GUIDE TO CZECH PRONUNCIATION
Czech is a phonetic tongue, and that means that it is pronounced as it is written. The main stress of a word is always on the first syllable. The following brief guide to pronunciation should satisfy most demands of this book:
Vowels:
| a | as in pub |
| á | as in carp |
| e | as in get |
| é | as in today |
| ě | as in yellow |
| i or y | as in sit |
| í or ý | as in peat |
| o | as in got |
| u | as in look |
| ů | as in cool |
Consonants:
| c | like the ts in rats |
| č | like the ch in chubby |
| ch | like the ch in loch |
| g | like the g in god |
| h | like the h in had |
| j | like the y in yoke |
| r | like the r in ripe, but rolled |
| ř | similar to the rsh in Pershing, as in Dvořák |
| š | like the sh in shop |
| ž | like the s in pleasure |
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Publication information:
Book title: Vaclav Havel:A Political Tragedy in Six Acts.
Contributors: John Keane - Author.
Publisher: Basic Books.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: 515.
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