Czech · Cizinecká policie / OAMP
They take your fingerprints: what to say in Czech
Your fingerprints are taken.
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How it's done. Taking fingerprints (otisky prstů) and a photo is a standard part of the application; follow the requests: Přiložte prst (place your finger), nehýbejte se (don't move).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
The first phrase is open: tap ▶ to listen, or “Show” to show it to the other person. The rest of the dialogue is in the course in the app.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Teď vám sejmu otisky prstů. Pojďte prosím sem.Tedy vahm SAY-moo OH-tees-kih prstoo. POYTY-teh PROH-seem sem.
Now I'll take your fingerprints. Please come here.
They might also say:
Přistupte ke čtečce, prosím.
PRSHEES-toop-teh keh CHTECH-tseh, PROH-seem.
Come to the reader, please.
YOU REPLY
Dobře. Který prst?
DOBR-zheh. KTEH-rih prst?
All right. Which finger?
THEY SAY
Nejdřív pravá ruka. Přiložte prst.NAYDR-zheef PRAH-vuh ROO-kuh. PRSHEE-losh-teh prst.
Right hand first. Place your finger.
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YOU FINISH
Takhle?
TAHGG-leh?
Like this?
THEY SAY
Ano, dobře. Nehýbejte se.AH-noh, DOBR-zheh. NEH-gih-bay-teh seh.
Yes, good. Don't move.
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
Teď
Tedy
adverb
now
sejmu
SAY-moo
verb
I will take
otisky
OH-tees-kih
noun
prints
prstů
prstoo
noun
fingers (genitive)
Pojďte
POYTY-teh
verb
come
prosím
PROH-seem
verb
please
13 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?
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