prague & the language

we are right smack dab in the middle of europe. 

i'm trying, really. i finally got 1-10 down pat (ha ha) people ask me what it's like here... are the people as beautiful as i've heard they are? well, it is like any other city. there are incredibly beautiful people and... just the complete opposite.  there are really welcoming nice people and... really rude people.

j u s t  l i k e  a n y w h e r e.

bums bums everywhere. today i got on the tram and it wreaked of mildew. i looked around and people were all making faces and covering their noses. i noticed a homeless looking man sleeping in front of me. a czech woman tried speaking to me and i knew she was saying something about the smell and the man and i just kept saying "ano ano" (yes) .... and then she kept on talking and i was like, "ne cesky" (my way of saying i don't speak czech). she laughed and understood... i pointed to the next cart and she followed me at the next stop and we ran onto it so we could get away from the smell. it was really funny, to be honest.

a little czech i know (i am spelling them how they sound, not actually how they're spelt.):

yes- uh-no
no- neh
what- soh
sorry-promintay
good-dobry
cheers-nastravi
dobry vecher- good evening
hello- dobry den. (that's formal. if you know the person well, you can say ahoy or ciao.)
goodbye- naskladuno




please & you're welcome- proseem
thank you- daykooyoo or dee-kay or daykwee
do you speak english?- miluvitay anglitsky?
i don't understand- nay rozumeem
still water- voda neperliva

i hear something like "fuck!" all the time. it actually means "really?" in czech. endearing.

this shit is hard! i still don't know days of the week or real phrases. i had a contact on expatz to meet with two girls to exchange english for czech but they never got back to me. i'm going to continue my search to trade languages.

i'll be 25 in about a week..... gasp...
come visit :) we are trying to stay until june...