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Strč prst skrz krk. Strč prst skrz krk ( pronounced [str̩tʃ pr̩st skr̩s kr̩k] ⓘ) is a tongue twister in Czech and Slovak meaning 'stick a finger through the neck'. [1] The sentence is well known for being a semantically and syntactically valid clause without a single vowel, the nucleus of each syllable being a syllabic r, a common ...
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon. [1]
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After many years of Austrian rule, during which German was the main language of literature and government, there was a revival of Czech literature at the end of the 18th century. The most prominent writer during the early period of Czech literature was Jan Hus (1369-1415), a religious reformer who also reformed Czech spelling ( české ...
In contrast, the Czech translator used the Old Czech word for bumblebee – Brumbál (in modern Czech čmelák). The French translation renamed Severus Snape as 'Rogue'; in Italian he was renamed "Piton" (from the Italian "pitone", " python "). [242]
In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as jména ("names") or, if the context requires it, křestní jména ("Christian names"). The singular form is jméno. Generally, a given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch ). It used to be a legal obligation ...
466,708,000 Czech koruna (2018) Number of employees. 273. Website. ctk.eu. The Czech News Agency ( Czech: Česká tisková kancelář ), abbreviated to ČTK, is a national public service news agency in the Czech Republic. It publishes in Czech and English . Founded on 28 October 1918, on the same day as Czechoslovakia, [1] the company has been ...
