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The doctor writes a prescription and you ask how to get it: what to say in Czech
The doctor prescribes something and you ask how to get it.
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How it's done. The prescription is mostly electronic today (e-recept): you get an SMS or email with an identifikátor (code); at the pharmacy you give the code or show the QR and receive the medicine.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Předepíšu vám antibiotika.PRSHEH-deh-pee-shoo vahm AHN-tee-bee-oh-tee-kuh.
I'll prescribe antibiotics for you.
They might also say:
Napíšu vám na to recept. Bude to elektronický recept.
NAH-pee-shoo vahm nuh toh REH-tsept. BOO-deh toh EH-lek-troh-neets-kih REH-tsept.
I'll write you a prescription for it. It will be an electronic prescription.
YOU REPLY
Musím si ten recept vyzvednout?
MOO-seem see tayn REH-tsept VIZ-ved-noh-oot?
Do I have to collect that prescription?
THEY SAY
Ne, dostanete SMS s kódem. Stačí ho říct v lékárně.Neh, DOS-tuh-neh-teh Eh-seh-MES s KOH-dem. STAH-chee goh rzheetst v LEH-kuhr-nyeh.
No, you'll get an SMS with a code. Just give it in the pharmacy.
They might also say:
Ne, je to e-recept. V lékárně stačí ukázat kód.
Neh, yeh toh eh-REH-tsept. V LEH-kuhr-nyeh STAH-chee OO-kuh-zuht kot.
No, it's an e-recept. At the pharmacy just show the code.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumím, děkuji.
ROH-zoo-meem, DYEH-kooy-ee.
I understand, thank you.
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
Předepíšu
PRSHEH-deh-pee-shoo
verb
I will prescribe
antibiotika
AHN-tee-bee-oh-tee-kuh
noun
antibiotics
Musím
MOO-seem
verb
I must
recept
REH-tsept
noun
prescription
vyzvednout
VIZ-ved-noh-oot
verb
to collect
dostanete
DOS-tuh-neh-teh
verb
you will get
14 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?
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