Chin up Slovak bros and sisters, same as us Slovenes, you had to survive and endure for thousand years as a small nation in the most heated region of Europe where almost every other nation wanted to assimilate or wipe you out! And yet, here we are, our both nations stayed true to our roots, ethnicity, language! Slava bratje!
bandrej x yep, we survived but dont forget what happened to polabian Sorbs (practically dead culture now) and the north western slavs: Oborides, Wends and others (wiped out).
The young lady forgot that Slovakia's 1st Republic was from 1939 to 1945 under Dr., Msgr. Jozef Tiso. Many other great Slovaks fought for independence as Pastor Andrej Hlinka, Dr. Vojtech Tuka, etc. In history we had King Svatopluk and other princes. Yes we were dominated by the Czech government. I agree the Slovenes and Croatia are our real brothers.
Do you know the main difference between Czech and Slovak guy when they meet in one pub? The Czech guy has $100 in his pocket, but he behaves as if he has the last dollar. And the Slovak guy has the last dollar, but he behaves as if he has $100
As a Croat that has been in 90 countries worldwide I have nowhere been accepted better as a turist than in Slovakia. I find Slovakian girls better than Croatia /except for Bratislava/, more mature and reliable for their age. General experience with the Czech is fine as well, although a bit more reserved
Very true observations. I think you're right on point on most of these. But, I don't think Slovaks are more open to change, if they are outside of Bratislava, they tend to be very set in their ways, especially the 40+ crowd.
+Kyo Slovakia yeah there are definitely differences between the generations too... But I feel like the younger generation is getting more flexible. But of course it's hard to generalize.
From my experience (although I hate generalizing), Czechs are a bit like Germans: not very emotional. Slovaks are more emotional, but still not as much emotional as Poles (one of my Portuguese friends laughs that Poles are the Latins of the North while his compatriots are the Lithuanians of the South). And yes, you are right: I noticed Slovaks feel like they have to prove themselves. Overall, as a Westerner of Polish ascent, I understand almost everything in Slovak. I can even read texts in this language. I have a similar facility when I hear Belarusian (btw, just as Slovaks, they love the word “vel’mi” ;) ). In Czech or Ukrainian, people have to talk slowly so I understand them and reading is a bit more difficult. It is still easier than Russian or Bulgarian though.
We're not emotional, we're extravert. Well not everyone of course, I'm introvertic, but a lot of Poles, majority of my friends and family are extravertic and very sociable. :) A subtle difference, but very important to describe a Polish soul. :D
@@akcjaxd7863 What? Poles aren't extrovert! Czechs are much more extrovert than Poles. Everything south of Poland is more extrovert. This is how it works. More south you go you will find more extroverts while more north you go you will find more introverts. Czech Rep. and Slovakia are south of Poland. Please, don't spread this bullshit about Poles. Just because we're catholic doesn't mean we are sociable like Italians or other Romance people. Everytime I ride a bus or train no one talks with each other. It's always quiet. Polish soul is melancholic and introvert.
At first greetings from Lithuania!!! Once i had honor to visit Slovakia, Kosice city. Despite the fact that we came for short term (only for competition) i was stunned by this country beauty. The mountains, castle, countryside, beautiful ladies... and strange thing - i find a lot of similarities with Lithuania in value, attidute, communication between people... That was experience i want to repeat :)
In the U.S. in 1975, I had to give a presentation on my nation of origin. (I was about 9 years old). I told my teacher I was Slovak and she told me to work with the Lithuanian group instead. 😖😂
Cool video! as a Czech citizen living most of his life in the USA, I am always interested in knowing the differences between us and our brothers and sisters in Slovakia. :)
I was born in Československo. :) So it1s true what Petra mentioned about "raňajky". People in my generation perfectly understand each other. Czechoslovakia was a bilingual country, but split up. It was very surprising for me when I first realized that there can be langauge problem between Czech and Slovak people. But these misundertandings are not so serious. I almost never speak or write in Czech. I use Czech word when my Czech partner doesn't understand a Slovakian word. You may ask me why I don't speak or write in Czech..... Well I have a good reason..... But sometimes I am not sure in Czech spelling, ot the correct Czech word. But when I see or hear them I totally understand everything. It's still normal that I write business letters in Slovak to my Czech partners and they answer me in Czech. It is very interesting that I clearly remember what someone told me in train one year ago or so..... But I don't remember he was Czech, or Slovak? He spoke in Czech, or Slovak? I don't have great problems with Polish, Slovenian, or Croatian ppl. To be Slovak (or Slawish) is a blessing! It opens gates in this territory. :)
Djakujem! Thank you for the video, I know many Slovak people but it took me a while to start understanding them. Thanks to your video it is a lot clearer now. 👍
Nezapomeň, že historicky Slováci byli 1000 let součástí Horních Uher, kdežto Češi zase součástí německého kulturního okruhu: Svatá Říše Římská a Rakouské Předlitavsko. Tady je podle mě hlavní rozdíl v temperamentu obou národů. Jak již bylo řečeno v Čechách se málokdy dabuje/překládá Slovenština - je to spíše naopak. A důvod proč Slováci jsou více otevření novým myšlenkám, i když jak říkáš jsou více konzervativní, je si myslím právě proto, že jako nově samostatný národ cítí potřebu se prosadit a sebeformulovat.
I am American, but my grandfather's history is Slovakian (although they were from Hungary). I watched this video for fun to get an idea of what cultural behaviors Slovaks tend to have, and I found it fascinating as I found some similarities in my father and grandfather's side of the family. You all ROCK!!! :D
Same here, but for my husband's family. His father is pure Czech and his mother has full German and Italian on her side. I can definitely see that organized, almost austere personality.
My dad side is Italian and Irish I am ltalian and Irish and German and Polish my mom’s side is German and polish my mom keeps saying I am either polish or Slovak maybe I could be all 5 in my heritage.
I don't know if someone else had written this before but I have to address the language gap. From my point of view as a Czech born in 2000, I don't really have a huge problem understanding Slovak (with the exception of a few words) as we had Slovak TV channels growing up. But I was quite shocked to find out are Czechs that don't understand Slovak and, from what understand, it's mostly the generation that was born in the mid 1990's since they didn't have that constant presence of Slovaks in the TV like my parents would have, RU-vid wasn't a thing and if you didn't pay extra you wouldn't get Slovak channels on TV. That's what I've always thought. 🤷
I also know from my experience that us- slovaks understand czech language much better than czechs do understand slovak. So many times I had to speak english to them or explain a word or say it in czech. Because somehow I know these words which are very different from in slovak. I think that we watch czech movies, know czech celebs many things are not translated in media while in czechia, they dont talk about slovaks they dont interview them they dont play slovak songs in media, no slovak films etc. I think that´s why us slovak know all of these words that are different... We kind of grew up hearing them asking parents what does this word mean when we hear it.... One time, me and my friends were abroad and wanted to play a game but we didnt know the rules and we saw some czechs playing it so I came to them and said : Dobrý deň, prosím vás, ako sa tá hra hrá? .... they answered : Já vám nerozumím, mluvíte anglicky?........ I said the same thing in czech and it felt really awkward
Možná to bude tím, že jsme početnější národ a tudíž máme větší vliv na vás, než naopak vy na nás. Čeština je zkrátka používanější jazyk, hlavně mnohem více Slovaků je vystaveno češtině (spousta slovenských studentů), než Čechů vystavených slovenštině, takže to i novou generaci zkrátka nutí rozumět česky. Nakonec bych chtěl alespoň za sebe říct, že se slovenštinou, ač jsem nevyrůstal v Československu, vůbec nemám problém a pochybuji, že to bude napříč mojí generací jinak. Jako opravdu, naše jazyky jsou téměř totožné, takže ty příklady toho, že bychom si nerozuměli, mi přijdou přehnané.
To nehovor ani zo srandy že ti Česi nerozumeli a musel si jim to prekladat do angličtiny... Nikdy som si nemyslel, že by sa niečo také mohlo stat, keď máme skoro úplne isté jazyky...
Z matčiny strany jsem poloviční Slovák, moje babička, i když žila na Moravě, stále mluvila Slovensky, takže mi nepřijde slovenština nijak cizí a dobře jí rozumím, s chybami bych dokázal i slovensky hovořit. Ale u svojí dcery, která se se Slováky setkala jen krátce na výletech po slovenských horách, vidím, že často nerozumí - asi tak jako rozumím já rusky 30 let od školní ruštiny :D Osobně preferuju filmy ve slovenském znění (originálním), slovenština mi vždy připadala libozvučná a rozumím jí, tak co. Slevnské hlasatelky, moderátoři v ČT mi nijak nevadí, naopak. I audioknihy od Dominika Dána namluvené fantasticky Mariánem Geišbergem posluchám v originále, knihy čtu taky v originále, proč sakra překládat něco, co je na 95 % shodné s češtinou? Navíc nikomu neuškodí se trochu přiučit slovensky.
Well, I only spent two days in Slovakia. But I noticed that people could understand me without problems when I tried to speak (broken) Czech. They only didn't get the word "nádraží".
Hello, what part of Bohemia your family came from? If you want to know anything, I can tell you more. Actually, your ex president Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira had roots in the Czech Republic too, one part of his family was from the South Bohemia. Surname Kubitschek is from Czech "Kubíček".
Hlouposti! All of them they are generally the same! Greetings from Romania where exists an important Czecho-Slovak minority. Here we have remained together, between us there are no differencies!
@@richardhruskoci1227 Proc Cesi by byli lepsi nez Slovaci, nebo naopak? Jsou STEJNI! Napul jsem Cech ( i trosicku Slovak), napul Madar a mohu rici ze nevidim mezi nimi zadny rozdil. Mozna je slovenska hrdost silnejsi...ale dokonce je citit ze je stejna krev.
Ano pretože vy ukradnete pointu slovenského seriálu, a slovo od slove ho prekopírujete s českými hercami :) Viď. Profesionály, Ordinácia v ružovej záhrade, Partička..
Za me treba Pripady prvniho oddeleni, jinak se na to opravdu moc koukat neda... ale slovenska Particka me bavila.. ta ceska sla zprvu, ted se koukat neda.. Moderatory mate lepsi o poznani - casto si je pujcujeme :) smutne je, ze tu opravdu moc casto slovenske filmy nevysilaji..
Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir nuevamente en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos, felicidades por tus vídeos...
I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships
Jak se mas, vitame vas .....I m not Czech, but in this area I live in Texas, there are many people that are of Czech heritage.....but many refer to themselves as Bohemians....in fact signs with Czech phrases are sold in just about every store here, with Jak se mas being a big seller of signs and car stickers
My polish hair dresser has some older polish ladies that come and they thought i was polish. I’m half czech. she understands czech as well. The older polish ladies welcomed me right into the chatter. I’ve never been spotted as an eastern european before. I was so happy. I’m also half french, not not french enough to be fully embraced. Basically i don’t feel enough of either culture for the people of that culture to embrace me. I do know how to cook dishes on both sides. my czech side raised me to be more suspicious of governments and who o give my information to. :)
Bec of my friend like 40% of my playlist now is DMS,Gleb,Samey etc... Im polish and at the begining slovak was kinda weird to me,but as i listened more and more i just got full into it.I love your Music!And I understand like 70% of slovak if i speak with someone.You should do Video about similarities between Poland and Slovakia.I think we are just more similar than we think.
To be honest,just take an the hotels I have been to in Bratislava and Prague as an example... I could feel that Bratislava's was more funny,interesting, and welcoming. Prague's was more serious
I know this isn't extremely related, but this is important to me. If my family left the country when it was still one nation, how would I know if I am Slovak or Czech? My great grandparents immigrated to America to escape WW2.
Pokud jde o jazyk, záleží na tom, kde se člověk nachází. Já žiji na jižní Moravě a slovensky rozumím bez větších problémů. Je to zřejmě i tím, že mám část rodiny na Slovensku (jako většina lidí tady). Pokud ovšem mluvíte s někým z Čech, může to pro něj být méně srozumitelné. Ale je to spíš tím, že je to dál. To samé platí u Slezska, kde víc rozumí polštině. Je to prostě o tom, ke kterému státu to má člověk blíže.
Posledních dvacet let nutili čeští režíséři všechny slovenské herce v českých filmech a seriálech mluvit česky. Ale filmy a seriály, co se točí posledních pár let už tím netrpí. Tam už jsou stále častěji slovenští herci, kteří v celém filmu mluví jak jim zobák narostl.
Little thing.Im polish and Laska in polish means A Hot Girl😂this was funny to me as my friend was talking with me in slovak and me in polish and i though he was talking about his Crush😂
+BoundaryLess yeah I felt they more like Americans in a positive way I mean openness to strangers and positive attitude in general or maybe I was just lucky to meet those kind of young Slovak travelers it was not like a very deep thing just a regular friendly small talk.
Яков Финкельштейн slovaks love small talks... so if they feel confortable with their language skill they're really easy going. If they're not, that's most probably because they are just insecure with speaking a different language
i remember a fellow studen with name kabelac who claimed to be from cssr but later i have read about ion tiriac who was from romania. "zbor" is an indigenous romanian word not similar to any word meaning the same in any other language
Slovenians are also very German (or Austrian) our mentality is also quite German and our country is constantly mistaken for Austria. Some Slovenians might not like to admit that, but it's true. And Slovenia is also the richest country in "former eastern Europe" even richer than Czechia :P (I still love Czechia though XD) (and Slovakia). And Slovenian is very difficult for anyone to understand as far as I know. So many slavic speakers barely understand us at all, probably because our words are so different and weird (as what I've heard) and our pronunciation is strange. We pronounce our Vs like Us and our Ls like Us sometimes too XD. And we have 3 "E" and two "O" sounds, which are quite distinct and mean different things if not used correctly (they have these sounds in Germanic languages too XD). And you just have to remember which E and O sounds to use because for some reason we don't write them because we're quite silly. When lots of Slovenians go to Croatia for holiday, they just speak English because if we spoke Slovenian, they probably wouldn't understand us at all. ...oh well `~`.
Wow. I didn't know that. I never understood though why our two nations have such similar names even though we don't share much history/culture (besides being Slavs).
@@PetraBotekova Yeah that's true XD. I personally don't understand Slovak really, but I have an easier time understanding Czech because a lot of the words are more similar. The only thing I can think of that Slovak is more similar to Slovenian is in counting; like in Czech 4 is čtyři whilst in Slovak it's štyri. A bit like the Slovenian 4 štiri. Slovak: Jeden dva tri štyri päť šesť sedem osem deväť desať. Slovenian: Ena dve tri štiri pet šest sedem osem devet deset pronounced: (ena dvê tri štiri pêt šêst sêdem ôsem devêt desêt) Ê= *ea* r Ô= t *al* k (British Engish) I love Slovakia by the way XD
"Slovenia is also the richest country in "former eastern Europe" even richer than Czechia :P" ....2 years old comment..... and not true any more. Be careful about what you boast about next time;)
Yeah. We did turn it around though when we organized an uprising against Germany. Didn't quite work out but we clearly demonstrated that we didn't agree with German politics.
BoundaryLess ...Sorry, I didnt see your response. Are you indicating that Slovaks initiated an uprising or that the Czechs did? Because most people consider Hydrich's assasination in Prague to be the initiation of Czech resistance...with the town of Lidice being the first victim. Is this what you are refering to, or is it an action Slovakia took that I am not aware of?
@@zeroceiling Czeck Slovak National Uprising, you will find some interesting articles about it in the internet. It was initiated in 1944 in Banska Bystrica..
Yes we were a German ally. All result of Munich betrayal in 1938 - a bit of practical solution and a bit of cowardice of UK and France. Before the Germans attacked the Soviet Union, the Slovak state had been recognized by USSR. In the end, we needed to survive - also a bit of practical solution and a bit of a cowardice. BTW President Benes (Check Nationality) had submitted to the Munich treaty and then fled to the UK. He was a coward as well. If Tiso (President of the Slovak State) should have been executed after WWII then for sure Benes should have been hanged in the first row. But he was not. Politics. Despite all written - Checks and Slovaks have good relationships, many families are mixed. Our nations probably had the calmest divorce in the new age history.
Musím říct že raňajky byl můj velký problém, když jsem to slyšel poprvé. Druhá věc byla, když jsem se dozvěděl jak se řekne slovensky 'žízeň'. A třetí, když jsem se dozvěděl že 'žízeň', se slovensky píše s přehlasovaným 'ä' (a současně s tím, že slovenština má přehlásky). :-D
you got it wrong, Slovaks had a kingdom, it was called Hungary and founder's name is LadiSLAV. Study bit of history. They just spoke Hungarian in Budapest university. Same as Czechs spoke German and Latin in Prague Uni.
Czechia : self system. City, money, career. Slovakia : altruist system. Countryside, natural resources, family. Most people will recommend the first system because of money, but I prefer the second because I feel more love there...
But that only applies to the cities, which is understandable as there is basically only one city in Slovakia. I come from a small town in the middle of Moravia and it’s for sure much less career oriented and much more family oriented. (I study in Prague)
I'm 35 and believed my whole life that I was mostly Czech, and was very proud of my Czech heritage. Recently my sister took a DNA test, and it turns out we are more Irish than anything??? My grandparents as far as I knew were Czech, they spoke the language, and had very thick Czech accents. How the hell did that happen? Any insight anyone? Sorry for the neverending comment. I'm totally not having a midlife crisis over here or anything. Promise 😐
Just curious are such DNA/heritage tests expensive? Because wanted to take one for LOL's to see who/what am I. I'm Polish, like my parents and grandparents, but everyone tells me I'm....Romanian (-_- .....WTF)
@@Grybster the most popular ones are "23 and me" & " ancestry" they are both around $100.00. they do have sales and I've seen them as low as $60.00. I would research them both because each one has cool features that make for a different user experience. Oh yeah and use at your own risk. You may not like what you find. Lol take care
Czech Republic is Slavic country by culture and language but before Slavic tribes we had Celtic tribes here, these Celtic tribes later moved more to West. And we are in the Central Europe, there were many trade roads, so people got mixed up a lot. It is a possible that you might have some Celtic/Irish roots or it wasnt proper DNA test, i always prefer going with papers, going to books, do my family tree this way. But its different than testing DNA itself.
@@naqiszhalia9334 Those Celtic tribes did not move more west, they assimilated with Slavs thats why Czechs when they take DNA tests have usualy some 20 percent of Celtic blood in them and then we go big percentage of Slavic, less percentage of Germanic and some lesser admixtures.
To posledné sa mi príliš nepozdáva, možno v Prahe vo firmách to tak je, ale Česi vo všeobecnosti majú ďaleko od nemeckej mentality. Rovnako sú uvolnení ako aj my väčšinou aspon podla mojich skúseností.
Thank you for this video! I live in the U.S., and I have a side of my family that originally came from Northern Switzerland, and have a cousin who married another American with Czech roots, and I find the similarities quite interesting. In Texas, people from three countries (Chechia, German Speaking Countries and Poland) settled in communities together and today are monolingual English speakers. Still, I’m glad I get to learn about that.
Its easy. Czechs are by nature closer to Germany and Austria. They have more northwestern spirit, more reserved, but handy and disciplined when we want to. While Slovaks tend to have more of this southeastern spirit, closer to Hungary or Russia. More spontaneous, warm blooded, relation oriented.
@@peternagy-im4be Sure, Czech and Slovak are more like dialects. Its more like Austrian and German German or British and American English. You can write all the works in Slovak and study university in Czechia.
I dont know which id belong to. Czech or Slav. Im an American. But i have ancestors from Czechoslovakia AND Yugoslavia. Both countries dont exist anymore.
Praha je trošku špatné srovnávání. Ani moji vrstevníci, co zažili Československo, tak nerozumí Slovensky. Oni tam prostě tolik Slovenskou Tv nesledovali, jako na Moravě. Moc mě mrzí, že díky digitální Tv již nechytneme SK TV. Jinak v Praze nerozumí ani nám z Moravy. Když jsem tam čtyři roky žila, bylo to občas úsměvné. PS: souhlas s tím, že nemáme rádi Czechia. Je to kravina, kterou někdo z politiků vymyslel, aniž by se zeptal lidí, co na to říkají. Neznám nikoho, komu by se to líbilo.
Tady nejde o to jestli se ti něco líbí nebo ne!! Czechia není žádná kravina kterou vymysleli politici. Czechia je plnohodnotné zeměpisné jméno naší vlasti, nejstarší písemná zmínka je z roku 1569. Pokud alespoň dokážeš přečíst souvislý text tak si to to nastuduj. www.go-czechia.cz
Jsou, Česká Republika se dělí na Čechy (odkud pocházím), Moravu a Slezsko (které má spíš blíže k Polsku) všude je trošku jiná nářečí. Slovenština je řeč která má s češtinou opravdu mnoho společného avšak i mnoho rozdílů a ty nejsou pouze v řeči ale i v trošku odlišné mentalitě obou národů, je to zřejmé jelikož já jako Čech mám trošku jinou mentalitu nežli kupříkladu Moravák a ještě více odlišnou co se Slováků týče. Opravdu nelze házet celou Českou Republiku ani Slovensko do jednoho pytle, já se cítím jako doma v Čechách. Na Moravě a na Slovensku spíše jako na návštěvě u sousedů.
Teď jsi se ukázal jako inteligent. Už věta "Pokud alespoň dokážeš přečíst souvislý text.." o tobě vypovídá hodně. A jestli sem chceš tahat rok 1569, můžeme se začít bavit o Velké Moravě. Možná si zajdi k psychologovi, třeba ti od té zapšklosti pomůže.
I don’t know where you got the number from, but it is definitely not 90% of atheists in CZ... around 30% still belong to Christian church and around 10% other religions.
