Can Anyone Help with a Czech Finger Play?

Carol wrote asking for help with a childhood song... I'm looking for a version of the Bohemian finger play song – Va?ila my?i?ka ka?i?ku, but my mother-in-law sang it like this (it's my english version, not written in Czech): Sushalinka Gashegu Namalinka Nedelegu Smushle Speck Smushle [...]

Easter Monday – Picnics and Water Fights

Easter's coming soon! Did you know that in many countries the day after Easter, called Easter Monday, is a public holiday? The map above shows in yellow all of the countries that celebrate it. There are picnics, egg rolling contests and dousing of people with water that was blessed on Easter [...]

Improve Your Language Learning with Real Video Games

Playing real video games for fun is a great way to improve your foreign language skills. I'm talking about games you'd want to play in your own language, not specifically language learning games. There are many fun games that are available in many different languages. I'm an early advanced [...]

Watch Darth Vader say "I am your Father" in 20 Languages

Watch Darth Vader say, "I am your father" to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie in 20 different languages (as dubbed in the movies).  You can see a list of the languages with their voice actors below the video. Languages and Voice Actors: English (Original) – James Earl [...]

14 New Christmas Carols from Around the World

Season's greetings! At Mama Lisa's World there's no time of year we love better than the holidays! We're happy to announce that we've recently added the following Christmas Carols to Mama Lisa's World with mp3 recordings and YouTube videos: Italian Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin (Sleep, Sleep [...]

Can Anyone Help with a Czech or Polish Lullaby and Wake Up Song?

John Ziak wrote asking for help with two childhood songs: Lisa, I have been searching for sometime to find a song/nursery rhyme that my grandfather sang to me when I was young.  He passed away 16 years ago and no one in my family can remember any more words than I.  The song originates [...]

Can Anyone Help with Some Czech Songs?

Can anyone help with any of these questions from our readers about some Czech songs?  Some of the lyrics are written phonetically in their letters to us. 1.  Song about 2 Cats Hello! I'm looking for a Czech nursery song about a boy and two cats, probably one white and one black. I'm [...]

Can Anyone Help with Two Czech or Slovak Songs?

Yael wrote asking for help with song songs.  Here's her letter: Hi Lisa, I was so excited when I came across your website – how wonderful it is! I was hoping to find out the lyrics of two songs my grandmother used to sing to me, which I think are in Czech or Slovak. Here

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Help with words and meaning to 3 Czech Songs/Children's Poems

Sarah wrote: Hello, I've been looking for some time for the words to 3 different songs that my grandmother would sing or recite to me and my small children. I don't know Czech, so all the words are phonetic guesses. 1. The first is about clapping hands. She would put the baby's hands together [...]