mohl pouzit vyraz blew my mind ,ale to uz je ted jedno.
It is very obviously based on ‘net’. The word ‘web’ seems to have many meanings, but hardly any of them can be expressed in Czech as ‘síť’, apart from a rather inaccurate reference to the WWW. On a sidenote, there is no Czech word specifically for ‘network’ ; we just have to say ‘net’ (síť).
On second thoughts, if I were asked to say “síťovka” in English, I would probably go for “mesh bag”. “Net bag” sounds awkward to me, though it seems to be used enough by native speakers too, along with “mesh bag” and other options, such as “string bag” (which does not always refer to síťovka, however).
@@marekj1100 Víš o tom, že slovo „web“ je anglicky „pavučina“, že jo? Tedy pojmenování síťového prostoru www "web" vychází právě z připodobnění k husté pavoučí síti, neboli k pavučině. Svým způsobem je umělá síť napodobení pavučiny, takže se to dá zaměnit.
@@CZghost, vlastně nevím, proč mi to píšeš, protože tím nerozporuješ, co jsem napsal výše… Nicméně ke slovu „web“… taky jsem si myslil, že je to prostě „pavučina“, a pak jsem se podíval do slovníku… Takže ne, není to opravdu pavučina. Nejpřesněji pavučina je „cobweb“. „Web“ je prvotně „tkanina“; to slovo souvisí se slovesem „weave“, tkáti. Jenom se tak v angličtině běžně říká i pavučinám, a ještě lecčemu jinému. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/web
Hey Jen, about those thalers :) Europe in the 16th century wasn't a collection of city states without currencies, and Count Schlick surely didn't make the thalers by himself. In fact, minting coin without a commission from the King was a very sure way to get executed. The thaler became popular across Europe mainly because of its stable quality. The ratio of silver in coins was a big issue (it tended to be diluted with cheap common metals) but the thaler had a reputation of being "solid", therefore becoming the got-to coin in international trade.
@@vlastimilvasicek4829 ceskoslovensko jsme byli opravdu bezvyznamnou sobu v nasi,ceske historii. tak,nevim proc to fuer zminujete jako by to bylo tisicilete obdobi..
@@davidjanac3030 Tak keď opomenieme fakt, že veľká časť Slovákov a Čechov čo teraz žijú sa narodili práve v Českoslovesnku, tak áno, je to bezvýznamné obdobie.
@@marekstanek112 v tom významu "dostat čočku" jednak z bible ve smyslu, něco jsi dostal (semeno rostliny a zasytil jsi se), ale vlastně prohrál, a nebo za druhé, že si dostal fyzicky přes obličej a máš na oku čočku, monokl, na zadku by jsi měl jelito :D
@@terminatort5012 Nejedná se o jméno pomnožné. Pomnožné jsou například "dveře" (množné číslo). Čočka má tvar jednotného čísla. Tedy nejedná se o tvar pomnožného podstatného jména.
And one fun fact from star wars: The Czech has a names for animals: Snake in translation to Czech "Had" and the frog "žába" so George Lucas liked Czech pronounciation and named Jabba (žába) the Hutt (Had) and so Jabba The Hutt was born as mixed frog with snake :D
So you must know that developer of sugarcube Jacob Christoph Rad was German!! He was not Czech at all!! // Vynalezce kostkoveho cukru byl Jacob Christoph Rad a byl to Nemec!! Nebyl to zadny Cech!!!
@@undTarta He was an Austrian, born in Swiss. That does not change anything on fact that SC was invented in now Czech Republic. I will not write it in czech, you have some problem with czechs, probably because of grandfather's work in camp?
@@radekb.2953 Neither I do not have a problem with the Czechs. But what people are trying to prove here is that all of these famous people were the Czechs but they were NOT! That is important! To say the LIES is just another LIE!
Just discovered your channel. I'm currently learning Czech and would love to go to the Czech Republic one of these days. Maybe live there one of these days. But I really love your channel. :)
That’s cool! I’m native Czech and I can tell u that it’s really hard language to learn.. and there will be some racist and homophobic people here too.. But it’s really pretty state
**THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORRECTIONS IN THE COMMENTS!: 1) Sugar cubes came from Dačice, not Dálčice. 2) The town of Jáchymov was named after Jesus' grandfather Joachim, not Jesus' other grandfather Jacob. 3) During there 1500s there were kingdoms, not city-states.
Jsem z Jáchymova. Ten byl v době ne prvním v království ale druhým po Praze.Praha 22 tisíc obyvatel, Jáchymov 18 tisíc. Tolary nebyly první mince ražené na území Českého knížectví a později království. Tolaru předcházely denáry, brakteáty a pražské groše. Razit tolary nemohl Šlik sám bez královského povolení -privilegia. Z té doby se zachovala knihovna Latinské školy-expozice byla nedávno otevřena v prostorách radnice. Je to třetí nejcennější sbírka na světě. Jáchymov jsou též první radonové lázně na světě a odpad z továrny na uranové barvy posloužil Marii Curie Sklodowské k bádání a objevu 2 prvků Mendělejevově periodické tabulky.
City Joachimsthaller was German city. There was not live even one Czech! Joachimsthaller > Thaller > Dollar. // Developer of sugarcube Jacob Christoph Rad was German!! He was not Czech at all!! // Viktor Kaplan was German! He could not talk a word in Czech because he was not Czech!! // Nylons was developed in german factory J. Kunert & Söhne, Wirkwarenfabriken, Warnsdorf. It was not Czech factory. Czech "only" stole it!! // Gregor Johann Mendel was not Czech! He was German!! // Ship´s propeller was developed by Josef Ressel who could not talk a word in Czech because he was not Czech. He was German! // Vincenz Prießnitz was not Czech, he was German!
@@undTarta Jáchymov patřil českému království. Rad žil v českém městě, Kaplan taktéž, Ressel se narodil v Chrudimi, matka byla češka atd. a vy jste nedouk, mírně řečeno.
@@zdenkamytnikova8303 Mila pani, Ceske kralovstvi ovsem neni kralovstvi Cechu. Jako Ceske kralovstvi se preklada lat. Regnum Bohemiae a to jest cosi jineho. Monokultura Cechu zacina az rokem 1993.
@@undTarta Milý pane, ve středověku nebyl princip státu ve smyslu příslušnosti k národu, ale ke království - k panovníkovi. Poddaní českého krále byli Češi (a za Čechy se považovali), i když mluvili např. německy. Pánové Kaplan, Rad a Ressel by vám asi za označení za Němce nepoděkovali, Rad by vám možná i vzhledem ke století, kdy žil, rozbil hubu (dobový název úst).
Jsem tak pyšná, že naši čeští vynálezci a vědci obohatili celý svět :))))) Jinak Češi vynalezli taktéž hromosvod, silonky, nanovlákna, lodní šroub, ale i tak děkuji za krásné video a ať se Ti u nás v Praze líbí, je to magické město !
Jsi perfetkní americanosczech youtuberka jsi zabavná a líbí se mi že už jsi baječně nakažená českým chovaním a je to vtipné vidět u rozené američanky :))
Great! And also the famous "brengun" is a Czech invention. Actually, it's an abbreviation of BRno-ENfield. Its production started in Zbrojovka Brno, Czechoslovakia and was later moved to Enfield, UK.
I really enjoy your videos, love that positive vibe, I'm glad we have people like you living here and you speak czech very well :) And yes Trdelník jeeez so many people think it's our traditional food eew :D I vote for sweet dumplings instead
@@ilovebasil__ S pěti knedlama, ja? XD Není naše "traditional food" náhodou vepřo knedlo zelo? Jakože svíčková je hodně populární, ale VKZ je top, kraluje i nad trdelníkem a to už je co říct. XD
No, mel jsem uz docela velkou radku narozenin, ale nikdy jsem nikde v zivote nevidel delat "tradicni trdelnik" - az ted poslednich 10-20 let tu vec prodavaj smeckari turistum v centru Prahy. Jako tradicni si predstavuju neco, co se tu dela rekneme aspon 50-100 let.
Sweet dumplings, that was the best dinner ever when I was a kid 😚
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Robot, yes. And many more: 1) pistol - from Czech píštěl, píšťala (whistle) - really invented in 15th century by Husité. 2) genetical inheritance - by Mendel, a monk, on peas blossoms. 3) howitzer - houfnice, a type of a cannon.
Spejbl a Hurvínek ...jen posílám námět...do videa ... znají i v Japonsku, Usa...jsou i překlady v čínštině...japonštině, angličtině, španělštině ...ruštině...to by jsem jmenovala asi dlouho ...kde všude... máš nádherná videa...
Another great and entertaining video, thank you, Jen :) I'm from Slovakia and I wasn't aware of all those Czech inventions. I was waiting till the end to see whether you would mention the one thing I have in mind. Maybe someone has already mentioned it in the 1K+ comments, maybe not. Now, it's not an invention per se, it's not tangible, but it's something that comes from Czechia and is known in the whole world. It's a song which, in English, is called Beer Barrel Polka, or Roll out the barrel, or Here comes the Navy. Its Czech name is Škoda lásky, and it has many different names in different languages (I only know the German one - Rosamunde). I've heard that some nations consider it to be their own - kind of like Silent Night, which is Austrian. There was this one story where a Czech tourist in London was in an argument about this very topic with a double decker driver (or owner?). The driver refused to believe that this song was Czech, and he promised if this turned out to be true, he would drive a double decker to Prague. And he kept his promise! I've found the story now - apparently this happened in 1965. A double decker on Karluv most in Prague, as a result of a bet over a song. Nice :)
Obdivuju Vás, za to, jak jste se naučila česky a máte o České republice větší povědomí, než určité procento čechů... Díky za osvětu, jal to vlastně funguje v Americe. Pro mě je to stále záhadný a nebezpečný svět, ale díky Vám už chápu určité věci. Jen bych chtěla upozornit, že kostka cukru vznikla v Dačicích - DAČICE. (Už jsme zase u toho, jak češi opravují cizince). Thank you so much and enjoy your life! One day my english will be better and I visit USA.
Oh, thank you so much, you made my day! And Pejsek a kočička on the wall, it was so cute! I love your humor and very good insides. BTW good pronunciation!
První kostka cukru byla vyrobená v Dačici, ne v Dálčici. ;) Jinak super, o té síťovce jsem vůbec nevěděla, věděla jsem, že se tu používala a používá, ale že by jí vymyslel Čech, to ne.
Great video! Regarding Bohemians, I know the French got it wrong, however, I do believe that there is actually a link between the Czechs and the Bohemian lifestyle - think about the Hussites, Prague cafes, rave, etc... I would tend to think that the Czechs pretty much exemplify the "bohemian" lifestyle ;)
Jan Evangelists Purkyně was also very important in the history of science and actually the biggest scientist of his time. Also, stockings - silonky are another interesting Czech invention. Great video!
This is an excellent program, thank you! Away from home (Moravia) over Chrismas, feeling a bit down but, you lifted my spirits with these well-researched videos! I can attest, if anyone has any doubts, that 100% of the info presented here, yes some of it mind-blowing, is correct.
Haha :D You are very funny. And it"s interesting to find out about these things from American. I"m Czech and I didn"t even know some of these. Thanks for a great content.
Hodně dobré video! Vážně jsem netušil, že síťovka je český vynález. Je fajn si připomenout, že jsme byli první i v něčem jiném než "best in covid" :-) Ať se daří!
Excellent observation Jen. There is actually one more very common word widely used around the world - a pistol (a small firearm). Hussites in 15th century used very simple firearms on their "wagon walls" to defend themselves from knight riders. Due to it's similarity to "píšťala" (a whistle) they used this name for these kind of guns. Crusaders from German language countries adapted this word to better known Pistole (same nowadays in Czech)... There are obviously a lot of others inventions (lightning conductor, boat propeller, bustle, Semtex 😉 etc.), but everyone made something unique and useful. Výborný vlog, skvělá příležitost k poslechu angličtiny a.. sranda :)
1:35 - Fan fact, that even in English word "lens" comes from "Lens culinaris" or "Lens esculenta" aka "lentil"? ;-) Optic lens was named after legume because they resemble in shape...
Hi Jen! Me and my husband are on a cycling líbánky in Japan, it’s been 10 months now. We always watch fun videos to relax at night. Two weeks ago I discovered your channel and don’t let my manžel play anything else since :D ( or “:)”). You’re amazing!!! I love how much work you put into your episodes, all the small details like Dášenka in this one... Smekám!
If you´re ever going to make the second part, please, don´t forget to mention Johann Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, he deserves so much recognition! Otherwise, great video!
@@Goitbit it's hard to say who was who. The nations and national statehood is quite young construct. Mendel was a bishop (sorry, I don't know much of church hierarchy and names. In CZ it's opat) in Brno and he died there. During the times of relocations, plagues and wars almost everyone in Europe is part German, part Polish, part Austrian,... little bit of Italy, Spain, some Indian blood as well... Czech kingdom was cannecting Mediterranean sea to Baltic sea once and one cannot consider Monte Carlo a Czech city...
Sorry O:-) .. I just find immensely interesting what words do people learning Czech find difficult to pronounce. I get words with "ř", "ch" or "čtyři", but "síťovka"? Never occurred to me. ... A vlastně mě napadá, jestli jsem neměl komentář napsat česky, pardon. :)
Hi Jen :-) very nice video :-) I'll tell you how the name Bohemia appeared. Roman historical name of area "today Czechlands" was Boiohaemum, what means "land of Boians". Boians were celtic or similar tribes (there were some cultural differences), which had lived here before Slavic tribes came here.
Hi i'm from Czech republic and it is really funny to watch this vidio because i'm onely 15 years old and i didn't even know every thing off this vidio and it is mine history so thank you to make this vidio a i realy enjoied this vidio.
Are we ignoring the greatest Czech invention of all time? The one every child learns about at school? The one and only, the incredible "ruchadlo"? :D :D :D We also know that Jára Cimrman is responsible for many great inventions, including the first version of the internet :D. Anyway, I love your videos. You really give off a Czech vibe to me with the way you talk about things and your sense of humor and I really love that. You seem to really embrace living here and explore the things that we are (sometimes irrationally) proud of. I'm so glad I found your channel.
@@DreamPrague The running joke among a lot of Czech people is that ruchadlo is something everyone knows was invented here by the Veverka cousins, but considerably less people know what it actually is :D :D :D.
Dr. Soňa Peková too! She even proved that the start of new coronavirus genetic sequence is worldly unique - she just used her experiences from Harvard University and PCR test sequence - she looked to the start. But our state TV said this is fake new! Even the Adam Vojtech confirmed this. But now we know that this isn't desinformation anymore.
Johann Gregor Mendel (20. července 1822 Hynčice - 6. ledna 1884 Brno) zakladatel genetiky a objevitel základních zákonů dědičnosti. Působil jako mnich a později opat augustiniánského kláštera na Starém Brně. ----> Podle mě se na něj pořád zapomíná a přitom dnes je genetika velmi významný obor.
Zapomíná se na něj dost možná proto, že si ho tak trochu "nárokují" rakušáci. Stejně jako hromadu dalších "českých němců", kteří se na našem území narodili v německy mluvící menšině. Například Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Ernst Mach (matematik, podle jehož jména je nazvána jednotka nadzvukové rychlosti), atd.
Dolar je sice z Čech ale jeho název je z němčiny, protože v Jáchymově se mluvilo převážně německy. Měna se jmenovala původně "Taler" (od německého slova Tal - údolí) podle jáchymovského ůdolí (dolu).
taky si nejsem uplně jistý informacemi že na začátku 16. století zde nebyl žádný národ... ale jenom městské státy... a že v roce 1530 byl Jáchymov po praze druhým největším městem...?
@@Brutos2826 ??? Jaké městské státy??? Byly to země koruny české. Nejprve pod vládou Jagellonců a poté Habsburků. Pravda je, že nebyl žádný národ. Národy v dnešním slova smyslu jsou výmyslem až 19. století.
@@pavel-wolfdog6846 Vždyt o nich mluví ve svém videu?! Podle ni na začátku 16. století byly v Evropě městské státy co neměly vlastní měnu... a kde vzala číslo, že v Jáchymově vyrazili až 12 milionů tolarů? Vůbec tu historii má trochu pomatenou...
@@Brutos2826 " Jáchymov byl založen roku 1516 a stačilo mu pouhých 20 let na to, aby z něj vyrostlo 2. největší město v Čechách." krusnehory.cz/krusnohorske-obce/jachymov/ "Růst počtu obyvatel nad 18 000, což znamenalo, že se Jáchymov stal tehdejším druhým nejlidnatějším městem po Praze." www.mestojachymov.cz/oslavy-500-vyroci-zalozeni-mesta-jachymov/d-4290
@@DreamPrague And Jan Evangelista Purkyně en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Evangelista_Purkyn%C4%9B or Jaroslav Heyrovský for Polarography en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Heyrovsk%C3%BD
Do you see Křižík anywhere ? :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram So many "fake" things claimed to be invented by Czech. I am happy, that here it at least says SOFT contact lenses and mentions the history around blood types. Lightning rod is another funny example :-D
Merry me 😍 But seriously, here's a tip for another great video: Czech humour, with possible emphasis to Czech fictional heroes. I know that understanding Jára Cimrman Is not easy, because it's not just fun, but also nostalgic and silly in Forrest Gump way, but this phenomenon unofficially won Greatest Czech tv show! And we have more fantasticly nutty heroes like Švejk. Also Czech sarcasm and dark humour can be mentioned 🙂
Moc fajn video,je super že se zajímáte i o minulost země ve které žijete.Jestli si mohu dovolit,rád bych zde připomněl ještě několik zajímavých vynálezů pocházejících z české kotliny,nebo od lidí zde žijících. Heliogravura 1878-Karel Klíč,malíř a vynálezce 1890 zdokonaleno na rotační stírací hlubotisk Kaplanova turbína-Viktor Kaplan 1912 Patentka,Druk-Jindřich Waldes,Hynek Puc (nejznámější výrobce Koh-i-noor) Verzatilka 1950 fi.Koh-i-noor Silon(Polykaprolaktam),v roce 1940 připravil výrobní postup k připravě kaprolaktamu Otto Wichterle jako jeden ze tří vynálezců. Ještě lze zmínit lodní šroub,ruchadlo,hromosvod,atd..........doufám že čeština nevadí,ale moje angličtina není dobrá a překladač by patrně tento příspěvek lehce překroutil :)
Ahoi! First guy Otto Wichterle; it's a german name. Try to say "Weekterla" ... "Wicht" means a small thin guy, like a thin dwarf. Greetings from Germany. My grandparents, who were born in Czech Republic between WWI and II, used to have those netbags too. I remember it from my childhood. As you told before ... Robot is a common slavic word. "Robota" is the russian word for "the work/labour". Děkuju sa zajímavé informaciě.
@@marek2853 Tato znám. Russian was just my first language at school. And if you read properly, you would have seen, that I wrote that it is common slavic, too. Mám velmí rad slavonskí jasyki.
oh my gosh i always wondered how "bohemian" came into use like that and i suspected it was an anti-roma thing, but could never find an answer! where did you find that out?
The reason Hieronymus Schlick named his coin "tolar" was that it's derived from the German adjective "JoachimsTHALER" which means "coming from the town of Joachimsthal" which is the German name for Jáchymov. :-) Another great video, I learned things I totally didn't know, thanks for looking up such cool things about us. :-)
A v latině - ve středověkém oficiálním evropském jazyce- se Česko po stovky let nazývalo Bohemia! Takže toto byl latinský název pro Čechy! Zajímavé je, že v dobách husitských válek, si husité sami odvozovali toto pojmenování od slova Boh (Bůh). Takže jsme sami sebe považovali za Bohy- respektive za národ Bohem vyvolený, tedy ten národ, který nese jeho Pravdy.... A tak 14 let- vítězně- bojovali proti tehdejšímu celému křesťanskému světu. :D :)
@@DreamPrague basicaly every known antivirotics used to deal with HIV is based or directly invented by him and his team....for me he should deserve waaay more recognition then he actually gets, and is very sad that even Czechs dont know who he was, also he should been awarded Nobels prize, but its obvious there are stil politics in game....
I don't know if this was already mentionned in the commentaries: Jáchym is an old hebrew name Joachim, but different from Jakub or Jacob or ya'aqob, also a hebrew name but with a completely different meaning. The town of Jachymov is named after the first of these names. Jáchym gave Jáchymov.
První elektrická tramvaj byla v Petrohradu v roce 1875, tedy 16 let před Křižíkovou atrakcí na Letné (v tomtéž roce 1875 byla sice zavedena v Praze tramvaj, ale koněspřežná). Autorem té petrohradské byl Fjodor Pirockij. V roce 1880 tentýž vynálezce přišel s novou koncepcí. V roce 1879 předvedla svoji tramvaj firma Siemens & Halske na berlínské průmyslové výstavě, v roce 1881 pak von Siemens zavedl poblíž Berlína pravidelnou linku, ve spolupráci s tím Rusem Pirockým. V roce 1883 pak přišli s vrchním trolejovým vedením. V roce 1883 se objevila elektrická tramvaj v Anglii, v roce 1883 v Rakousku poblíž Vídně (zde byl poprvé použit pantografový sběrač). Pak se objevovalo všude ve světě desítky nových provozů a vylepšení, Praha se mezi nimi celkem ztrácí, Křižík ve světové historii elektrických tramvají ani není nijak zvlášť zmiňován.
Bohužel, za vynálezce diakritiky je považován Aristofánes z Byzance a používal ji už ve 3. století před naším letopočtem. :-) Krom toho vynalezl i interpunkci.
@@southernbohemian1 The word is related to another Czech word "půlka", meaning half-step. More about it at www.pbs.org/independentlens/polkatime/polka.html (googled)
When I used to be student some years ago and going to study abroad I had to learn foreign languages (Spanish, English, German) and be jellaus that locals can hear and have fun from beginners trying to speak their language. I was wondering how it would be for me to listen someone from other country (except Slavics and Vietnamese) trying to speak my mother language. Thank you, my dreams come true :))
S little note to nerdy cookie: You claim, that you're learning English , and that vynalez means machine. Wrong! Just consider the following sentence : Kostkovy cukr byl vynalezen very me"ste" Dac" ice ne Dalc"ice. The way you understand this world in English, that vynalez means machine then the above sentence would not make sense. Take it from me. I live in Canada 52 years, and I know, that vynalez doesn't mean machine, it rather means the discovery or invention. Sorry pal , that I'm correcting you here, it is all meant well, with sincere regards form Canada, Ahoj! J.G.
I would never thought that American who can perfectly pronounce Ř would have problems with Ť :DD
Man, you Czechs are a tough crowd! 😭
@@DreamPrague just asking english speaking people to say whole my name is fun... :-D
Radan JerRrŘřžžřŽábek
My Finnish friend struggled with the Czech word "sluníčko" (aurinko in Finnish). She was able to say "slunce" pretty well but there's a catch in sluníčko for her. :)
@@Tshyld (H)adan JeRržzhábek... většinou 😁
English words or inventions come czech:
Robot
- invented by writer Karel Čapek for his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), was derived from the Czech word robota, meaning manual labor.
Polka
- the term for the traditional Czech dance (possilby) comes from "půlka", meaning half, referring to the tempo. The exact etymology is debated (it might also be named after the term for Polish people, Polák).
Kolache
- the traditional Czech pastries, from the Czech word "koláč", may not be as well known throughout the English-language world as some of the other words on this list, but they’ve been surging in popularity in southern US states recently.
Howitzer
- though Germanized, the term for this piece of field artillery comes from the Czech word "houfnice", which dates back to the cannons used in the 1420s Hussite Wars.
Pistol
- the general English-language term for a handgun or type of handgun comes from the Czech word "píšťala", which again dates back to the Hussite Wars and refers to one of the earliest examples of a firearm.
Semtex
- the plastic explosive was originally created for use by the Czechoslovak military in the 1960s. It's named after city SEMTín and company EXplosia.
Pilsner
- the term for this particular style of beer comes from Pilsner Urquell (Plzeňský Prazdroj), the world’s first-ever pilsner-style lager.
Tunnelling - not in the literal sense, but when used as a term for financial fraud the word most likely dates back to Czech origins in the 1990s, when newly-privatized companies went bankrupt after management transferred assets to their own personal corporations.
Pram - from Czech "prám", a flatbottomed boat
Absurdistan (in Czech Absurdistán) - word created by Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly through works of Václav Havel.
Lighting rod - not only Benjamin Franklin, but also Czech Prokop Diviš, an inventor, priest, scientist and theologian, came up with the lighting rod.
Methamphetamine - known as "Meth". Well, czechs are good in drugs of any kind.
Nanofibers - defined as fibers with diameters less than 100 nanometers. Also nanofibres are the Czech patent.
Sobering-up station - by Jaroslav Skála He was a Czech psychiatrist, fighter against alcoholism.
Robot jako robota, práce. Měl za nás dělat práci
Hello, the word Robot was “invented” by his brother Joseph Čapek👌
To máš z učebnice?🤣
Add dollar to it.
Edit: I know she talked about it, but I like complete lists
Robota = forced labor. Not just manual. Work for someone else.
Great effort on the Dutch pronouncation!
Here in the Netherlands, Pat and Mat are quite popular. But their names are translated as ‘Neighbour and Neighbour’, and we are the only country that gave them spoken lines.
So not many Dutchies know that Pat&Mat are actually Czech.
Well... in fact Poles made Pat & Mat talk about decade or two earlier (I knew th video long before it appeared on youtube)... But(!) it is quite... inofficial... dabbing. :D
See for yourself: ruclips.net/video/Hmn22D7RD0Q/видео.html
I've recently heard a story about that. Basically when they tried to sell this cartoon outside the country, they were told that it wouldn't hit with the audiance that much unless the characters were dubbed. I find that baffling as it's like trying to dub the original Charlie Chaplin movies. It was made as a pure silent slapstick comedy with an excellent use of music, both portraing emotion really well. It's almost universal language and should work really well internationally without modification. Can't imagine who came with this stupid idea. Like for example an other popular silent Czech cartoon Krteček (Little Mole) which is doing suprisingly well in Asian countries.
Martin Vendl I love Krteček! Actually, I am slightly obsessed with Czech animation lately, and Krtek/Krteček is one of my favorites. My mom and uncle watched it on German television when they were kids, but it might have been aired on Dutch television as well.
Thanks for watching!
@@LittleBulleteye Krteček... I have met French young children being big fun of Krteček. Because their parents appreciated it as smart, non-violant children stories. But they thought it was from Poland! I was honestly horrified by this faux-pas! :D
Psychological pricing (to be more specific - using prices such as 9 Kč instead of 10 Kč, 99 Kč instead of 100 Kč and so on) is also something that was first widely used by a Czech manufacturer of footwear, Tomáš Baťa. It's called baťovská cena (Baťa's price).
Well, Bata copied this from Henry Ford. However is implemented it on a huge scale.
vlastne:) a je to proto ze se tomu rika Batovska cena ? :)
@@palupa0079 jenom v česku...
We were counting these differences at school by percentage and it was almost 10%! (I think, just a huge difference)
And I thought that was an American trick for sales . 18.99, 21.99, or 1999.50 hahaha !
Těch vynálezů je celá řada, třeba Hromosvod (Prokop Diviš), základy genetiky (Gregor Johann Mendel), Semtex (teď myslím výbušninu podobnou C4, ne drink)...
lodní šroub třeba ještě kterej používaj všechny lodě na světě :)
Jep
A protitankový ježek.
Kaplanova turbína
Taky Ruchadlo, oblouková lampa, patentka, polarografie, SILON (nylon). Co dnes téměř nikde nemohu najít, je geniální verzatilka
Lékařství: priessnitzův zábal, Jan Jánský - objev krevních skupin, Milan krajčík - umělé cévy, Antonín Holý - antivirotika působící i proti HIV.
Příjemný pocit vidět, že se o nás Čechy někdo tak zajímá a dokonce se taky snaží mluvit česky 👍🏻
Přesně
kdyby jsi zil 10 v USA tak by se nikdo nepozastavil nad tim ze mluvis anglicky
@@oskarfabian5200 nene 😱
Ok, milions of Czech people are here. I would be more interested in reactions from other countries (Americans especially), especially in this particular topic. It would be interesting to hear from them how surprised they would be. Kudos to you btw
Right? Where the american homies at?
I’m American married to a Czech from Plzeň. I am surprised at a couple of the items on Jen’s list but not all. Czechs are incredibly intelligent people. Frugal and interesting if a bit dour-appearing at first.
I’m American but also Czech so ha but also um... yeah
@@Tangocita444 Thank you for awesome comment, we love it!
@@lukasloukota8352 I love the Plzen trams! I love the public transit system throughout Czech Republic as a whole. Extremely clean, efficient, cost-effective, and it just simply works extremely well. I love the Czech culture and hope to move there some day! It's a dream of mine to live in the center of Europe in Czech Republic! I love it there so much! Yes, I understand that many foreigners basically insult Czech culture by comparing it to other countries. Most of those people are probably people that don't travel much and don't have a larger world view and therefore don't respect other cultures.
Wow, pejsek a kocicka on the wall while Joseph giving Carl word robot is beyond my understanding :D Well done
Knihu a Pejskovi a kočičce přeci ilustroval Josef Čapek. Ten samý, co vymyslel slovo robot. Mně to smysl dává :)
@@bubblespink1989 ? Ano. Pepa to napsal i nekreslil, muj koment narazel na skvele udelanou scenku kdy Josef, ktery zrovna pise/kresli P&K a dava radu Karlovi ohledne slova robot. Mozna jsem mohl pouzit vyraz blew my mind ,ale to uz je ted jedno.
Actually síť means also web. So that's probably more understandable for foreign people to get it :P
It's based on web, not on network.
It is very obviously based on ‘net’. The word ‘web’ seems to have many meanings, but hardly any of them can be expressed in Czech as ‘síť’, apart from a rather inaccurate reference to the WWW.
On a sidenote, there is no Czech word specifically for ‘network’ ; we just have to say ‘net’ (síť).
On second thoughts, if I were asked to say “síťovka” in English, I would probably go for “mesh bag”. “Net bag” sounds awkward to me, though it seems to be used enough by native speakers too, along with “mesh bag” and other options, such as “string bag” (which does not always refer to síťovka, however).
Zato vase anglictina je barely understandable to anyone.
@@marekj1100 Víš o tom, že slovo „web“ je anglicky „pavučina“, že jo? Tedy pojmenování síťového prostoru www "web" vychází právě z připodobnění k husté pavoučí síti, neboli k pavučině. Svým způsobem je umělá síť napodobení pavučiny, takže se to dá zaměnit.
@@CZghost,
vlastně nevím, proč mi to píšeš, protože tím nerozporuješ, co jsem napsal výše…
Nicméně ke slovu „web“…
taky jsem si myslil, že je to prostě „pavučina“, a pak jsem se podíval do slovníku…
Takže ne, není to opravdu pavučina.
Nejpřesněji pavučina je „cobweb“.
„Web“ je prvotně „tkanina“; to slovo souvisí se slovesem „weave“, tkáti.
Jenom se tak v angličtině běžně říká i pavučinám, a ještě lecčemu jinému.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/web
Hey Jen, about those thalers :) Europe in the 16th century wasn't a collection of city states without currencies, and Count Schlick surely didn't make the thalers by himself. In fact, minting coin without a commission from the King was a very sure way to get executed. The thaler became popular across Europe mainly because of its stable quality. The ratio of silver in coins was a big issue (it tended to be diluted with cheap common metals) but the thaler had a reputation of being "solid", therefore becoming the got-to coin in international trade.
Som hrdý na našich bratov Čechov :)
Ale to jsme byli Československo.Tak budˇhrdý i na Slováky
@@vlastimilvasicek4829 ceskoslovensko jsme byli opravdu bezvyznamnou sobu v nasi,ceske historii. tak,nevim proc to fuer zminujete jako by to bylo tisicilete obdobi..
awww, jsem na vás hrdá, bratři :)
Jsem hrdý na to, že jsem čech.
@@davidjanac3030 Tak keď opomenieme fakt, že veľká časť Slovákov a Čechov čo teraz žijú sa narodili práve v Českoslovesnku, tak áno, je to bezvýznamné obdobie.
Čočka jako luštěnina se používá jen v jednotném čísle, kdežto kontaktní může být v jednotném nebo množném (čočka i čočky).
Bacha, v jednotném čísle se používá čočka taky ve významu dát někomu / něčemu čočku (kouř, záhul, na prdel) ;-)
Čočka jako luštěnina není v jednotném čísle. Jedná se o tzv. slovo pomnožné.
@@anetk02 Tak. A hromadná podstatná jména mají pouze jednotné číslo. Nicméně čočka bude spíš látkové než hromadné.
@@marekstanek112 v tom významu "dostat čočku" jednak z bible ve smyslu, něco jsi dostal (semeno rostliny a zasytil jsi se), ale vlastně prohrál, a nebo za druhé, že si dostal fyzicky přes obličej a máš na oku čočku, monokl, na zadku by jsi měl jelito :D
@@terminatort5012 Nejedná se o jméno pomnožné. Pomnožné jsou například "dveře" (množné číslo). Čočka má tvar jednotného čísla.
Tedy nejedná se o tvar pomnožného podstatného jména.
9:18 it makes a lot more sense when translated as "regions" instead of states 😉
And one fun fact from star wars:
The Czech has a names for animals: Snake in translation to Czech "Had" and the frog "žába" so George Lucas liked Czech pronounciation and named Jabba (žába) the Hutt (Had) and so Jabba The Hutt was born as mixed frog with snake :D
It's not Dálčice, it's Dačice. I live there and there is a museum dedicated to the sugar cube. I like your videos by the way!
Ugh! Sorry for the mistake. I will definitely visit the museum, thanks!
And the statue! It's a statue. Of a cube.
My dad's from Dačice.
So you must know that developer of sugarcube Jacob Christoph Rad was German!! He was not Czech at all!! // Vynalezce kostkoveho cukru byl Jacob Christoph Rad a byl to Nemec!! Nebyl to zadny Cech!!!
@@undTarta He was an Austrian, born in Swiss. That does not change anything on fact that SC was invented in now Czech Republic. I will not write it in czech, you have some problem with czechs, probably because of grandfather's work in camp?
@@radekb.2953 Neither I do not have a problem with the Czechs. But what people are trying to prove here is that all of these famous people were the Czechs but they were NOT! That is important! To say the LIES is just another LIE!
Tohle mě vážně bavilo! Bylo to vtipné a zajímavé i já jsem se něco nového dozvěděla😄❤️
Jsem ráda!
Just discovered your channel. I'm currently learning Czech and would love to go to the Czech Republic one of these days. Maybe live there one of these days. But I really love your channel. :)
That’s cool! I’m native Czech and I can tell u that it’s really hard language to learn.. and there will be some racist and homophobic people here too..
But it’s really pretty state
❤
Very nice video from a czech perspective. A small detial in 4:29 its not Jachýmov but Jáchymov.
**THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORRECTIONS IN THE COMMENTS!: 1) Sugar cubes came from Dačice, not Dálčice. 2) The town of Jáchymov was named after Jesus' grandfather Joachim, not Jesus' other grandfather Jacob. 3) During there 1500s there were kingdoms, not city-states.
Jsem z Jáchymova. Ten byl v době ne prvním v království ale druhým po Praze.Praha 22 tisíc obyvatel, Jáchymov 18 tisíc. Tolary nebyly první mince ražené na území Českého knížectví a později království. Tolaru předcházely denáry, brakteáty a pražské groše. Razit tolary nemohl Šlik sám bez královského povolení -privilegia. Z té doby se zachovala knihovna Latinské školy-expozice byla nedávno otevřena v prostorách radnice. Je to třetí nejcennější sbírka na světě. Jáchymov jsou též první radonové lázně na světě a odpad z továrny na uranové barvy posloužil Marii Curie Sklodowské k bádání a objevu 2 prvků Mendělejevově periodické tabulky.
City Joachimsthaller was German city. There was not live even one Czech! Joachimsthaller > Thaller > Dollar. // Developer of sugarcube Jacob Christoph Rad was German!! He was not Czech at all!! // Viktor Kaplan was German! He could not talk a word in Czech because he was not Czech!! // Nylons was developed in german factory J. Kunert & Söhne, Wirkwarenfabriken, Warnsdorf. It was not Czech factory. Czech "only" stole it!! // Gregor Johann Mendel was not Czech! He was German!! // Ship´s propeller was developed by Josef Ressel who could not talk a word in Czech because he was not Czech. He was German! // Vincenz Prießnitz was not Czech, he was German!
@@undTarta Jáchymov patřil českému království. Rad žil v českém městě, Kaplan taktéž, Ressel se narodil v Chrudimi, matka byla češka atd. a vy jste nedouk, mírně řečeno.
@@zdenkamytnikova8303 Mila pani, Ceske kralovstvi ovsem neni kralovstvi Cechu. Jako Ceske kralovstvi se preklada lat. Regnum Bohemiae a to jest cosi jineho. Monokultura Cechu zacina az rokem 1993.
@@undTarta Milý pane, ve středověku nebyl princip státu ve smyslu příslušnosti k národu, ale ke království - k panovníkovi. Poddaní českého krále byli Češi (a za Čechy se považovali), i když mluvili např. německy. Pánové Kaplan, Rad a Ressel by vám asi za označení za Němce nepoděkovali, Rad by vám možná i vzhledem ke století, kdy žil, rozbil hubu (dobový název úst).
Loved the painting at the end :D
Hehe, glad you caught that😜
Díky za krásnou osvětu. Myslím, že takové videa jsou poučná i pro nás čechy. :))
Fun fact: the earliest czech invention is called "defenestration" which is an act of throwing someone out of the window
Bro😂
Why did you say this
@@pvp1582 its true i remember we learned something like that (im czechian)
@@Uzis_tail_but_for_how_long aha
@@iknowimcool321 * I'm Czech 🙊
Jsem tak pyšná, že naši čeští vynálezci a vědci obohatili celý svět :))))) Jinak Češi vynalezli taktéž hromosvod, silonky, nanovlákna, lodní šroub, ale i tak děkuji za krásné video a ať se Ti u nás v Praze líbí, je to magické město !
Jsem taky ráda že jsem z Česka Praha je super ale upřímně žiju v Libereckém kraji
Zapoměla si ruchadlo
Jsi perfetkní americanosczech youtuberka jsi zabavná a líbí se mi že už jsi baječně nakažená českým chovaním a je to vtipné vidět u rozené američanky :))
Děkuji za laskavá slova!
Great! And also the famous "brengun" is a Czech invention. Actually, it's an abbreviation of BRno-ENfield. Its production started in Zbrojovka Brno, Czechoslovakia and was later moved to Enfield, UK.
Interesting, thanks for sharing.☺
This is again perfect episode. This also deserve to continue, because really important czech inventions is a lot, lot more.
I really enjoy your videos, love that positive vibe, I'm glad we have people like you living here and you speak czech very well :)
And yes Trdelník jeeez so many people think it's our traditional food eew :D I vote for sweet dumplings instead
I vote for SVÍČKOVOU
@@ilovebasil__ S pěti knedlama, ja? XD Není naše "traditional food" náhodou vepřo knedlo zelo? Jakože svíčková je hodně populární, ale VKZ je top, kraluje i nad trdelníkem a to už je co říct. XD
No, mel jsem uz docela velkou radku narozenin, ale nikdy jsem nikde v zivote nevidel delat "tradicni trdelnik" - az ted poslednich 10-20 let tu vec prodavaj smeckari turistum v centru Prahy. Jako tradicni si predstavuju neco, co se tu dela rekneme aspon 50-100 let.
Sweet dumplings, that was the best dinner ever when I was a kid 😚
Robot, yes. And many more:
1) pistol - from Czech píštěl, píšťala (whistle) - really invented in 15th century by Husité.
2) genetical inheritance - by Mendel, a monk, on peas blossoms.
3) howitzer - houfnice, a type of a cannon.
Spejbl a Hurvínek ...jen posílám námět...do videa ... znají i v Japonsku, Usa...jsou i překlady v čínštině...japonštině, angličtině, španělštině ...ruštině...to by jsem jmenovala asi dlouho ...kde všude... máš nádherná videa...
Your Czech is getting better and better! Congratulations. And thank you so much for the "non-Czech" trdelnik! Šťastné a veselé ;)
Another great and entertaining video, thank you, Jen :) I'm from Slovakia and I wasn't aware of all those Czech inventions. I was waiting till the end to see whether you would mention the one thing I have in mind. Maybe someone has already mentioned it in the 1K+ comments, maybe not. Now, it's not an invention per se, it's not tangible, but it's something that comes from Czechia and is known in the whole world. It's a song which, in English, is called Beer Barrel Polka, or Roll out the barrel, or Here comes the Navy. Its Czech name is Škoda lásky, and it has many different names in different languages (I only know the German one - Rosamunde). I've heard that some nations consider it to be their own - kind of like Silent Night, which is Austrian. There was this one story where a Czech tourist in London was in an argument about this very topic with a double decker driver (or owner?). The driver refused to believe that this song was Czech, and he promised if this turned out to be true, he would drive a double decker to Prague. And he kept his promise! I've found the story now - apparently this happened in 1965. A double decker on Karluv most in Prague, as a result of a bet over a song. Nice :)
Velmi milé video - a ta snaha o češtinu je skvělá !!! ❤
Obdivuju Vás, za to, jak jste se naučila česky a máte o České republice větší povědomí, než určité procento čechů... Díky za osvětu, jal to vlastně funguje v Americe. Pro mě je to stále záhadný a nebezpečný svět, ale díky Vám už chápu určité věci.
Jen bych chtěla upozornit, že kostka cukru vznikla v Dačicích - DAČICE. (Už jsme zase u toho, jak češi opravují cizince).
Thank you so much and enjoy your life! One day my english will be better and I visit USA.
Oh, thank you so much, you made my day! And Pejsek a kočička on the wall, it was so cute! I love your humor and very good insides. BTW good pronunciation!
První kostka cukru byla vyrobená v Dačici, ne v Dálčici. ;)
Jinak super, o té síťovce jsem vůbec nevěděla, věděla jsem, že se tu používala a používá, ale že by jí vymyslel Čech, to ne.
Děkuji a opravu!😊
Dačice je plurál, takže by to mělo být v Dačicích, ne?
@@therra1101 Pravda, jsou to Dačice.
musím vsechny opravit; protože se naše město nejmenuje Dacici ani Dalcice ale Dačice . 😉
@@sonarokosova2873 no, ale to už udělali ti dva před Vámi .. :-(
Great video! Regarding Bohemians, I know the French got it wrong, however, I do believe that there is actually a link between the Czechs and the Bohemian lifestyle - think about the Hussites, Prague cafes, rave, etc... I would tend to think that the Czechs pretty much exemplify the "bohemian" lifestyle ;)
Jan Evangelists Purkyně was also very important in the history of science and actually the biggest scientist of his time. Also, stockings - silonky are another interesting Czech invention. Great video!
Vzdy som si misled ze slovo 《ROBOT》je zo Slovenciny 《 Robotnik 》 Pozdrav so Sydney 🇦🇨
This is an excellent program, thank you! Away from home (Moravia) over Chrismas, feeling a bit down but, you lifted my spirits with these well-researched videos! I can attest, if anyone has any doubts, that 100% of the info presented here, yes some of it mind-blowing, is correct.
3:03 Nahlas jsem se zasmál pojmu "Czech babička" :D
Moc hezka episoda, dekuju mockrat.
Haha :D You are very funny. And it"s interesting to find out about these things from American. I"m Czech and I didn"t even know some of these. Thanks for a great content.
Jj taky
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Zase moc skvělé video;o) Super ,děkuji ti za to;o)
Firstly: Jsi úžasná
Secondly: Thanks for spreading the information and debunking the false one.
Well, thank you very much!!
Good one, Jen! I loved the hockey-link at 8:02. You are turning into a češka. Greetings from Norsko!
0:49 We pronauce "w" as "v". Also "ch" is seperate letter in czech :D
Addo Uiktrlí - k české i německé výslovnosti to má daleko, no... :-)
Hodně dobré video! Vážně jsem netušil, že síťovka je český vynález. Je fajn si připomenout, že jsme byli první i v něčem jiném než "best in covid" :-) Ať se daří!
Excellent observation Jen. There is actually one more very common word widely used around the world - a pistol (a small firearm). Hussites in 15th century used very simple firearms on their "wagon walls" to defend themselves from knight riders. Due to it's similarity to "píšťala" (a whistle) they used this name for these kind of guns. Crusaders from German language countries adapted this word to better known Pistole (same nowadays in Czech)...
There are obviously a lot of others inventions (lightning conductor, boat propeller, bustle, Semtex 😉 etc.), but everyone made something unique and useful.
Výborný vlog, skvělá příležitost k poslechu angličtiny a.. sranda :)
Speaking of weapon names, howitzer (houfnice) also originates from Czech.
and Italian, Spanish etc...
Since when Hussites were led by Saint Václav? It might be I've missed something important or... you drink way too much.
I am really loking forward for another czech-speaking video :)!
1:35 - Fan fact, that even in English word "lens" comes from "Lens culinaris" or "Lens esculenta" aka "lentil"? ;-)
Optic lens was named after legume because they resemble in shape...
It makes sense! Thanks for your comment.
Hi Jen! Me and my husband are on a cycling líbánky in Japan, it’s been 10 months now. We always watch fun videos to relax at night. Two weeks ago I discovered your channel and don’t let my manžel play anything else since :D ( or “:)”).
You’re amazing!!! I love how much work you put into your episodes, all the small details like Dášenka in this one... Smekám!
If you´re ever going to make the second part, please, don´t forget to mention Johann Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, he deserves so much recognition! Otherwise, great video!
I will not forget!
But Mendel wasn't Czech, it's a very common mistake.
And dont forget houfnice - howitzer, píšťala - pistol. Yes, we are warriors, too.
And also electric eye/ photoelectric cell sliding door. it was first installed on Prague airport terminal.
@@Goitbit it's hard to say who was who. The nations and national statehood is quite young construct.
Mendel was a bishop (sorry, I don't know much of church hierarchy and names. In CZ it's opat) in Brno and he died there.
During the times of relocations, plagues and wars almost everyone in Europe is part German, part Polish, part Austrian,... little bit of Italy, Spain, some Indian blood as well...
Czech kingdom was cannecting Mediterranean sea to Baltic sea once and one cannot consider Monte Carlo a Czech city...
Nanovlákna,silonky,ovocný jogurt,oblouková lampa,fontána je to fakt hodně. Btw thanks for nice video about us 🙂 big like
Thanks! I now have a new word to torment my English speaking friends with - síťovka. :D
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Sorry O:-) .. I just find immensely interesting what words do people learning Czech find difficult to pronounce. I get words with "ř", "ch" or "čtyři", but "síťovka"? Never occurred to me. ... A vlastně mě napadá, jestli jsem neměl komentář napsat česky, pardon. :)
And I enjoy watching your videos. Especially when you brilliantly mimic "tired sales woman" expressing Czech mentality. Over all, I like it. :-)
Hi Jen :-) very nice video :-) I'll tell you how the name Bohemia appeared. Roman historical name of area "today Czechlands" was Boiohaemum, what means "land of Boians". Boians were celtic or similar tribes (there were some cultural differences), which had lived here before Slavic tribes came here.
You are such a gem , well done !
Super👍 Čech by to takhle dobře nepodal😄👍a super že jsou české titulky❤️
Diky nim jsem se dozvěděl hodně nového.
Děkuji!
What a lovely person! Great video
Hi i'm from Czech republic and it is really funny to watch this vidio because i'm onely 15 years old and i didn't even know every thing off this vidio and it is mine history so thank you to make this vidio a i realy enjoied this vidio.
Are we ignoring the greatest Czech invention of all time? The one every child learns about at school? The one and only, the incredible "ruchadlo"? :D :D :D
We also know that Jára Cimrman is responsible for many great inventions, including the first version of the internet :D.
Anyway, I love your videos. You really give off a Czech vibe to me with the way you talk about things and your sense of humor and I really love that. You seem to really embrace living here and explore the things that we are (sometimes irrationally) proud of. I'm so glad I found your channel.
Thank you Michelle! I didn't know about the ruchadlo, no I have to investigate! I'm very glad you enjoy the channel. 😚
@@DreamPrague The running joke among a lot of Czech people is that ruchadlo is something everyone knows was invented here by the Veverka cousins, but considerably less people know what it actually is :D :D :D.
Right now: Medicament against COVID-19 "Remdesivir" was invened by Tomas Cihlar's research team. Tomáš Cihlář is Czech.
Dr. Soňa Peková too! She even proved that the start of new coronavirus genetic sequence is worldly unique - she just used her experiences from Harvard University and PCR test sequence - she looked to the start. But our state TV said this is fake new! Even the Adam Vojtech confirmed this. But now we know that this isn't desinformation anymore.
Yeah, I always liked the song Bohemian Rhapsody :-) "Bohemian" in the name just makes it a bit more special too :-)
Johann Gregor Mendel (20. července 1822 Hynčice - 6. ledna 1884 Brno) zakladatel genetiky a objevitel základních zákonů dědičnosti. Působil jako mnich a později opat augustiniánského kláštera na Starém Brně. ----> Podle mě se na něj pořád zapomíná a přitom dnes je genetika velmi významný obor.
Wow, skvěly. Nevěděla jsem to. Díky!
Zapomíná se na něj dost možná proto, že si ho tak trochu "nárokují" rakušáci. Stejně jako hromadu dalších "českých němců", kteří se na našem území narodili v německy mluvící menšině. Například Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Ernst Mach (matematik, podle jehož jména je nazvána jednotka nadzvukové rychlosti), atd.
@@mrkv4k : Jako třeba Ferdinand Porsche - který při návrhu VW Brouka "opisoval" od jiného "českého Němce" - Hanse Ledwinky... ;)
There alsou Jaroslav Heyrovsky who in envented chemical analasy by polarography for which he won Nobel price!
@@mrkv4k Nesmysl! Vsechno jsou to Nemci, zadni Cesi!! // Nonsens! All of them were Germans even one Czech! Kafka, Freud, Mahler, Mach - all Germans!!
That's so interesting! I'm from the Czech Republic and still, I have learned a lot of things by watching your video.
Dolar je sice z Čech ale jeho název je z němčiny, protože v Jáchymově se mluvilo převážně německy. Měna se jmenovala původně "Taler" (od německého slova Tal - údolí) podle jáchymovského ůdolí (dolu).
taky si nejsem uplně jistý informacemi že na začátku 16. století zde nebyl žádný národ... ale jenom městské státy... a že v roce 1530 byl Jáchymov po praze druhým největším městem...?
@@Brutos2826 ??? Jaké městské státy??? Byly to země koruny české. Nejprve pod vládou Jagellonců a poté Habsburků. Pravda je, že nebyl žádný národ. Národy v dnešním slova smyslu jsou výmyslem až 19. století.
@@pavel-wolfdog6846 Vždyt o nich mluví ve svém videu?! Podle ni na začátku 16. století byly v Evropě městské státy co neměly vlastní měnu... a kde vzala číslo, že v Jáchymově vyrazili až 12 milionů tolarů? Vůbec tu historii má trochu pomatenou...
@@Brutos2826 " Jáchymov byl založen roku 1516 a stačilo mu pouhých 20 let na to, aby z něj vyrostlo 2. největší město v Čechách." krusnehory.cz/krusnohorske-obce/jachymov/ "Růst počtu obyvatel nad 18 000, což znamenalo, že se Jáchymov stal tehdejším druhým nejlidnatějším městem po Praze." www.mestojachymov.cz/oslavy-500-vyroci-zalozeni-mesta-jachymov/d-4290
Thanks for doing so much research. Really enlightening!
And what about electric trams invented by František Křižík?
And his lamps and engines. And Josef Ressel and his screw propeller en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ressel
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely have to make another video!
@@DreamPrague And Jan Evangelista Purkyně en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Evangelista_Purkyn%C4%9B or Jaroslav Heyrovský for Polarography en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Heyrovsk%C3%BD
Do you see Křižík anywhere ? :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram So many "fake" things claimed to be invented by Czech. I am happy, that here it at least says SOFT contact lenses and mentions the history around blood types. Lightning rod is another funny example :-D
Thanks a lot, great for Czech person to figure out what come out of Czechia :) super!
Merry me 😍
But seriously, here's a tip for another great video: Czech humour, with possible emphasis to Czech fictional heroes.
I know that understanding Jára Cimrman Is not easy, because it's not just fun, but also nostalgic and silly in Forrest Gump way, but this phenomenon unofficially won Greatest Czech tv show! And we have more fantasticly nutty heroes like Švejk. Also Czech sarcasm and dark humour can be mentioned 🙂
So true...I will definitely try to include in other videos, thanks!
Slovak here. Your videos are very entertaining. Keep on going, you’ll become a star.
8:20 It's actually Dačice. But you were pretty close! 😊
Moc fajn video,je super že se zajímáte i o minulost země ve které žijete.Jestli si mohu dovolit,rád bych zde připomněl ještě několik zajímavých vynálezů pocházejících z české kotliny,nebo od lidí zde žijících.
Heliogravura 1878-Karel Klíč,malíř a vynálezce 1890 zdokonaleno na rotační stírací hlubotisk
Kaplanova turbína-Viktor Kaplan 1912
Patentka,Druk-Jindřich Waldes,Hynek Puc (nejznámější výrobce Koh-i-noor)
Verzatilka 1950 fi.Koh-i-noor
Silon(Polykaprolaktam),v roce 1940 připravil výrobní postup k připravě kaprolaktamu Otto Wichterle jako jeden ze tří vynálezců.
Ještě lze zmínit lodní šroub,ruchadlo,hromosvod,atd..........doufám že čeština nevadí,ale moje angličtina není dobrá a překladač by patrně tento příspěvek lehce překroutil :)
Awesome, thank you for doing this :)
The name Bohemia originates in kelt tribe living on these lands about 500 BC
Nedávno jsem tě objevila na tiktoku, a musím říct , že máš fakt super videa ! Máš super humor, a ráda se naučím něco nového 🥰
Ahoi! First guy Otto Wichterle; it's a german name. Try to say "Weekterla" ... "Wicht" means a small thin guy, like a thin dwarf. Greetings from Germany.
My grandparents, who were born in Czech Republic between WWI and II, used to have those netbags too. I remember it from my childhood.
As you told before ... Robot is a common slavic word. "Robota" is the russian word for "the work/labour".
Děkuju sa zajímavé informaciě.
robota is slavic word man not just rusian
its used in any parts of czech rep.. or slovakia poland and many more countries still
@@marek2853 Tato znám. Russian was just my first language at school. And if you read properly, you would have seen, that I wrote that it is common slavic, too.
Mám velmí rad slavonskí jasyki.
Actually, "robota" and "robotovat" is a Czech word for forced labour in feudalism.
@@irena4545 Děkuji Irena. Jsem Němec neznám vše.
když jsem vás slyšela vyslovovat slovo síťovka, tak jsem si řikala, že vás prostě miluju😄jste skvělá a pokračujte prosím v těchto videích😊
oh my gosh i always wondered how "bohemian" came into use like that and i suspected it was an anti-roma thing, but could never find an answer! where did you find that out?
I've read about it in a couple books, I believe something on Wikipedia too. I was really surpised!
The reason Hieronymus Schlick named his coin "tolar" was that it's derived from the German adjective "JoachimsTHALER" which means "coming from the town of Joachimsthal" which is the German name for Jáchymov. :-)
Another great video, I learned things I totally didn't know, thanks for looking up such cool things about us. :-)
V Česku je nám hej :-)
I love your videos! They are funny! You have great observation skills!
Word Bohemia came from Boiohaemun which means Land of the Boii (země Bójů),which was notable Celtic tribe living on these lands before Slavs.. ;-)
I didn't know that, thanks for sharing!
A v latině - ve středověkém oficiálním evropském jazyce- se Česko po stovky let nazývalo Bohemia! Takže toto byl latinský název pro Čechy! Zajímavé je, že v dobách husitských válek, si husité sami odvozovali toto pojmenování od slova Boh (Bůh). Takže jsme sami sebe považovali za Bohy- respektive za národ Bohem vyvolený, tedy ten národ, který nese jeho Pravdy.... A tak 14 let- vítězně- bojovali proti tehdejšímu celému křesťanskému světu. :D :)
We use singular for lentils and plural for contacts. Unless you refer just single lens
Dude, or... duddett . Do some collab with the Honest Guide guys!
Dudette! OMG, we actually used to use that word when I was a teenager! I'd love to do a collab with them!
@@DreamPrague Yep, the collab would help to boost your view count a lot I think, it has a lot of potential. At least I really like your work! :)
Well done! To se ti povedlo! Tohle se mi velmi líbilo. Tleskám
Many thanks!
Moc hezké.
A co třeba i něco novějšího ?
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Hol%C3%BD
@Jan Schlossar To jsou jedny z těch antivirotik, co jim teď zabrali na korona virus, ne?
Jsem to vůbec nevěděla! Děkuji!😲
@@DreamPrague basicaly every known antivirotics used to deal with HIV is based or directly invented by him and his team....for me he should deserve waaay more recognition then he actually gets, and is very sad that even Czechs dont know who he was, also he should been awarded Nobels prize, but its obvious there are stil politics in game....
I am from Czech and I think your vidoe is good so I subscribed. 👍
ani já jako Čech bych to lépe nevysvětlil RESPEKT
I don't know if this was already mentionned in the commentaries: Jáchym is an old hebrew name Joachim, but different from Jakub or Jacob or ya'aqob, also a hebrew name but with a completely different meaning. The town of Jachymov is named after the first of these names. Jáchym gave Jáchymov.
I love the drawing in the final scene 😂
Glad you caught that 😜
Na Američanku je to velice dobře odvedená práce ohledně českých vynálezů. A i moc pěkné "Ř". Maybe now, I am more proud that I am Czech. Thank You, J.
You forgot nano-fibers,electric trams by František Křižík or diacriticts by Jan Hus
So many ideas for another video, thanks!
@@DreamPrague No problem :) I am really looking forward for next video! Also love your pronouncing! :D
Electric tram by František Křižík was not first in the world.
První elektrická tramvaj byla v Petrohradu v roce 1875, tedy 16 let před Křižíkovou atrakcí na Letné (v tomtéž roce 1875 byla sice zavedena v Praze tramvaj, ale koněspřežná). Autorem té petrohradské byl Fjodor Pirockij. V roce 1880 tentýž vynálezce přišel s novou koncepcí. V roce 1879 předvedla svoji tramvaj firma Siemens & Halske na berlínské průmyslové výstavě, v roce 1881 pak von Siemens zavedl poblíž Berlína pravidelnou linku, ve spolupráci s tím Rusem Pirockým. V roce 1883 pak přišli s vrchním trolejovým vedením. V roce 1883 se objevila elektrická tramvaj v Anglii, v roce 1883 v Rakousku poblíž Vídně (zde byl poprvé použit pantografový sběrač). Pak se objevovalo všude ve světě desítky nových provozů a vylepšení, Praha se mezi nimi celkem ztrácí, Křižík ve světové historii elektrických tramvají ani není nijak zvlášť zmiňován.
Bohužel, za vynálezce diakritiky je považován Aristofánes z Byzance a používal ji už ve 3. století před naším letopočtem. :-) Krom toho vynalezl i interpunkci.
Excelent !!! Jenny, You Are The Big One. Super blog !
Haha, thank you!
What about Czech dance "polka"?
Then why is it called "polka" if it is Czech?
@@southernbohemian1 The word is related to another Czech word "půlka", meaning half-step. More about it at www.pbs.org/independentlens/polkatime/polka.html (googled)
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@@DreamPrague "Roll out the Barrels" / "Škoda lásky"
Well researched! I learned something today from Czechnology. Greetings from Plzeň.
When I used to be student some years ago and going to study abroad I had to learn foreign languages (Spanish, English, German) and be jellaus that locals can hear and have fun from beginners trying to speak their language. I was wondering how it would be for me to listen someone from other country (except Slavics and Vietnamese) trying to speak my mother language. Thank you, my dreams come true :))
Hahah, glad I could help! 😚
S little note to nerdy cookie: You claim, that you're learning English , and that vynalez means machine. Wrong! Just consider the following sentence : Kostkovy cukr byl vynalezen very me"ste" Dac" ice ne Dalc"ice. The way you understand this world in English, that vynalez means machine then the above sentence would not make sense. Take it from me. I live in Canada 52 years, and I know, that vynalez doesn't mean machine, it rather means the discovery or invention. Sorry pal , that I'm correcting you here, it is all meant well, with sincere regards form Canada, Ahoj! J.G.
great collection! :)
Hi, just one thing, the town isn't Dálčice, but Dačice :D
Thank you for the correction!
Never too late to learn something new. Thx.
Delas pro nas vic nez kdejakej Jagr, vazim si Te :)
Ale no tak.. Zase nepřehánějte :)
,,Jágr, kdo to je?” 😂
@@bubblespink1989 Jágr dělá víc, pravda, ale negativního. Je to posluhovač číňanů.