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You ask about the price and origin of vegetables: what to say in Czech

You ask about the price and origin of vegetables.

Trh6 linesLevel A2For life in Czechia The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. České is Czech, z vlastní zahrady from one's own garden, bio organic; the question Můžu ochutnat? is acceptable everywhere.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
Kolik stojí kilo rajčat?
KOH-leek STOY-ee KEE-loh RIGH-chuht?
How much is a kilo of tomatoes?
THEY SAY
Kilo stojí šedesát korun.
KEE-loh STOY-ee SHEH-deh-suht KOH-roon.
A kilo costs sixty crowns.
They might also say:
Šedesát korun za kilo.
SHEH-deh-suht KOH-roon zah KEE-loh.
Sixty crowns a kilo.
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YOU REPLY
Jsou to česká rajčata?
Ysoh-oo toh CHES-kuh RIGH-chuh-tuh?
Are they Czech tomatoes?
THEY SAY
Ano, z mojí zahrady.
AH-noh, z MOY-ee ZAHG-ruh-dih.
Yes, from my garden.
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3
YOU FINISH
Můžu ochutnat jedno?
MOO-zhoo OH-khoot-nuht YEHD-noh?
May I try one?
THEY SAY
Samozřejmě, tady prosím.
SAH-mozr-zhaym-nyeh, TAH-dih PROH-seem.
Of course, here you go.
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Words worth knowing

Kolik
KOH-leek
adverb
how much
stojí
STOY-ee
verb
costs
kilo
KEE-loh
noun
kilo
rajčat
RIGH-chuht
noun
tomatoes (genitive)
korun
KOH-roon
noun
crowns (genitive)
Jsou
Ysoh-oo
verb
are

14 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?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?

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