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Study Czech Friday Christmas Markets

Study Czech — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:20:42 +0000

Do you know what is one of the best things about winter in the Czech Republic? Christmas markets! A decorated Christmas tree, thousands of lights, a carved nativity scene, mulled wine or mead … When you speak Czech, it is even better!.

When? Friday 14/12 from 5:30pm
Where? Café V Melounovém cukru (Františkánská 17), afterwards at Christmas markets
Price: 50 CZK

We are going to meet in the café, where we are going to practise Czech words and phrases which you can use at Christmas markets. Then we’ll go to the Christmas markets to practise in the real life what you’ll have learnt.

Registration is closed. Thank you. However, you can try your Czech at Christmas markets alone with our handout.

Czech Traditions and Study Czech Christmas Party

Study Czech — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:19:01 +0000

The end of the year is associated with many traditions and rituals. Come to our Study Czech Friday lesson, experience some of them and practise your Czech at the same time. After the lesson – celebrate the end of the year 2015 with us.

WHEN? Friday 4th December 2015, from 6:00 PM
WHERE? Study Czech classroom, Kotlářská 47, Brno, map
Price: 150 CZK (if you are our student), 200 CZK (if you are not our student).
Level: all
The whole evening will be in Czech.

Thank you all that come.

In one of the most popular Czech adverts the dad with his daughter are walking in the forest and he is telling her that if she does not eat anything the whole Christmas day, she will see a golden pig. You can watch the end of the story here. This advert has been on TV every Christmas for more than 10 years and it is a proof that traditions are still important to Czech people and we like keeping them.

You can learn more about Czech traditions associated with the end of the year and experience them during this Study Czech Friday event.

We also would like to say “goodbye” to the year 2015 officially in this event. We will be happy if you stay with us when the class finishes. Do not mind if you can not come to the Czech class, come to our Christmas Party (from about 8:00pm) at least. And do not forget to take your partner with you :)

Other Study Czech Fridays

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Christmas Gift Voucher

Study Czech — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 07:38:30 +0000

Give your loved ones a possibility to speak and understand Czech. Give them our Czech course.

In our Czech courses we focus on speaking and listening and a practical language which you can use in everyday situations.
You can choose a gift voucher for an individual Czech course (5 or 10 lessons), for a small group Czech course (10 lessons) or a weekend Czech course in Vysočina in spring. We also can send you a gift voucher by post or e-mail.
Please contact us for further information or to purchase a gift voucher.

PF 2015

Study Czech — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:53:39 +0000

Merry Christmas and Brigth Year 2015!

Jana, Staňka, Barbora a Eva – StudyCzech.cz

Czech Christmas words you definitely need to know

Study Czech — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:00:52 +0000

Christmas is a special holiday for us all. People getting presents for their dearest ones, spending time with their families, going on big family lunches… which of course requires special vocabulary. So let’s take a look at what words you might need to know for a Christmas holiday and New Year’s Eve in the Czech Republic!

Christmas (Vánoce)

A traditional Christmas tree (Vánoční stromeček or just stromeček) is usually a pine (borovice) or spruce (smrk) decorated with ornaments (in general called ozdoby, the round glass ones are called baňky) and candles (svíčky) or lights (světýlka). Some families have an artificial tree made of plastic (umělý stromeček).

As you probably know, the most important day is the 24th December, called Generous Day or Evening (Štědrý den/večer). The tree is put up and decorated usually in the morning of the 24th. During the day, people prepare dinner, go for a walk and watch fairytales (pohádky) on TV. Even though the Czechs are not fond of Russian culture, one of the most popular Christmas fairytale is Jack Frost (Mrazík) (wikipedia). Another very popular fairytale is Three Wishes/Nuts/Gifts for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) (wikipedia).

The traditional Christmas dinner includes fried carp (smažený kapr), potato salad (bramborový salát) and of course Christmas cookies (cukroví). The most traditional cookies are linzers or linz tarts (linecká kolečka), vanilla crescents (vanilkové rohlíčky), bear paws (pracny/pracky), beehives (vosí hnízda) and of course gingerbreads (perníčky). If you’re interested, here’s a video recipe for linz tarts (youtube).

After the traditional dinner, Christmas carols (koledy) are sung and Baby Jesus (Ježíšek) brings the gifts (dárky) and puts them underneath the Christmas tree.

At midnight, many people go to the church (kostel) to attend the Midnight Mass (Půlnoční mše or just Půlnoční).

New Year’s Eve (Silvestr)

The celebrations of New Year’s differ very much family to family. Some people go out to a pub, some stay at home. Since the 31st is a working day (pracovní den), not a public holiday (státní svátek), the celebrations start in the evening. People usually have a toast (přípitek) with Champagne (šampaňské) at midnight and then go outside to set off firecrackers (petardy). The 1st January is a public holiday, so the celebrations and welcoming of the new year sometimes last till the morning.

Veselé Vánoce a šťastný nový rok!

You can download Christmas Czech words with pictures here.

Author: Dagmar Wiesnerová

Shop Christmas presents in Czech and help

Study Czech — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:01:10 +0000

Combine convenience and pleasure and come on 21st December to the shop of the Veronica Foundation and practise shopping in Czech.

Don’t panic – we will be available for you, glad to show you the whole market. You will have an opportunity to practise Czech words and phrases which you can use next time with other shop assistants who are not as patient as we are, though :)

WHEN? Saturday 21/12/2013, 10:00 – 12:00 AM
WHERE? Shop of Veronica Foundation, Jana Babáka 11, Krpole, tram stop Terrerova (tram no. 12), map

What you can buy in the shop?
Clothes, jewelry, books, excellent apple juice and more. You also can bring to the shop your things which you do not need any more and you would like to hand them to other people.

We support the Veronica Foundation, because
they invest the money e.g. into tree planting, natural gardens, community projects and other activites which make Brno and its surroundings a better and nicer place to live :)