The Language
Ceremonies

[Greetings] [How to ask a question?] [How to reply?] [Thank you] [Pardon!] [What do you think?]


Greetings

Good day, Sir (...) Dobrý den, pane (...)
Good day, Mrs. (...) Dobrý den, paní (...)
Hello, (...) Nazdar, (...)
Hai, (...) Ahoj, (...)
Good morning Madam Dobré ráno, paní
Good afternoon Sir Dobré odpoledne, pane
Good evening Dobrý vec'er
How do you do? Jak se dar'í
Fine, how are you? Dobr'e, a vám?
Excellent Výborn'e
Not so well Nestojí to za moc
I am going Tak já zase pújdu
Good bye Na shledanou
Rust wel! Dobr'e se vysp'ete
Good night! Dobrou noc
Have a nice holliday Pr'íjemnou dovolenou
Have a good trip S't'astnou cestu
Thanks, same to you D'ekuji, nápodobn'e



How to ask a question?

Who? Kdo?
Who is that? Kdo je to?
What? Co?
What is here to be seen? Co je tady k vid'ení?
Where? Kde?
Where can I find the toilet? Kde jsou toalety?
How? Jak?
How far is that? Jak je to daleko?
How long does that take? Jak dlouho to trvá?
How much? Kolik?
How much does this cost? Kolik to stojí?
What time is it? Kolik je hodin?
What? Which? Který? Které?
When? Kdy?
When do you leave? Kdy odjíz'díte?
Why? Proc'?
Can you help me, please? Mohl(-a) byste mi, prosím, pomoci?
Can you come along with me? Mohl(-a) byste, prosím vás, se mnou jít?
Do you know ...? Neví / Neznáte ...?
Do you have courses without meat? Nem'el(-a) byste n'ejaké bezmasé jídlo?
I like to have one kilo of apples Cht'el(-a) bych kilo jablek
Can I take this? Mohl(-a) bych si to vzít?



How to reply?

Yes, of course Ano, samozr'ejm'e
No, I am sorry Ne, bohuz'el ne
One moment, please Okamz'ik/Moment, prosím
No, that is impossible Ne, to nejde
Yes, I think so Myslím, z'e ano
That's (not) right To jist'e (ne)
I (don't) agree To s vámi (ne)souhlasím
Allright Dobr'e
Agreed Platí
Maybe Snad
I don't know To nevím



Thank you

Thanks/thank you D'ekuji
No thanks/my pleasure Prosím/Není zac'
Thank you very much D'ekuji mnohokrát
You are too kind To je od vás velmi laskavé
Sorry to have troubled you D'ekuji za námahu



Pardon!

I beg your pardon Pardon
Sorry! Promin'te!
Excuse me! Nezlobte se
I am sorry To m'e mrzí
It doesn't matter To nevadí
Forget it To je v por'ádku



What do you think?

What do you prefer? Co byste cht'el(-a) rad'eji?
What do you think? Co si o tom myslís'?
It doesn't matter to me Nn'e je to jedno
Well done! Výborn'e!
Delicious! Vynikající!
Nice, beautiful! To je hezké, krásné!
I hope it will work out Doufám, z'e se to podar'í
I (don't) like (...) Nemám rád(-a) (...)
I am totally fed up Uz' toho mám dost
I expected something different Oc'ekával(-a) jsem n'eco docela jiného