Czech Language Lessons REQUIRED

Hi Francesco, Whatever you do, don't feed the trolls! (Viz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet).) Do learn Czech, it'll be difficult, fun & interesting; and you'll be able to understand what these strange, stubborn, pointy-nosed creatures say. Not what they mean, of course; but that's has nothing to do with the language.

What about you learning some English first you 'a very good experiences?' Still wondering though, what you were communicating in with these 'English students' of yours. Apparently some sign language of sorts.

and for the sake of spelling (under the high standards of our omniscent friend's knowledge of English), I shall rectify: second line: 'and' - not 'end'.

This reply is not really aimed at the omniscent friend above. This is just to clarify that I am only end exclusively looking for Czech Language Teachers here, and whether they are men or women, beautiful or ugly (for that matter) is NOT any concern of mine. Thank you.

[quote]can everybody accept Francesco's minds?? it's his choice, his time, his money as well... our language is very hard for all foreigners, of course. but i know many peoples who living in prague and they have a good - no excellent - speaking. is any another reason there why Francesco can't learn and touch our language?? let to him time and patience - it's all, he don't need nothing more.[/quote] Could not have been bothered by reading these shambles of yours. Your czenglish is just pathetic. Btw. it's rather conspicuous that im not the person you asked me about.

Dear Frankie, why dont u just get someone to improve ur enlish first? then maybe u can try something else. french or spanish perhaps, as they related to ur own tongue. and if u want to shag some czech bird, theres no need to pretend to be interested in the language.

[quote]heh, really?? shake your head and get-up, pls. (1989)[/quote] LLLOOOOLLLL Get back to real life !

Thank you everybody for the useful comments.

My friends were learning Czech from Czech step by step, it was used as an official textbook at Charles University for Czech language course, not sure if it is better than any other. Otherwise, there is summer course in Pisek or Tabor, that is pretty good. Anyway, I think it is organized by Charles University. Good luck with finding the tutor - I am afraid the best way may be going via skype or so... Maybe anther suggestion would be there is facebook group for aupairs in UK, I am sure someone would like that as an extra pocket money... there is a group for czechs and slovaks in UK as well.

[quote]Well...Last fight for freedom and liberty was in 13th century. ...[/quote] heh, really?? shake your head and get-up, pls. (1989)

Thank you everybody for all your positive (and non-positive) comments. I will not give up! I will find Czech tuitions and I will learn Czech - which is an amazing language. May I just reassure you that I am fully aware of what I am looking for and of what I am going to face? I am a professional linguist and philologist, and I do this for work at university. You may know that 'Linguistics' and 'Philology' are disciplines which study 'language' - not 'languageS'! The scientific theory behind will support me in understanding the structure of Czech, i.e., I am prepared to analyse the pragmatic-semantic-syntax interface. In other words, I am aware of the diachronic changes (see Old Slavonic vs. Modern Czech), I am aware of the pragmatic-semantic differences between SPOKEN Czech and WRITTEN (formal) Czech. I am aware of the dialectal variation, for example Moravan vs Bohemian. I am aware of the change of meaning according to context (words can have different meanings depending on the situation). I am aware of variation in aspect-tense verbal system (for example: delat: I am doing / I have done / I did / I did (and finished) / I did (and not yet finished)... punctual and perfective actions vs. iterative actions, etc.). I find all these aspects of Czech extremely interesting for my work. And I am (still) very happy to learn Czech. Thank you all.

Hey Francesco, I think it's amazing you want to learn our beautiful language. Please do not pay attention to any negative comments; you've spotted that quite right - Czech people tend to be pessimistic and discouraging, it's easier to give up straight away than start trying (sad LOL). Of course, Czech language is hard to learn but that just makes it a great challenge. And since you've got a clear goal in your mind you'll find it much easier :) I've recently started a language swap with a French person and he's doing really well. I live in London but am available for a chat over Skype to help you out in the beginning till you manage to find some Manchester based teacher. I'm currently studying five languages and one of them is Hebrew. Many people asked me why; that I probably won't have any use for it. None of them were Hebrew native speakers - those were actually pleasantly surprised and tried to give me various tips. There are a lot of helpful Czechs around too so I hope you'll meet as many as possible :)