Czech · Družina / obědy
You cancel your child's lunch for the days they are ill: what to say in Czech
You cancel your child's lunch on a day when the child is ill.
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How it's done. At school or kindergarten lunch has to be odhlásit (cancelled) in advance if the child is absent; otherwise you pay for it; usually this is done by morning in an app or by phone.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
Dobrý den, dítě zítra nepřijde do školy. Jak odhlásím oběd?
DOH-brih dayn, DEE-tyeh ZEE-truh NEPR-sheey-deh doh SHKOH-lih. Yahk ODG-luh-seem OH-byeht?
Good day, the child won't come to school tomorrow. How do I cancel lunch?
Or say:Dobrý den, potřebuji odhlásit oběd na dnešek.
DOH-brih dayn, POTR-sheh-booy-ee ODG-luh-seet OH-byehd nuh DNEH-shek.
THEY SAY
Oběd se odhlašuje do osmé hodiny ráno telefonem nebo přes aplikaci.OH-byeht seh ODG-luh-shoo-eh doh OS-meh GOH-dee-nih RAH-noh TEH-leh-foh-nem NEH-boh prshes AH-plee-kuh-tsee.
Lunch is cancelled by eight in the morning by phone or through the app.
They might also say:
Obědy odhlašujte do osmi hodin dopoledne, v aplikaci nebo telefonicky.
OH-byeh-dih ODG-luh-shooy-teh doh OS-mee GOH-deen DOH-poh-led-neh, v AH-plee-kuh-tsee NEH-boh TEH-leh-foh-neets-kih.
Cancel lunches by eight in the morning, in the app or by phone.
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YOU REPLY
A když to zapomenu?
Uh gdish toh ZAH-poh-meh-noo?
And if I forget?
THEY SAY
Pak se oběd platí. V první den nemoci si ho můžete vyzvednout do jídlonosiče.Pahk seh OH-byeht PLAH-tee. V prvnee dayn NEH-moh-tsee see goh MOO-zheh-teh VIZ-ved-noh-oot doh YEE-dloh-noh-see-cheh.
Then the lunch is paid for. On the first day of illness you can collect it in a food carrier.
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YOU FINISH
To je užitečné. Děkuji.
Toh yeh OO-zhee-tech-neh. DYEH-kooy-ee.
That is useful. Thank you.
THEY SAY
Rádo se stalo.RAH-doh seh STAH-loh.
My pleasure.
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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
Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
dítě
DEE-tyeh
noun
child
zítra
ZEE-truh
adverb
tomorrow
nepřijde
NEPR-sheey-deh
verb
won't come
školy
SHKOH-lih
noun
school (genitive)
32 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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