We have a number of Czech tongue twisters on our Czech language learning site Local Lingo. We are in the process of adding audio for all of the tongue twisters and making them easy to listen to. Just press play – no software needed.
Here are a few popular tongue twisters with slow and normal speed audio.
If you would like to suggest a Czech tongue twister to include on Local Lingo, please let us know in the comments.
Click on the “play” button to hear the audio.
Strč prst skrz krk.
slow version Stick your finger through your throat.
Pštros s pštrosicí a malými pštrosáčaty.
slow version A male ostrich with a female ostrich and baby ostriches went to the ostrich house.
Třistatřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes třistatřiatřicet stříbrných střech.
slow version Three hundred and thirty three silver quails flew over three hundred and thirty three silver roofs.
The Olympic games start today in Vancouver, Canada. The Czech Republic has sent a record number of 92 athletes to participate in the games. If you plan to follow the various sporting disciplines, you may hear some Czech names mentioned. We thought we would offer an audio pronunciation of the names of some of the Czech athletes to watch out for.
Click on the “play” button to hear the name pronounced. The button for the hockey team includes audio for all the players.
The ice hockey team
Miroslav Blaťák, Petr Čajánek, Roman Červenka, Patrik Eliáš, Martin Erat, Tomáš Fleischmann, Martin Havlát, Jan Hejda, Jaromír Jágr, Tomáš Kaberle, David Krejčí, Filip Kuba, Pavel Kubina, Milan Michálek, Zbyněk Michálek, Ondřej Pavelec, Tomáš Plekanec, Roman Polák, Tomáš Rolinek, Jakub Štěpánek, Josef Vašíček, Tomáš Vokoun, Marek Židlický
Lukáš Bauer – cross-country skiing
Tomáš Kraus – freestyle skiing
Nikola Sudová – freestyle skiing
Martina Sáblíková – speed skating
Šárka Záhrobská – alpine skiing
The Czech Olympic Committee published their Czech Olympic Team media guide that lists details about all of the Czech athletes participating in the games. http://www.olympic.cz/public/img/MediaGuide2010_LR.pdf (Note: the file is 40MB)
