Citations:čárka
NB. None of these are by native speakers.
- 1993, Olga Parolková and Jaroslava Nováková, Czech for Foreigners: My Good Czech Companion (2nd ed.; self-published by Olga Parolková; →ISBN, 9788090001763), page 153
- There are 5 vowels in Czech, a/á, e/é, i/í(y/ý), o/ó, u/ú(ů); each one has a short and long variant. The distinction between short and long vowels is very important, because it can completely change the meaning of a word. A long vowel is denoted by a “čárka” and is twice as long as the short one.
- 2000, Jarda Cervenka, Revenge of Underwater Man and other stories (University of Notre Dame Press; →ISBN, 9780268040000), page 28
- “It should be Čermák, with a háček above the C and a čárka above the a, long a. Shouldn’t it be?”
- 2009, Autumn Pierce, Angličtina: Tematický slovníček základních slov, “Informatika”, page 28
- If you are using an English keyboard, you may be in for a few surprises. First, the positions of the Z and the Y key are reversed, since Y is used more often in the English language than Z. Also, there are no separate keys for háčky a čárky. Instead, they are located under the Symbols (zvláštní znaky) and must be selected and inserted.
- 2011, Charles Ota Heller, Prague: My Long Journey Home, “A note about Czech words”, page vii
- “Čárky” (pronounced “tchah-rky”) are used to lengthen the sounds of vowels. “Háčky” (pronounced “hah-chky”) are used to soften the sound of consonants. For example, “s” is pronounced the same as in English, but “š” becomes “sh.” By far the most difficult Czech letter for English speakers is “ř,” to which the closest approximation is a rolled “r,” followed by “zh.” Thus, the famous Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák, is pronounced “Antonh-een Dvor-zh-ahk.”