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Monday, June 28, 2021
VĚSTNÍK
Slovanská Podporující Jednota Státu Texas
Česká
Část
ROČNÍK 109 ČISLO 12 28.červen.2021
Podpora ★ Lidskost ★ Bratrstvi´ BENEVOLENCE
HUMANITY
BROTHERHOOD
Uředni orgán SPJST ★ Založené roku 1897
Učme se česky Let Us Study Czech Lekce sedmá Lesson 7 Pokracovat. Continued. The English “I am sorry” in Czech means Je mi líto or Ja lituji. The Czech phrase is used in the same sense as the original meaning of “I am sorry,” but generally, we can say that Je mi líto is used much more sparingly than “I am sorry.” The latter can often be translated odpusťte or promiňte. S
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Jak se máte (máš)? / Jak se vám (ti) daří? - How are you? Děkuji, dobře - Fine, thank you. Nestojí to za nic - It’s not worth anything. špatně, mizerně - bad, miserable Jak se máte (máš)? or Jak se vám (ti) daří? are not quite as common a greeting as in English. In Czech, you ask it when you want to know how your friend is dong not instead of “good morning”.
The answer to Jak se máš? In Czech, you may hear a little longer story than the stereotype “fine, thank you”. The European people do not share the American optimistic outlook and more often than not, you may hear an answer more in the form of a complaint. S
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dobré chutnáni - enjoy your meal It is very common to wish your guests dobré chutnání as they are sitting ready to eat. The same wish is sometimes used among members of the family as they start with their meal. The literal translation is “good appetite.” This wish is very common on the Continent - in French, German, and practically all Continental language. —SPJST—
Czech Heritage Museum presents Czech Film Night The Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center is presenting Havel: Co Byste Obětovali pro Prvdu a Lásku? What Would You Sacrifice for Truth and Love? on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 6 p.m. at the Beltonian Theatre just off the charming courthouse square at 219 East Central Avenue in Belton. Admission is free of charge. Donations are accepted online or through a donation box at the concession window. Imported Czech
beer and wine are available. Please note: There will be no matinees for July and August. Havel was featured this spring in the 2021 Czech That Film festival. The Havel film cleverly and artistically connects the former president’s actual experiences to his resulting plays. The federal government slowly increased control until it was heavily censuring the humanities. Then came the Prague Spring in the beginning of 1968, and it looked like freedom had arrived with the title “Socialism with a Human Face.” Czechs began to travel, the Beach Boys gave a concert, the press asked important questions. But it only lasted until August, when the soviets clamped down harder than ever. Art, music, books, and plays were especially scrutinized. Paintings could not be abstract; music could not be rock and roll. Clothing and hairstyles had to conform. Pet dogs were not allowed. These arbitrary rules were enforced by creating an atmosphere of social pressure and a fear of surveillance. Film director Milos Foreman said, “The communists are so cruel, because they impose one taste on everybody, on everything; and who doesn’t comply with their teachings and with their ideology is very soon labeled. The censorship itself, that’s not the worst evil. The worst evil - and that’s the product of censorship – is self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys character.
Tuesday, August 10 “Beyond the Wall” - A reprise of a film the Czech Heritage Museum screened in November 2017 at the Beltonian. Back by popular demand. A documentary looking at how the abrupt changes of the 1980s affected Central Europeans. Visit us in Temple! The Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center, Temple has resumed regular hours of operation from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays. For private, small group tours, please email CzechHeritageMuseum@gmail.com; or call 254-8992935. Interactive, virtual private tours are available with the purchase of a Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center annual membership. These are available at czechheritage-museum.org; by calling 254-899-2935; sending an email to CzechHeritageMuseum@ gmail.com; or by writing to us at Memberships, Czech Heritage Museum, 119 West French Avenue, Temple, Texas 76501. Memberships Available Memberships are available in various levels to fit most budgets and can be paid annually or quarterly. A senior membership is only $6 per quarter. A Czech Heritage Museum membership is a great value because the Museum participates in two nationwide museum re-
Mollie B and Alex meixner assist with spjst prize drawing at national polka festival SPJST hosted a drawing for a barbecue grill and smoker combo at the National Polka Festival on May 28 to 30, 2021, in Ennis. SPJST President Brian Vanicek, left, holds the winning ticket Nancy Vance of Rockwall, Texas, that was drawn by Mollie B and Alex Meixner during the closing of the event on Sunday, May 30.
