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Variety of Czech spoken in Brno
Hantec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦan.tɛts] dialect previously spoken among lower classes in Brno , Czech Republic during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It developed from the mixing of the Czech language as spoken in Moravia with the languages of other residents of Brno, including Germans and Jews. Today Hantec exists in its original form only among some elderly people, but many words and expressions have become a part of Czech spoken in Brno.
Hantec[ 1]
Standard Czech
Usage
English
Zdar jak sviňa!
Přeji hezký den!
Generic greeting
Have a Good Day!
Betálný Štatl
Nádherné město Brno
Used when referring to Brno City
Beautiful Brno
Zoncna rubluje
Slunce ostře svítí
Complain about it being too hot today
Sun is shining
Jak šwimhozny na priglu
Jako plavky na Brněnské přehradě
Comparison to say that someone/something is useless
Like swimsuit on Brno Reservoir
Hodit čuz na filáče
Koukat se po ženách
To say that you are here to look at women or generic phrase to avoid explaining what you are doing
Looking at women
Vozubená koňa
Krásná dívka
saying that a girl is beautiful
A horse with a lot of teeth
Kde tu máte retych?
Kde tu máte záchod?
self-explanatory
Where is the toilet?
Kudy se tu dostanu na rolu?
Jak se dostanu na hlavní nádraží?
self-explanatory
Where is the main train station?
Hantec[ 1]
Standard Czech
origin of phrase
English
zoncna slunce from German Sonne
sun
šalina
tramvaj
from German "elektrische Linie " - "electric line"
tramway
augle
oči
from German Augen
eyes
gómat
chápat; myslet
from Czech koumat
to understand; to think
lochec
smích
from German Lachen
laugh
love
peníze
from Romani love
money
retych
záchod/WC
from Austrian Rettich
toilet
rola
vlakové nádraží
from German Rollen
railway station
prigl Brněnská přehrada
from German Priel
Brno Reservoir
švimhózny
plavky
from German Schwimmhose , from schwimmen and Hose
swimsuit
štatl
centrum města
from German Stadt
(down)town
Štatl
centrum města Brna
from German Stadt
Brno City (centre)
šlofnót
spát
from German schlafen
to sleep
cajzl
Pražák
from German Zeisig
a Praguer
škopek
půllitr
from Czech škopek (bucket)
a half-litre of beer
^ a b Kopřiva, Pavel. Velký Slovník Hantecu , FT Records Brno, 3rd ed. 2004
