Czech · Zápis do školky
You ask how much the nursery costs: what to say in Czech
You ask about the cost of kindergarten.
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How it's done. In state kindergartens there is školné (a fee, lower or zero for the last year) and stravné (meal fee); the amount is stated on the kindergarten's website.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
Kolik stojí školka?
KOH-leek STOY-ee SHKOL-kuh?
How much does kindergarten cost?
Or say:Jaké jsou poplatky za školku?
YAH-keh ysoh-oo POH-pluht-kih zah SHKOL-koo?
THEY SAY
Školné je tři sta korun měsíčně, k tomu stravné.SHKOL-neh yeh trshee stah KOH-roon MNYEH-seech-nyeh, k TOH-moo STRAHV-neh.
The fee is three hundred crowns a month, plus meals.
They might also say:
Platí se školné a stravné. Školné je tři sta korun.
PLAH-tee seh SHKOL-neh uh STRAHV-neh. SHKOL-neh yeh trshee stah KOH-roon.
You pay a fee and meals. The fee is three hundred crowns.
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YOU FINISH
A kolik stojí stravné?
Uh KOH-leek STOY-ee STRAHV-neh?
And how much do meals cost?
THEY SAY
Asi tisíc korun měsíčně.AH-see TEE-seets KOH-roon MNYEH-seech-nyeh.
About one thousand crowns a month.
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
Kolik
KOH-leek
adverb
how much
stojí
STOY-ee
verb
costs
školka
SHKOL-kuh
noun
kindergarten
Školné
SHKOL-neh
noun
school fees
je
yeh
verb
is
korun
KOH-roon
noun
crowns (genitive)
9 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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