Svat petr ryba1/8/2023 ![]() This article presents evidence supporting the hypothesis by analyzing two sources. section 3.2) however, their observations have never been examined systematically or empirically. Researchers in the field of language contact suggested a similar hypothesis already in the 19th century (cf. Considering this geographical concentration at the South Eastern borders of the German-speaking language areas, this article investigates to what extent the emergence of geben ‘give’ as a put verb is due to language contact between German and Czech. This language area covers South East Germany (mainly the federal state of Bavaria), large parts of Austria, and South Tyrol in Northern Italy (cf. Ammon, Bickel & Lenz, Reference Ammon, Bickel and Lenz2016:265). Na shledanou.Current studies show that geben ‘give’ as a German put verb is frequently used, especially in the Eastern Upper German language area (cf. ![]() The reason is that most Josefs and their pals across the country get very drunk.Īnd that's all for now from me, Pavla - which comes from the Latin word for small, and Kamila - a girl of noble origin in Latin. For example, everybody knows that the 19th of March is dedicated to Josef, a very common male name for the older generation. Name days aren't such a big event as birthdays but some days in the year are notorious because masses of people who have the same name celebrate at the same time. But as new names were coming about, the distribution has become pretty much random in the secular calendar. Originally, individual days were dedicated to specific patron saints. Every day in the year has a name assigned to it. ![]() The wife of President Havel is Mrs Havlova and Mr Gross's spouse is Mrs Grossova.Ĭzechs also celebrate name days. Women traditionally take their husband's name when they marry and female surnames have special endings. For example, the Interior Minister Stanislav Gross has a perfectly Slavonic first name and a German surname. Czech surnames are predominantly of Slavonic origin, but a large number come from German. For instance, the surname of composer Leos Janacek, is a diminutive of Jan or John. The surname Havel, on the other hand, is originally a Latin first name, Gallus.Ī lot of Czech surnames are derived from first names. St Wenceslas or Svatý Václav is the patron saint of the Czech Lands. The first name of President Havel, Vaclav, is an old Czech name meaning "more famous" or "more glorious". Another big group are Slavonic names which are usually quite long, such as Vladimir, the first name of the new prime minister meaning "world-ruler", which is rather appropriate, or Lubomir, the name of the new chairman of the lower house which means "peace-lover". A large proportion of Czech given names come form foreign languages, Latin, Hebrew, Greek - those are mainly biblical names - or more recently from Western European languages. Today, however, many people tend to give their children rarer names which will make them stand out more among their contemporaries. For example the number of boys called Jan and girls called Jana - the equivalents of John and Jane - in the population is enormous. Although the choice of names is quite large in Czech, certain names were so popular with some generations that they became over-represented. In some families, the same Christian name is handed on from father to son for generations. It is not uncommon that parents pass their own first names on to their children. The Czech baroque composer Jan Jakub Ryba or the 19th century playwright Josef Kajetan Tyl would be an exception today. Those who have been baptised have one or more middle names but very few people ever use them. The typical Czech has two names - a first name and surname. It's time now for the letter "N" which stands for names. Hello and welcome again to our regular Czech language programme, the ABC of Czech.
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