Czech · Nemoc
Your child is ill and you phone the nursery: what to say in Czech
Your child is ill and you phone the kindergarten.
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How it's done. A sick child is not brought in: illness is reported in the morning by phone, email or the school's app; for a contagious disease (infekční nemoc) you must say what it is.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
Mateřská škola Sluníčko, dobrý den.MAH-tehrshs-kuh SHKOH-luh SLOO-neech-koh, DOH-brih dayn.
Sluníčko kindergarten, good day.
YOU REPLY
Dobrý den, tady maminka Maksa. Maks je nemocný a dnes nepřijde.
DOH-brih dayn, TAH-dih MAH-meen-kuh MAHK-suh. Mahks yeh NEH-mots-nih uh dnes NEPR-sheey-deh.
Good day, this is Maks's mother. Maks is ill and won't come today.
THEY SAY
To je mi líto. Co mu je?Toh yeh mee LEE-toh. Tsoh moo yeh?
I'm sorry. What's wrong with him?
They might also say:
Přejeme brzké uzdravení! Co ho trápí?
PRSHEH-eh-meh brskeh OOZ-druh-veh-nee! Tsoh goh TRAH-pee?
We wish him a speedy recovery! What is troubling him?
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YOU FINISH
Má horečku a kašel.
Mah GOH-rech-koo uh KAH-shel.
He has a fever and a cough.
THEY SAY
Děkujeme za informaci. Brzy se uzdravte!DYEH-koo-eh-meh zah EEN-for-muh-tsee. Brzih seh OOZ-druhf-teh!
Thank you for the information. Get well soon!
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
Mateřská
MAH-tehrshs-kuh
adjective
nursery
škola
SHKOH-luh
noun
school
Sluníčko
SLOO-neech-koh
noun
little sun
dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
tady
TAH-dih
adverb
here
22 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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