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You learn how to use the card and the app: what to say in Czech

You find out how to use the card and the app.

Bankovní účet5 linesLevel A2For life in Czechia The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A card is usually activated with the first payment with the PIN or at an ATM; internetové bankovnictví (online banking) is set up in the bank's app.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
Jak aktivuji kartu a internetové bankovnictví?
Yahk AHK-tee-vooy-ee KAHR-too uh EEN-tehr-neh-toh-veh BAHN-kov-neets-tvee?
How do I activate the card and internet banking?
THEY SAY
Kartu aktivujete platbou s PIN kódem.
KAHR-too AHK-tee-voo-eh-teh PLAHD-boh-oo s Peen KOH-dem.
You activate the card with a payment with the PIN code.
They might also say:
Stačí poprvé zaplatit s PINem nebo vybrat peníze.
STAH-chee POPR-veh ZAH-pluh-teet s PEE-nem NEH-boh VIH-bruht PEH-nee-zeh.
It's enough to pay with the PIN once or withdraw money.
in the app
2
YOU REPLY
A aplikace?
Uh AH-plee-kuh-tseh?
And the app?
THEY SAY
Stáhněte si aplikaci a přihlaste se údaji z e-mailu.
STAHG-nyeh-teh see AH-plee-kuh-tsee uh PRSHEEG-luhs-teh seh OO-digh-ee z eh-MAH-ee-loo.
Download the app and log in with the details from your email.
in the app
3
YOU FINISH
Děkuji, to zvládnu.
DYEH-kooy-ee, toh ZVLAHD-noo.
Thank you, I'll manage.

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

Jak
Yahk
adverb
how
aktivuji
AHK-tee-vooy-ee
verb
I activate
kartu
KAHR-too
noun
card (accusative)
internetové
EEN-tehr-neh-toh-veh
adjective
internet
bankovnictví
BAHN-kov-neets-tvee
noun
banking
aktivujete
AHK-tee-voo-eh-teh
verb
you activate

17 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?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?

All 21 rescue phrases in Czech →

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