ŠÅ¥asný, happy; Sympatický, nice; Výborný, excellent; Živý, alive, and Mrtvý, dead.
Drawing the picture for výborný I wondered… Do Czech children have banners of cursive writing on their classroom walls like American children do? Do they get A’s and B’s? I guess I don’t even know if American children still have banners of cursive writing on their walls.
Sed?t, to Sit.
Finally, an update: Stát, to stand. I have more updates coming soon, but I’ve been busy with a new addition to my family, not nearly ready for standing yet.
Zlobivý, Naughty.
The requests continue: Doll, Neck. Krk is one of those great Czech words that teachers of Czech trot out to scare their students. It’s an example of the letter R acting as a vowell in some Czech words. The phenomenon is demonstrated in the well-known tongue-twister, Strč prst skrz krk, or “Stick finger through neck.” Not as quaint, perhaps, as selling seashells by the seashore, but you’ve got the work with the material you’re given.
When I Googled the phrase I found two interesting things: Wikipedia has an entry on it. And you can buy a T-Shirt with the phrase printed on it, designed by Slovakian typographer Johanna Balušíková Biľak . I totally need one of those.
Bird.
Cow.