Comprehensible input · Czech
Czech texts you can actually read
Czech is a West Slavic language spoken by over 13 million people, known for its complex grammar and lack of articles. Every text is written for your level, every sentence is tappable for a translation, every word is one tap from the dictionary — and the whole story can be read to you out loud.
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A1 · Everyday life
Daily routines, shopping, weather — real situations
Short stories and dialogues (80–160 words) about everyday life. Present tense with natural case usage and frequent question-answer patterns.
Víkend na chatě
Weekend at the Cottage
A classic Czech weekend: leaving the city on Friday for the family cottage, garden work, mushroom hunting in the forest, and sausages over the evening fire.
Read & listenCesta tramvají v Praze
Tram Trip in Prague
A ride on Prague's famous tram 22: waiting at the stop, buying a ticket, and watching old houses, the Vltava and Charles Bridge glide past the window.
Read & listenA2 · Little stories
Real narratives with a beginning, middle, and end
Narrative texts (150–280 words) that tell a story: a trip, a memory, a small adventure. Past tense appears, sentences breathe a little more.
České pivo a hospoda
Czech Beer and the Pub
Why the pub is the living room of Czech culture: pale lager, hockey on the screen, goulash with dumplings, and the right way to say cheers.
Read & listenLegenda o pražském Golemovi
The Legend of the Prague Golem
The most famous Prague legend: how Rabbi Loew shaped a servant from Vltava clay, brought it to life with a shem — and what happened when he forgot to remove it.
Read & listenVánoční kapr
Christmas Carp
Czech Christmas Eve, from the meat-free lunch and the golden piglet to a carp in the bathtub, fried carp with potato salad, and presents from Ježíšek.
Read & listenB1 · Real stories
Longer stories with feelings, opinions, and plans
Stories and slice-of-life pieces (250–500 words) with several characters, dialogue, and a real arc. Future tense, aspect pairs, and opinions appear naturally.
Výlet na Sněžku
Trip to Sněžka
Climbing the highest Czech mountain: by cable car in fifteen minutes or on foot through Obří důl — and why you should pack warm clothes even in July.
Read & listenKarel IV. a Praha
Charles IV and Prague
How a 14th-century king who spoke five languages turned Prague into one of Europe's great cities: the New Town, Charles Bridge, the first university in Central Europe, and Karlštejn.
Read & listenSametová revoluce
The Velvet Revolution
November 1989, day by day: a student march turns into a national movement, keys ring out over Wenceslas Square, and a playwright becomes president.
Read & listenB2 · Almost native
Texts with style: humour, suspense, and culture
Short fiction and cultural essays (400–800 words). Natural register shifts, reported speech, participles where the language uses them in print.
Dobrý voják Švejk
The Good Soldier Švejk
The world's most famous Czech novel: a Prague dog dealer in the Austro-Hungarian army whose obedient idiocy — real or brilliantly feigned — dismantles the machinery of war.
Read & listenFenomén Jára Cimrman
The Phenomenon of Jára Cimrman
The greatest Czech who never lived: a fictional universal genius, a theatre built on perfect deadpan, and the TV poll he won so convincingly he had to be disqualified.
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