Czech alphabet: how to write and pronounce
This content is from a Czech text book page 15, blue box on the bottom of the page. This can be used to explain a word to someone on the phone.
How to write
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_orthography#Alphabet
- https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/Czech_orthography
Used Czech words to write the Czech alphabet.
- velké - large - e.g. velké a = "A"
- malé - small - e.g. malé a = "a"
- dlouhé - long. - e.g. dlouhé a = "á"
- krátké - short - e.g. krátké tvrdé ý = "y"
- X s čárkou - with comma = long letter - e.g. í s čárkou (comma) měkké (soft) = "í"
- X s kroužkem - with ring - e.g. ů s kroužkem = "ů"
- X s háčkem - e.g. é s háčkem = "ě"
- měkké - soft - e.g. dlouhé (long) měkké (soft) í = "í"
- tvrdé - hard - e.g. krátké (short) tvrdé (hard) ý = "y"
- dvojité vé - double ve = "w"
- ypsilon - "y" coming from Greek letter
How to pronounce
The Czech alphabet / Česká abeceda - Alphabet channel www.youtube.com This video covers except dlouhé (long) letters.
This side has sound file for each letter. http://learn101.org/czech_alphabet.php
