Czech · Supermarket / pokladna
You look for a product in a shop: what to say in Czech
You look for a product in a shop.
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How it's done. In a shop regál is a shelf, oddělení a section, chlazené chilled; staff will gladly help: Kde najdu...?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, kde najdu mléko?
PROH-meen-teh, gdeh NIGH-doo MLEH-koh?
Excuse me, where will I find milk?
Or say:Promiňte, kde je mléčné oddělení?
PROH-meen-teh, gdeh yeh MLECH-neh OD-dyeh-leh-nee?
THEY SAY
Mléko je v uličce číslo tři, u chladicích pultů.MLEH-koh yeh v OO-leech-tseh CHEE-sloh trshee, oo KHLAH-dee-tseekh POOL-too.
The milk is in aisle number three, by the chilled counters.
They might also say:
Támhle vlevo, v chladicím regálu.
TAHMG-leh VLEH-voh, f KHLAH-dee-tseem REH-guh-loo.
Over there on the left, in the chilled shelf.
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YOU REPLY
A vejce?
Uh VAY-tseh?
And eggs?
THEY SAY
Hned vedle.Gned VEH-dleh.
Right next to it.
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YOU FINISH
Děkuji moc!
DYEH-kooy-ee mots!
Thank you very much!
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
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
kde
gdeh
adverb
where
najdu
NIGH-doo
verb
I will find
mléko
MLEH-koh
noun
milk
je
yeh
verb
is
uličce
OO-leech-tseh
noun
aisle (locative)
12 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 mi to ukázat?
MOO-zheh-teh mee toh OO-kuh-zuht?
Can you show me?
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