Keeping Czech alive abroad: How Krajánek ve světě helps children stay close to their roots

Keeping Czech alive abroad: How Krajánek ve světě helps children stay close to their roots

Author: Radio Prague International August 12, 2026 Duration: 5:46
One of the challenges of living abroad is gradually losing contact with your native language, and this can be even more difficult for children of expats. Various associations can therefore serve as a bridge to their native language and fellow countrymen, often run by volunteers who want to share their enthusiasm for their native language with children living abroad. One such organisation, focused on the youngest generation, is Krajánek ve světě.

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The University of Vienna is marking a remarkable milestone this year: 250 years since Czech was first taught there. In fact, Czech was introduced as a field of study in Vienna 18 years earlier than at any Czech Universit…
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As the summer sun finally begins to shine over Czechia, a useful word to know is teplý, an Czech adjective meaning ‘warm’.
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What have prayers got to do with the human backbone? There’s a connection, at least in the mind of Czech speakers! The Czech word for the spine is páteř , a term in fact inspired by rosaries – those strings of beads that…
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Many organisations have the position of tajemník , a secretary, such as the United Nations’ Generální tajemník (in English: Secretary-General). This Czech term is another case of other languages inspiring the structure o…
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Plný , which means ‘full’ in Czech, is an ordinary word, but with ancient origins. We can easily trace its family tree back to the prehistoric source of the Indo-European languages.