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The school phones: your child feels unwell and must be collected: what to say in Czech

The school phones: your child is unwell and has to be picked up.

Omluvenka / nemoc7 linesLevel A2For life in Czechia The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. If a child feels unwell during a lesson the school phones the parents and asks them to pick the child up; keep your phone on and make sure the school has your current number.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
Dobrý den, volám ze školy. Vaše dítě se necítí dobře.
DOH-brih dayn, VOH-luhm zeh SHKOH-lih. VAH-sheh DEE-tyeh seh NEH-tsee-tee DOBR-zheh.
Good day, I'm phoning from the school. Your child is unwell.
They might also say:
Dobrý den, tady třídní učitelka. Dítě má horečku a bolí ho hlava.
DOH-brih dayn, TAH-dih TRSHEED-nee OO-chee-tel-kuh. DEE-tyeh mah GOH-rech-koo uh BOH-lee goh GLAH-vuh.
Good day, this is the class teacher. The child has a fever and a headache.
YOU REPLY
Dobrý den. Co se stalo?
DOH-brih dayn. Tsoh seh STAH-loh?
Good day. What happened?
THEY SAY
Dítě má teplotu. Můžete ho vyzvednout?
DEE-tyeh mah TEH-ploh-too. MOO-zheh-teh goh VIZ-ved-noh-oot?
The child has a temperature. Can you pick him up?
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YOU REPLY
Ano, budu tam za půl hodiny.
AH-noh, BOO-doo tahm zah pool GOH-dee-nih.
Yes, I'll be there in half an hour.
THEY SAY
Dobře. Dítě počká v ředitelně nebo ve třídě.
DOBR-zheh. DEE-tyeh POCH-kuh v RZHEH-dee-tel-nyeh NEH-boh veh TRSHEE-dyeh.
Fine. The child will wait in the head's office or in the classroom.
They might also say:
Postaráme se o něj, než přijdete.
POS-tuh-ruh-meh seh oh nyay, nesh PRSHEEY-deh-teh.
We'll look after him until you come.
in the app
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YOU FINISH
Děkuji, že jste zavolali. Na shledanou!
DYEH-kooy-ee, zheh ysteh ZAH-voh-luh-lee. Nuh SKHLEH-duh-noh-oo!
Thank you for phoning. Goodbye!
THEY SAY
Na shledanou.
Nuh SKHLEH-duh-noh-oo.
Goodbye.
in the app

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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
volám
VOH-luhm
verb
I call
školy
SHKOH-lih
noun
school (genitive)
dítě
DEE-tyeh
noun
child
necítí
NEH-tsee-tee
verb
does not feel

29 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?
Můžete mi to napsat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh mee toh NAHP-suht, PROH-seem?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?

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