I was Googling a Czech word the other day to check my work–I’m not a fluent speaker, so I make lots of mistakes. What I found was new to me: Czech language resources on Wiktionary complete with sound files. The sound files seem to all originate from The Shtooka Project, “a non-profit organisation, with the object of creating free audio collections of words and expressions as well as developing software tools to exploit these collections.” The files are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 France license.
Category: Links
Mechanical Czech
I don’t know why anyone needs me anymore, now that you’ve got the Google. Try an image search for a noun in question and you can get easy identification. Okay, so it doesn’t always work.
Right back atcha, NYT
Who knew the New York Times Travel Section linked to my humble site? It says “By Frommer’s” so maybe it’s just a consequence of this old news?
Radio Praha’s ABC of Czech
This resource is new to me, but it’s high on my list now: Radio Praha’s ABC of Czech. It offers short (less than five-minute) audio programs dealing with Czech words, phrases and idioms. The files on the site are in RealAudio format, but if you subscribe to their RSS feed each episode will appear with an mp3 enclosure. It’s really worth a listen!
SlovoDne.cz
I’ve put off blogging this link for so long I’ve forgotten where I first saw it: SlovoDne.cz. Most of it is in Czech, but one of their crew, posting as “Fred’s Czech Mate” offers great commentary of Czech language and culture. The first of his entries I encountered was No Jo, and the accompanying audio is great. Same goes for Twister.
Oh, and because my Czech is so dismal, the rest of the site could be about overthrowing the world or someone’s paper clip collection for all I know!
New Language Resource: How-to-learn-any-language.com
An interesting run-down of the Czech language, including blurbs on grammar and pronunciation as well as “usefulness” and “chic factor.” The have a list of other resources, but no link back here (No chic factor for them)! via Rebecca’s Pocket
Czech and Slovak Staged Photographs
Czech and Slovak Staged Photographs. Another czech-tagged link from del.icio.us. This looks like a site created in conjunction with an exhibition somewhere. The first name on the list is a man who taught photography to students in my group during my first couple of visits to Prague.
Czech Book Covers of the 1920’s and 1930’s
Czech Book Covers of the 1920’s and 1930’s. A Smithsonian Institution Libraries exhibit.