My War Memoirs/The Pronunciation of Czech Names

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THE PRONUNCIATION OF CZECH NAMES

The following notes will enable the English reader to understand the chief rules of Czech pronunciation:

a : as English u in but.
á : long a as the English ah.
ě : as English ye in yes.
í : as English ee in seen.
ů : a long final u, as English oo in root.
ej : as English ey in they.
c : as English ts in hats.
č : as English ch in church.
ch : as ch in Scottish loch.
ř : (at beginning or in middle of words) as r followed by the English s in measure; (at the end of words) as r followed by sh.
š : as English sh.
z : as English z
ž : as English s in measure.

The main accent is on the first syllable of words.

Examples: Beneš (Ben-esh); Kramář (Krum-ahrsh); Rašín (Rush-een); Šámal (Shah-mul); Štěpánek (Shtyep-ahnek).

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