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You look for where to put plastic waste: what to say in Czech
You look for where to put plastic waste.
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How it's done. In the Czech Republic waste is sorted: žlutý kontejner (yellow) is for plastic, modrý (blue) for paper, zelený (green) for glass, hnědý (brown) for organic waste; the rest goes in the grey or black one; see the collection schedule on the city 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
Promiňte, do kterého kontejneru patří plast?
PROH-meen-teh, doh KTEH-reh-goh KOHN-tay-neh-roo PAHTR-shee plahst?
Excuse me, which container does plastic belong in?
Or say:Promiňte, kam vyhazuju plastové obaly?
PROH-meen-teh, kahm VIH-guh-zoo-oo PLAHS-toh-veh OH-buh-lih?
THEY SAY
Plast patří do žlutého kontejneru.Plahst PAHTR-shee doh ZHLOO-teh-goh KOHN-tay-neh-roo.
Plastic goes into the yellow container.
They might also say:
Ten patří do žlutého kontejneru.
Tayn PAHTR-shee doh ZHLOO-teh-goh KOHN-tay-neh-roo.
That goes into the yellow container.
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YOU REPLY
Kde je žlutý kontejner?
Gdeh yeh ZHLOO-tih KOHN-tay-nehr?
Where is the yellow container?
THEY SAY
Před domem vedle popelnic. Papír je v modrém a sklo v zeleném.Prshed DOH-mem VEH-dleh POH-pel-neets. PAH-peer yeh v MOH-drem uh skloh v ZEH-leh-nem.
In front of the house next to the bins. Paper is in the blue one and glass in the green.
3
YOU REPLY
A kdy ho vyvážejí?
Uh gdih goh VIH-vuh-zhay-ee?
And when is it emptied?
THEY SAY
Jednou za čtrnáct dní, v úterý. Rozpis je na stránkách města.YEHD-noh-oo zah chtrnahtst dnee, v OO-teh-rih. ROS-pees yeh nuh STRAHN-kuhkh MNYEHS-tuh.
Once every fourteen days, on Tuesday. The schedule is on the city website.
4
YOU FINISH
Děkuji, to je užitečné!
DYEH-kooy-ee, toh yeh OO-zhee-tech-neh!
Thank you, that is useful!
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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
kontejneru
KOHN-tay-neh-roo
noun
container (genitive)
patří
PAHTR-shee
verb
belongs
plast
plahst
noun
plastic
žlutého
ZHLOO-teh-goh
adjective
yellow (genitive)
Kde
Gdeh
adverb
where
33 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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