Czech · Bankovní účet
You ask for your account number for your salary: what to say in Czech
You ask for the account number for your salary.
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How it's done. A Czech account number has the form číslo účtu / kód banky; for international transfers IBAN is needed; the employer asks for it to pay the mzda (salary).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Potřebuji číslo účtu a IBAN pro zaměstnavatele.
POTR-sheh-booy-ee CHEE-sloh OOCH-too uh EE-bahn proh ZAHM-nyehst-nuh-vuh-teh-leh.
I need the account number and IBAN for the employer.
THEY SAY
IBAN najdete v aplikaci nebo ve smlouvě.EE-bahn NIGH-deh-teh v AH-plee-kuh-tsee NEH-boh veh SMLOH-oo-vyeh.
You'll find the IBAN in the app or in the contract.
They might also say:
Číslo účtu i IBAN jsou v aplikaci. Chcete výpis?
CHEE-sloh OOCH-too ee EE-bahn ysoh-oo v AH-plee-kuh-tsee. KHTSEH-teh VIH-pees?
The account number and IBAN are in the app. Do you want a statement?
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YOU FINISH
Ano, prosím, potřebuji potvrzení o účtu.
AH-noh, PROH-seem, POTR-sheh-booy-ee POTVR-zeh-nee oh OOCH-too.
Yes please, I need confirmation of the account.
THEY SAY
Samozřejmě, vytisknu vám ho hned.SAH-mozr-zhaym-nyeh, VIH-teesk-noo vahm goh gnet.
Of course, I'll print it for you right away.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Potřebuji
POTR-sheh-booy-ee
verb
I need
číslo
CHEE-sloh
noun
number
účtu
OOCH-too
noun
account (genitive)
IBAN
EE-bahn
noun
IBAN
zaměstnavatele
ZAHM-nyehst-nuh-vuh-teh-leh
noun
employer (genitive)
najdete
NIGH-deh-teh
verb
you will find
16 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Můžete mi to napsat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh mee toh NAHP-suht, PROH-seem?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?
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