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Your child has a temperature and you phone the paediatrician: what to say in Czech
Your child has a fever and you phone the paediatrician.
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How it's done. The dětský lékař (pediatr) is the paediatrician. Questions about the child: Kolik je dítěti let? (how old) and Jak vysoká je horečka? (what is the fever).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
Dětská ordinace, dobrý den.DYEHTS-kuh OR-dee-nuh-tseh, DOH-brih dayn.
Children's surgery, good day.
They might also say:
Ordinace dětského lékaře, prosím?
OR-dee-nuh-tseh DYEHTS-keh-goh LEH-kuhr-zheh, PROH-seem?
Paediatric surgery, yes please?
YOU REPLY
Dobrý den, můj syn má horečku. Můžeme přijít dnes?
DOH-brih dayn, mooy sihn mah GOH-rech-koo. MOO-zheh-meh PRSHEEY-eet dnes?
Good day, my son has a fever. May we come today?
Or say:Dobrý den, moje dcera má horečku. Můžeme dnes přijít?
DOH-brih dayn, MOH-eh TSEH-ruh mah GOH-rech-koo. MOO-zheh-meh dnes PRSHEEY-eet?
THEY SAY
Kolik je dítěti let?KOH-leek yeh DEE-tyeh-tee let?
How old is the child?
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YOU REPLY
Čtyři roky.
CHTIR-zhee ROH-kih.
Four years.
THEY SAY
Jak vysoká je horečka?Yahk VIH-soh-kuh yeh GOH-rech-kuh?
What is the fever?
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YOU FINISH
Třicet devět.
TRSHEE-tset DEH-vyeht.
Thirty-nine.
THEY SAY
Přijďte, prosím, co nejdřív.PRSHEEYTY-teh, PROH-seem, tsoh NAYDR-zheef.
Please come as soon as possible.
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.
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Words worth knowing
Dětská
DYEHTS-kuh
adjective
children's (feminine)
ordinace
OR-dee-nuh-tseh
noun
surgery
dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
syn
sihn
noun
son
má
mah
verb
has
20 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?
Ještě neumím dobře česky.
YEHSH-tyeh NEH-oo-meem DOBR-zheh CHES-kih.
I don't speak Czech well yet.
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