Language lessons

I met with my Czech language tutor last night. We discussed what book she thought we should use and what each session would include. My tutors name is Marta and she is a native Czech who is currently in University. She will be coming every Monday for an hour. I went out this morning and bought my text book, activity book, and grammar basics laminated pamphlet. I started some of the work today. I have a week to get through each lesson before I meet with marta again. Since she will expect me to know enough to have basic conversation I have to really start to study. I'm looking forward to learning more Czech. It is a different learning process now....or maybe it is just learning rather than figuring out the answers to get a good grade! I want my Czech ability to be greater than my Spanish ability. I got great grades in Spanish because I knew the answers not because I could speak the language. Something that is interesting about Czech is that there is a Prague- Czech and then proper czech spoken outside Prague. Since Marta knowss both she will teach me proper czech but point out where the Prague-Czech differs so that I will know what people are saying here in Prague. One of those difference I have already learned from my friend. The word apple is jablko in proper czech. Prague Czech just pronounces it as jabko.

We have been reading Czech books with the girls so that they can also learn Czech. In addition to us reading to them our babysitter is Czech and is going to start speaking Czech to them so that they learn the language. We had to laugh since we will have to start bringing Sofia with us places to translate. Just another reason to really buckle down and learn Czech so that my child isn't more fluent than I.