Basic Czech phrases
with pronunciations
Phrase sheet
Your travel experience in the Czech Republic will be richer by learning some basic phrases:
Hello / goodbye (casual)
Ahoj
AH-hoy
Hello (more formal)
Dobrý den
DO-bree DEHN
Goodbye (more formal)
Na shledanou
NAH SLED-dah-noh
You're welcome
Prosím
PRO-seem
I'm sorry
Promiňte
PROM-min-teh
Excuse me
S dovolením
Zd'-ovo-le-nee
My name is ...
Jmenuji se ...
Y'me-noo-yi se
What is your name?
Jak se jmenujete?
YAK se y'me-noo-ye-te
1, 2, 3
jeden, dva, trui
YEH-den, D'vah, TR'zhee
How much is this?
Kolik to stoji?
KOH-leek toh STOH-yee
The bill, please
za platim, prosím
zah PLAH-tim PRO-seem
What is this?
Co je to?
TS0 yeh toh
Where is ... ?
Kde je ... ?
gday yeh
I don't understand
Nerosumín
NEH'roh-zoo-meem
Czech
language tips
In almost all instances, the first syllable of Czech words receives the stress.
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