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You buy eggs and cheese at the market: what to say in Czech
You buy eggs and cottage cheese at the market.
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How it's done. Eggs are bought by the ten or by piece: deset vajec (ten eggs); farmářské (farm) and čerstvé (fresh) are words you often hear at the market; tvaroh is a fresh curd cheese.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, prosím deset vajec.
DOH-brih dayn, PROH-seem DEH-set VAH-ehts.
Good day, ten eggs, please.
Or say:Dobrý den, máte čerstvá vejce?
DOH-brih dayn, MAH-teh CHEHRS-tvuh VAY-tseh?
THEY SAY
Dobrý den. Ano, jsou farmářská a čerstvá. Deset vajec stojí sto korun.DOH-brih dayn. AH-noh, ysoh-oo FAHR-muhrshs-kuh uh CHEHRS-tvuh. DEH-set VAH-ehts STOY-ee stoh KOH-roon.
Good day. Yes, farm eggs and fresh. Ten eggs cost a hundred crowns.
They might also say:
Jsou ze svobodného chovu. Deset kusů stojí sto korun.
Ysoh-oo zeh SVOH-bod-neh-goh KHOH-voo. DEH-set KOO-soo STOY-ee stoh KOH-roon.
They are from free-range hens. Ten pieces cost a hundred crowns.
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YOU REPLY
Dám si také čtvrt kila tvarohu.
Dahm see TAH-keh chtvrt KEE-luh TVAH-roh-goo.
I'll also have a quarter of a kilo of cottage cheese.
THEY SAY
Farmářský tvaroh, devadesát korun za čtvrt kila.FAHR-muhrshs-kih TVAH-rokh, DEH-vuh-deh-suht KOH-roon zah chtvrt KEE-luh.
Farm cheese, ninety crowns for a quarter kilo.
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YOU REPLY
Dobře. Kolik to dělá dohromady?
DOBR-zheh. KOH-leek toh DYEH-luh DOG-roh-muh-dih?
Fine. How much is that altogether?
THEY SAY
Sto devadesát korun.Stoh DEH-vuh-deh-suht KOH-roon.
A hundred and ninety crowns.
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YOU FINISH
Tady máte. Děkuji!
TAH-dih MAH-teh. DYEH-kooy-ee!
Here you are. Thank you!
THEY SAY
Děkuji. Hezký den!DYEH-kooy-ee. GES-kih dayn!
Thank you. Have a nice day!
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
Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
prosím
PROH-seem
verb
please
vajec
VAH-ehts
noun
eggs (genitive)
jsou
ysoh-oo
verb
are
farmářská
FAHR-muhrshs-kuh
adjective
farm (feminine)
26 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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