Czech Phrases

The official language in the Czech Republic is Czech, which is spoken by 96 % of the population. However, have no fear, as especially in larger cities you can make yourself understood in English relatively easily. Older generations of Czechs can speak Russian and you could also try German. French, Italian and Spanish are not widely spoken. Czech is also very close related to Slovak and Polish. Slovaks and Czechs can generally understand one another.

Hello – Dobry den – (dobreh den)
Good morning – Dobre rano – (dobreh rahno)
Good evening – Dobry vecer – (dobreh vehcher)
Good Night – Dobrou noc – (dobroh nots)
Good bye – Nashledanou – (nas-klehdanoh)
Please – Prosim – (proseem)
Thank you – Dekuji – (dyekooyi)
Yes / No – Ano / Ne – (ano / ne)
Excuse me – Prominte – (prominyte)
My name is – Jmenuji se … – (ymeenooye se)
How much? – Kolik? – (kolik)
How long? – Jak dlouho? – (yak dloh-ho)
Where is … ? – Kde je … ? – (gde ye)
I’d like … – Chtel bych … – (khtyel bikh)
I do not understand – Nerozumim – (nerozoomeem)
What time is it? – Kolik je hodin? (kolik ye hodeen)
Can I have a …? – Mohl(a) bych dostat … ? – (mo-hla
bikh dostat)
What is it? – Co? – (tso)
How are you? – Jak se mate? – (yak-se mah-te?)
Do you speak English? – Mluvite anglicky? (mlu-veete
an-glits-ki?)
1 – jedna – (yed-na), 2 – dve – (dvye) , 3 – tri – (trzbi),
4 – ctyri – (chti-rzhi), 5 – pet – (pyet), 6 – sest –
(shest), 7 – sedm – (sedm), 8 – osm (osm), 9 – devet
(dev-yet), 10 – deset – (des-et)
The bill, please. – Prosim, ucet. – (pro-seem oo-chet)
Waitress! – slecno – (slech-no)
Waiter! – pane vrchni – (pane vrkh-nyee!)