As you may have noticed, I am Czech and, knwing some other languages as well, I can honestly declare that Czech is the most beautiful of them. Unfortunately, most people studying it do not think so. Many who decide to get to the top of the hill called Czech get out of steam quite quickly.
The language IS horrible, once you master some rules, you find out that there are so many exceptions that learning the rule actually does not make much sense. To me it seams that the safest way to learn Czech is to learn it by heart. I do mean it: come here, listen to people and imitate what they say. Don´t forget to put your heart in it too. One more thing: don´t be frustrated if Czech people keep correcting you. First, it is one of our national sports, secondly - you want to speak the right Czech, don´t you?
I have a few friends from various countries who speak good Czech and enjoy it. Also, I have had some students to whom I taught the basics of Czech and who now speak it really well. All of the people say, that it was extremely difficult but it was worth it.
Now they can read the orginal versions of Vaclav Havel´s speeches or Bohumil Hrabal´s novels and finally find out how fantastic they are.
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