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You ask what the repair fund contribution in your payments means: what to say in Czech
You ask what the repair fund contribution in the payments means.
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How it's done. The payments to the owners' community include the fond oprav (repair fund), money for repairs of the building; the tenant pays the owner and the owner pays the community; ask in the contract what the price includes.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
Promiňte, co je to příspěvek do fondu oprav v platbách za byt?
PROH-meen-teh, tsoh yeh toh PRSHEES-pyeh-vek doh FOHN-doo OH-pruhv f PLAHD-buhkh zah bit?
Excuse me, what is the contribution to the repair fund in the payments for the flat?
Or say:Promiňte, za co platím ve fondu oprav?
PROH-meen-teh, zah tsoh PLAH-teem veh FOHN-doo OH-pruhf?
THEY SAY
Je to příspěvek na opravy domu: střechu, fasádu a výtah.Yeh toh PRSHEES-pyeh-vek nuh OH-pruh-vih DOH-moo: STRSHEH-khoo, FAH-suh-doo uh VIH-tuhkh.
It is a contribution to repairs of the building: the roof, the facade and the lift.
They might also say:
Fond oprav jsou peníze na opravy společných částí domu.
Fohnd OH-pruhv ysoh-oo PEH-nee-zeh nuh OH-pruh-vih SPOH-lech-nikh CHAHS-tee DOH-moo.
The repair fund is money for repairs of the common parts of the building.
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YOU REPLY
Musím ho platit i já jako nájemník?
MOO-seem goh PLAH-teet ee yah YAH-koh NAH-ehm-neek?
Do I have to pay it too as a tenant?
THEY SAY
Platí ho vlastník bytu, ale často je zahrnut do nájmu. Podívejte se do smlouvy.PLAH-tee goh VLAHST-neek BIH-too, AH-leh CHAHS-toh yeh ZAHGR-noot doh NIGH-moo. POH-dee-vay-teh seh doh SMLOH-oo-vih.
The flat's owner pays it but it is often included in the rent. Look in the contract.
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YOU REPLY
A kolik to obvykle bývá?
Uh KOH-leek toh OH-bvih-kleh BIH-vuh?
And how much is it usually?
THEY SAY
Podle velikosti bytu, několik set korun měsíčně.POH-dleh VEH-lee-kos-tee BIH-too, NYEH-koh-leek set KOH-roon MNYEH-seech-nyeh.
According to the size of the flat, a few hundred crowns a month.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumím. Zeptám se majitele. Děkuji!
ROH-zoo-meem. ZEP-tuhm seh MIGH-ee-teh-leh. DYEH-kooy-ee!
I see. I'll ask the owner. Thanks!
THEY SAY
Rádo se stalo.RAH-doh seh STAH-loh.
My pleasure.
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
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
je
yeh
verb
is
příspěvek
PRSHEES-pyeh-vek
noun
allowance
fondu
FOHN-doo
noun
fund (genitive)
oprav
OH-pruhv
noun
repairs (genitive)
platbách
PLAHD-buhkh
noun
payments (locative)
45 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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