Thread: Чешская республика и русский язык

А вообще Прага - удивительный город. Один из красивейших городов европы.
По Праге можно ходить целыми днями и не уставать любоваться.

Приятно осознавать! Спасибо за сведению Алекс. Говорят, что там дешевый товар-- в смысле одежда. Надеюсь, что это правильно!

Originally Posted by Valda

Приятно осознавать! Спасибо за сведения Алекс. Говорят, что там дешевый товар-- в смысле одежда. Надеюсь, что это так и есть!

*правильно - здесь будет означать то, что они првильно делают, что продают товар по низким ценам. А, ты, насколько я понял, хотела сказать "it's true". Тогда надо говорить - "это так и есть" или "это правда."


Да не особо он и дешёвый. Ну наверное дешевле чем в Израиле.

Дешёвый товар - весь в Китае

Valda, don't worry about it - use whatever language people can speak.
If you are nice, people will try to communicate with you. Smile and ask very politely "Do you speak <language>?"

I don't know about Prague precisely because I haven't been there, but in other parts of Eastern Europe it's common that educated people speak Russian, particularly 40+ people. They might on the other hand not speak a word of English - that's quite a common situation.

Prague is a VERY popular tourist destination in the EU, and a rather cosmopolitan city - I think that English is widely spoken there - probably a different situation if you go elsewhere in Czech rep.

I think for younger people they are probably better at English and don't generally speak Russian, with the cut-off somewhere in the mid 30s.

While there are some anti-Russian feelings among some people in Eastern Europe - not all - I think most people take a pragmatic view of language. I think they will be able to tell that you are not a native Russian speaker.

So if you want to practice Russian, approach older people and be super nice, asking very nicely first if they understand Russian. If they say no, try English or German if you know it. It's not unusual that people in parts of Eastern Europe speak German but no English.

Be aware that people might mistake you for a German, particularly if you look like you might be from there. Reason being that Israeli and German accents sound a bit similar in several languages, particularly with the "R".

I've been to Prague.
Younger people don't speak Russian but they understand and speak English, there is a chance that nobody would speak Russian to you in a hotel.
Many restaurants keep waitresses that understand several languages, including Russian, however menus are in English, mostly.
There are many Russian tourists accompanied by Russian-speaking guides, I'm sure you would hear Russian language everywhere.
There are practically zero information that would be written in Russian but much in English.
However if you decide to visit another city - Karlovy Vary - you would find that place very Russian-oriented: many people speak Russian, there are street signs in Russian, etc.

Originally Posted by hddscan

I've been to Prague.
Younger people don't speak Russian but they understand and speak English, there is a chance that nobody would speak Russian to you in a hotel.
Many restaurants keep waitresses that understand several languages, including Russian, however menus are in English, mostly.
There are many Russian tourists accompanied by Russian-speaking guides, I'm sure you would hear Russian language everywhere.
There are practically zero information that would be written in Russian but much in English.
However if you decide to visit another city - Karlovy Vary - you would find that place very Russian-oriented: many people speak Russian, there are street signs in Russian, etc.

In restaurants they tend to provide russian menus for russian speaking ppl. But may be those were the ecxeptions. I'm not sure.

I forgot to say: I felt no hostility whatsoever, even when I spoke Russian. It was a very nice experience.