Becoming Czech! (American tries to pass the Czech citizenship test #2 "International Organizations")
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- čas přidán 14. 12. 2020
- In my "Becoming Czech" series, I test my knowledge of all things 🇨🇿Czech🇨🇿 and study for the Czech citizenship test (with a little help from Honza). This week, we get a brief respite from Czech history and learn about the Czech Republic's place in the international community. Get excited!!
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Ten, kdo začíná video s pivem v ruce, nemůže být nikdo jiný, než Čech. :D
Za tu dobu musí být pěkně zteplalý!
Just for future reference: vstoupit = enter/join, vystoupit = exit/leave
I think she is not saying vystoupit on purpose, she just can't say VS sound without inserting extra vowel. :-)
I agree, it´s hard to pronounce "VStoupit" for her.
actually, I think I'm just getting it wrong. But I know now!
@@ZuzanaHulova who needs extra vowels, they're for losers anyways :D
@PragaMaterUrbium because they really saying Voltava :-D
Honza čte česky jako král ! 😃
český Honza
a ty jeho znalosti! já čumim :O
Good job Jen and Honzo! You will be Czechs soon!
Thanks Suzana! We hope so!
The transformation has begun.
You mean with sandals and everything?
Hi! I'm wondering how come Honza with the most typical Czech name is NOT a Czech man? I might have lost some of your videos where you mentioned it, sorry.
Market: They want to be Czechs,, so they use Czech version of his name I guess.
ok, so the diference between "dva" and "dvě:"
"Dva" is used if the thing you're counting is grammatically masculine, exp.: dva pánové, dva hrady, dva muži, dva stroje, dva předsedové, dva soudci.
"Dvě" is used if the thing your're counting is grammatically feminine or neutral, exp: dvě ženy, dvě růže, dvě písně, dvě kosti, dvě města, dvě moře, dvě kuře, dvě stavení.
You refered to "the bill" truh is you can find both on czech bill. There is "DVĚ STĚ" on 200 bill because hundred (sto) is grammatically neutral and "DVA TISÍCE" on 2000 bill because thousand (tisíc) is grammatically masculine. Oddly enough, there is a woman on 2000 czech bill.
Perfektní vysvětlení! Malá oprava: dvě kuřata, stejně jako koťata, ale to jen tak poznámečka na okraj.
Awesome, Great explanation, thanks!
@@lynxlynx8125 jo dík, já si ty vzory automaticky pamatuju v singuláru 😅
@@Geker3 není zač!
5:10 Sovakia!
The legendary late Czech actor Jiří Sovák approves!
@@marekvasku5610 ne.
"If you're a member and do something, please let us know" is underappreciated gem 😂😂😂
Ok, I didn´t know european court for human rights is in Strasbourg, I was convinced it´s Haag..
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
@@DreamPrague No, definately you are not the only one. I chose also Haag.
Me too :)
Nah, that is the International Criminal Court (ICC). Before it was established, if the international community wanted to punish war crimes, the states had to create specialised tribunals, like the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Funny thing, I think that USA, China and Russia still ignore the ICC, while the rest of the world mostly acknowledges its authority.
The INTERNATIONAL Court of JUSTICE is in Hague, the EUROPEAN court for HUMAN RIGHTS in Strasbourg. Also, the EU doesnt have an army at all (although it has been discussed not too long ago), every member state takes care of their defence by themselves. If you are a member of NATO however, thats where the collective defence comes from.
Zlepšili jste mi náladu! Jde z vás hrozná pohoda, díky! :) Přeji vám krásné Vánoce.
You are great,guys!
Wow, I'm impressed by the knowledge! And also, gotta say, you're my favorite "Czech" youtuber.😄 Please keep with the amazing fun work!
Hurá! I have been looking forward to the next episode. I love the vibe of these videos. Just drinking beer and taking the test together in a comfy couch, so cosy. :-D
You understand so much of Czech, such advanced sentences! Impressive!
BTW most Czech including me unfortunately don't have much knowledge about how the EU works. It seems a little complicated. So you did great.
You guys are amazing.
Hey, Jen! Great job - Czech citizenship is almost certain! 🇨🇿👌👍😉🍻
Your husband has very good logical thinking. He must be very smart guy 👍😊
Now he's very happy. 🤓
It pleases me 😁 you will be awesome czech citizens 👍😀
@@mirahejkal3350 Totally agree.
Jen Is equally Smart And logical. The difference Is that the husband doesn't freak out😜 every time he's not 100%sure. Jen needs to focus on the questions without panic🤯
Great job with the test! Maybe you can do a video with Czechs trying to pass the same test?
i love watching your videos :)
Jen, good luck. You are gonna need it.
Honza je opravdu moc chytrý...ale Ty jsi zase hezčí...máte stejné šance na test "vtip". Každopádně nepochybuji o tom, že oba test zvládnete! I pro čecha jsou tyto otázky těžké (ty minulé z historie obzvlášť). Oba čtete úžasně a rozumíte co čtete a to je každopádně úžasné...přímo obdivuhodné! Moc vám fandím a děkuji za příjemné chvíle, které trávím ve vaší společnosti...tedy pouze zde na youtube. Díky a jen tak dál prosím :-)
Tak tady ta část vypadá mnohem více "tricky", než ta první a ty soudy jsem tedy taky pomotal. Jste šikulky, oba !
V evropske komisi nejsou "heads of state" ale komisaři (comissionars). Spletli jste si to s Evropskou radou (council of EU) a Radou evropy (European council).
Hele, taky bych to nedal. EU je plná orgánů (v obou smyslech).
Yes. The thing is that there is Council of the EU, European council and Council of Europe. Confusing stuff, I know.
@@PavelSkollSuk 😅
Tak to je svatá pravda.
@@PavelSkollSuk good one :D
Just for your information, you need to carry an identification document with you all the time even in Czechia. It can be ID or passport ( driving license might do as well I guess). They would not check it on border of Schengen area but in case you are stopped by police and there is need to identify yourself, if you don't have it you might end up on police station until your identity is confirmed. It is not happening often, but it might happen :)
Good to know Juraj, thanks for the tip! Definitely different from the US. Many people don't even have state IDs!
Well done to both of you. It's not easy. I believe that many Czech people would struggle with some questions too.👏
Vaše znalosti a čeština jsou obdivuhodné,smekám před Vámi 🙂👍
Je celkem vtipné a smutné, že mnoho Čechů by na tyto otázky odpovědět nedokázalo.
Proč myslíte? Máte nějaký reprezentativní vzorek a data? :)
Já bych měl nejspíš 8/10, protože jsem naprosto nevěděl, kde je soudní dvůr pro lidská práva (a tipoval bych Haag) a kde je sídlo NATO (tam jsem si myslel, že to bude někde v USA a ono ne). A nemyslím si, že bych se nějak extrémně zajímal o tato témata. Určitě je spousta Čechů, kteří by měli s otázkami větší problém, než já, ale zda je to výjimka nebo norma, to by musel někdo statisticky posoudit. Každopádně, Honza je borec, dal to na 100 %, i když s tou Evropskou komisí byl mimo.
To je ale normalni ani smutné ani vesele, vetsina americanu nebo britu by taky nezvládla jejich test občanství( a v tom britskem byly i dost odborné otázky jako jaky je limit, jeden pro anglii a další pro skotsko protože jsou odlišné, pro možné řešení civilního sporu mimosoudně, myslím jedno byli 3 a druhé 5 tisíc liber, a to podle me rozhodne není nějaká všeobecně známa informace).
Spoustu těch věci se ucime ve škole a většinou uz je pote nikdy v běžném životě nepoužijeme takže je postupem casu úplně normálně zapomenem, stejně jako matematické vzorce a nebo pravopis, který většina z nas v dospělosti kontroluje vic podle toho jestli se nam to od pohledu jeví napsané lip s tvrdým nebo měkkým než v duchu citováním vyjmenovaných slov. A proto jsou porady jako" jste chytřejší než patak" tak populární.
Congrats! You are officially more Czech than I am :-D
Zkazil jsem stejné otázky jako vy Jenn, takže jste na tom poměrně dobře :D
Myslím, že si vedete opravdu výborně. Protože ani dost rodilých Čechů by nevědělo správnou odpověď.
Jste super 💚
Hi Guys
I returned back to the Czech this year after an about 50 year absence. I lived and grew up in Germany/USA in the 70’s and 80’s then migrated to New Zealand in the early 90’s. Where this story will end nobody knows. I love living here and should have made the switch sooner.
I learned a lot from this segment. Many thanks
Jerry (Jiri)
Not bad at all! Congrats. 👍
I would absolutely love to have you two as my fellow citizens :)
this is how immigration should look like
Woow, good job! Did the mistake with Haag too :/ And the question with European Comminision was tricky but there are as many commissioners as there are member states, so after the enter of Croatia there are 28 of them. Each of them is in charge of a certain responsibility. Czech representative is Věra Jourová, even the Vice President of E.C. for "Values and Transparency" :))
Are these tests available somewhere on the internet? I think every Czech should try to do such a test once in a while - just for fun and self-education.
Nice. 8 of 10 is good result, esp. for this topic. I hope you will do videos for the others as well.
Jen, you were laughing at the invitation in question 6 but it was actually required to travel to some countries from 50s to 80s.
I like your Czech pronounciation guys. It's really good.
Mr. DreamPrague gave a pretty decent explanation of the various judicial bodies in Europe and that's coming from a law student. Most Czechs have no clue what the Strasbourg court does and that it's not an EU institution. Even a lot of lawyers struggle with this topic.
pěkné vánoce a šťastný nový rok! budete rozbalovat dárky american style ráno, nebo už večer? :D not a trick question, just nosey :)
Super to zvládáte. Postupnými krůčky k občanství...👍😉🍀 Honza se výrazně zlepšil, gratulace. Můžu vědět, čím se v USA a Japonsku zabýval a jakou školu studoval?
He went to Law School in the US! Yes, he's improving a lot.
Jste skvělí! 😊
Chtělo by to delší videa!!! :D
Wow, gratulace! Myslím že spousta čechů by nevěděla ani polovinu z těch otázek
Doufám, že nemáte pravdu. :-D
Ne, nemá pravdu. Většina z ~10M čechů by nevěděla ani 1/3 otázek. 😆
It was great Video.❤️ may i ask where can i finde this tests?
Hi Jennifer,
Sir_Mac here, as always!
By the way - beer called "ležák" (lager) is named that because for some time, "leží" (lies) in the barrel (sud).
Those general words are tricky in both languages... Sovislost is sometimes kontext, vztah, vazba... And definitely it is synonymum of spojitost...
souvislost = context (kontext), relation (vztah, vazba), connection (spojitost)
Jennifer, what does it mean, I don't know if it is an idiom, or what, but ...
"I will take what I can get"??? Something like "I have to work with what I have been given"??? In czech "Musím pracovat s tím, co mám" ???
I thought your John / Honza is rather behind you in the terms of the czech language, but I think you form a complementary couple. You are both strong in czech in differet areas, so you complement each other. I like Honza, he is very smart guy. He knows many things that native Czech doesn't! :)
Jennifer, don't be sad... When I hear "Evropská rada" a "Rada Evropy" which isn't the same thing, it makes me scream loudly, because if you have so many representative and administrative units, every one of them should have special and distinguishable name...
Páči sa mi, že sa Honza pridal do tvorby videí. Skúšala som odpovedať s vami a dve som mala tiež nesprávne a na jednej som váhala.
Super ,bez obav,já měl stejné chyby.😃 Vidím ,že mám jako Čech v otázkách Evropské Unie těžké mezery.Ale pozitivní na tom je ,že mě to vůbec netrápí.😃
O občanství ale přijít nemůžeš, i kdyby jsi měl IQ 50.
good job!
tisíce jsou DVA, související = RELATED :-) na jednu otázku jsem také odpověděla špatně, myslela jsem si také, že mezinárodní soud pro lidská práva je v Haagu. :-) jinak dobrý, máš to zmáknuté.
Very entertaining, thank you! And now try to imagine that there was no multiple choice, no suggestions or method of elimination! That was the Czechoslovak school that I attended.
And Jen, it is impolite to correct pronunciation (you are doing great!), but I just have to stop at vstoupit a vystoupit. Yours is the opposite in this video. Sorry :-)
I think you will make great Czech citizens. Drzim palce, Igor originally from Teplice, now living in Toronto.
Maybe Honza can do in the future video to share his story like Tobík did:)
Yeh.. I am learning with you. I got Haag and Strassburg wrong, and yes, we usually only travel with ID when no need of passport, at least me... Your struggle with DVATISICE4 was sweet, this really is a difficult language, kudos...
I usually take both občanský průkaz and passport with me and I store them separately, so if I get mugged, I have my back-up ID on me and do not need to go to the embassy.
I wish I could know that much Czech. My husband is Czech and he don’t tech me nothing I learn from myself and is hard
marvellous vids. very entertaining and educational. the 'european' identity cards are not bound to the schengenzone. you can travel with this card to many european countries who are not a member of the schengenzone. strangely as a netherlander i can use my id-card to travel to many european countries but not for caribean netherlands.
at least i'm not such a noob in this subject last time i watched your video about the history of czech it was like i was never born in there
Super video :) p.s. Vyslovuje se “dva tisice ctyři”
Skvělé video. Když máš 2004 tak se to čte "dva tisíce čtyři"
Jinak perfektní
5:44 - Saxána
Hi Jen, 2004 is pronounced dva tisíce čtyři and 2007 is pronounced in Czech dva tisíce sedm. Otherwise a very nice video, it's a pity it wasn't a bit longer, I really like your reactions 🤷♀️🤦♂️
I only travel within the EU with an ID card. Until recently, it was enough to visit Britain, but what was, was and is no longer. I loved traveling before Covid 19, and always only used an ID card. I don't even have a passport since I left Slovakia and became a citizen of the Czech Republic. The main thing is to have a credit card, it was always required by the hotel, that's why I have a travel credit card. Such a nice thing they invented in the USA 😜
0:28 beer from Vltava
2va je jednotka...ale 2vě je množství pro...super práce a zapojení muže je to co tomu chybělo....i když...mě Dream Prague hřeje celou dobu...hezké Vánoce a hlavně zdravíčko...:ú
i když 2vě jablka...? čeština...
A little behind on your videos but another nice one. I can understand and speak fluent but the reading and writing very hard for me had only grade 2 in Czech My grandfather owned Letinski lazne in1932 till 1950 something just putting it out their
This one was more trickier than the previus one with history.
It started easy, but I failed the question no. 4. I also guessed Hague :-D And I failed the question no.8 as well :-D
As for question 9... You said the correct answer before I even saw the options :-D I would be just guessing. I would probably hit the correct answer, but it would be just a happy acident to be honest :-D
So I would have 80% with good luck... with bad luck it would be 70% That doesn't look good, does it :-D
Honzo, you mixed up the Commission and Council. There is just one "EU Commission" but Council of the EU, European Council and then the Council of Europe. But still - You both rock, guys!
zdravím vás, zaujímavý postreh , pre Jennifer, vždy ked vysloví slovo "vstoupit" tak povie vystoupit čo má presne opačný význam. Je to ako jazykolam, chce to tréning, tréning, tréning ... pozdravujem zo Slovenska. Mimochodom kde sídli súd pre ľudské práva a koľko zástupcov má ktorá krajina v Europskej komisii vie tak 20-30% obyvateľstva EU.
Hi Jen, the Old Quibbler at sou service! ;) Gender of numerals of mathematical series (tens, hundreds, thousands...) goes as the gender of the series - or any other the things - which the numeral marks - in this case it is word "tisíc" which is masculin (in declension goes as "stroj") thus numeral two must take masculin form "dva". Form "dvě" is used for feminin or neutrum gender.
Besides - do not be afraid to butcher Czech language - as a foreigner (and a woman - gender stereotype advantage - you see?!) you will always go off easy... ;)
Being in the UK, I had the exact same reaction as Jen to London as the seat of the European Union 😂 That must have been there on purpose!
Requiring an invitation to travel abroad is not as absurd as it sounds, it used to be common here before 1989. If you traveled to a different country to visit a personal friend or relative, you first needed a written invitation from them (not sure if it was a form or just a freeform letter). Based on that you would (or wouldn't) obtain a permission to leave the country and to exchange some amount of money (since the koruna was not convertible outside of Czechoslovakia). And only after that would you start the visa process with the foreign embassy.
Honza pronunciation is very good 😌
So that's wear big Business and entrepreneurship and leadership begins to form a business if you understand the access to the point in origin in a political area to move your important pieces to checkmate
Japanese fermented bean is written "Natto", with 2 t's
Musím přiznat, že otázky kde jste měli problém uhádnout - tak bych měl taky problém a to jsem rodilý Čech (tedy Moravan).
No, na otázku číslo 7 je nejlepší odpověď "litovat".
Zdravím čechy... na vaše videa se rad dívam jen tak dal
Otázky , který i mě matou :D
No teda, koukám, že budu muset vrátit pas a občanku, já to za 10 nedal, taky jen za 8.
Well actualy there is a European Comission where is 1 commisionar from each country and than there is council of the EU where are the current heads of the member states
hodně štěstí,ale skutečně tady chcete žít?když tady máme takové dotazníky?
2:25 yes, we call It NATO
3:42 Its dva tisíce čtyři
Fairly sure she's asking about the pronunciation
nAto, not nEJto
@@simsfilms3 "dva tisíce čtyři" is grammatically perfectly correct, because it is used as the name of the year, not as serial number. Also, if you wanted to use a serial number, "dvou tisícerý čtvrtý" is not correct in this case, you would have to use "dvou tisícerém čtvrtém", or something like that, which would have been used probably during the era of the Austria-Hungary empire, not really in today's world. 😂
@@simsfilms3 Actually, the ordinal numeral of "2000" is "dvoutisící", not "dvoutisícerý". You should master your mother's tongue better.. :-D
@@simsfilms3 not tísícerý, which is technically right too, but dvou tísící čtvrtý rok, most often rok dva-tisíce-čtyři. You split the number in half, like the english doo, but use dual for two thousand numbers, not ordinary or ordinal number. For other years - for example English 1984 is nineteen-eighty-four. Czechs would say devatenáct-set-osmdesát-čtyři most often, or tisíc-devět-set-osmdesát-čtyři.
For declination of months you almost always use -ý since all months with exception of september (to září) are masculine grammer kin nouns, while september is neutral kin. Practical example: 11.9. - jedenácté září, 11.12. - jedenáctý prosinec
you don't need passport for travel around Schengen Zone just ID, which reminds me i don't have nor used passport for 16 years just traveled with ID and never needed to show ID either.
As far as the "MEZINÁRODNÍ SOUVISLOSTI" collocation is concerned, I would suggest: (1) "international relationships"; (2) "foreign relations" or "international relations", which both exactly mean "MEZINÁRODNÍ VZTAHY", but seem to be more appropriate here, I should think.
Its not so easy to have an enterprise in a different EU country. You need usually to open a bank account in that country that is pretty hard task to complete, especially for citizen from former eastern countries in western banks, you really have to fight against the mix of strict banking rules applicable in EU and local xenofobia, especially in Luxembourg !!!
I usually take both my passport and my ID card just in case I manage somehow to lose one of them but I know a lot of Czech who do not even own a passport because they travel just within the Schengen. And btw it's "dva tisíce" because tisíc is masculine.
Jen, maybe you will find it easier to pronounce "vstup" knowing that here the v is pronounced like f (because of the following s), so it's actually "fstup". Maybe it will help. ☺ You are doing great anyway.
Na testu by mela rici na prvni otazku Varsavska smlouva. To by se instruktorka asi zblaznila... :-)
The EU definitely doesn't have a military. There have been some talks, but the individual states haven't agreed on having a "European army".
má armádu romane. Má bojové skupiny a společné velení armád, které jsou sdružením armád a ne jednou armádou.
Proč máš to pivo ve sklence od vína ? XD POG ale jinak zajímavé video.
What is Jen saying in 7.33? But it....?
Čekal jsem nějaké otázky na české reálie (jako třeba kdy byla založena Univerzita Karlova), tohle byly otázky na EU....pfft
The last question was not really about Schengen - thats border control free thing. As EU citizens you can travel all around all EU members without password, just with your EU ID Card - Občanský průkaz/občanským průkazem.Tricky think is that those two thinks overlap, as all Schenngen members agrees to recognize other members IDs as well, without it, you will need passport in Norway and Swiss(not EU), but no bother control (Schengen). Plus CR have bunch of other countries whom recognizes our IDs outside EU and Schengen (like Croatia before entering EU).
Question no. 6 is such a weird and irrelevant question. The Schengen area has nothing to do with travel documents. That requirement is actually determined by the the other countries' membership in the EU, EEA, or by bilateral treaties (Switzerland, UK) or unilateral measures (ie. Georgia). As to whether people use their IDs - yes, many don't even have passports.
Hi, no answer in question n. 6 isn´t correct. Czech republic and Slovakia is promitted on identity card from1993.If has this error in the tests the department of Foreign, you can appeal against the result. I´m sorry for my english
Souvislosti = contexts, coherences
Czech could not work in any state of EU immediately since 2004... It took many years to achieve that in many "old EU" states...
Když bych využil odpovědi na otázku 8, které tak pěkně rozebral Honza, vybral bych z 281 lidí namátkou 2, kterým bych občanství v klidu sebral a dal bych ho Jen s Honzou
In Schengen zone you need either passport or ID. You can have both, but whichever one of these documents is sufficient.
Thank Goddddd I never had to take it!!! My mom is czech so I automatically have double citizenship.....🤭
I like brussels sprouts, not sure why it gets so much hate.
Haha me too, I love those bitter veggies!
I would say Haag too. :-)
right???