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You order sausage or ham by weight: what to say in Czech

You order sausage or ham by weight.

Trh5 linesLevel A2For life in Czechia The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In Czech shops at the deli counter weight is given in deka: ten grams; dvacet deka šunky is two hundred grams of ham.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, co to bude?
DOH-brih dayn, tsoh toh BOO-deh?
Good day, what will it be?
YOU REPLY
Poprosím dvacet deka šunky.
POH-proh-seem DVAH-tset DEH-kuh SHOON-kih.
Twenty deka of ham, please.
Or say:Poprosím deset deka sýra.
POH-proh-seem DEH-set DEH-kuh SIH-ruh.
THEY SAY
Nakrájet na plátky?
NAH-kruh-eht nuh PLAHT-kih?
Shall I slice it?
They might also say:
Mám to nakrájet?
Mahm toh NAH-kruh-eht?
Should I slice it?
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YOU FINISH
Ano, na tenké plátky, prosím.
AH-noh, nuh TAYN-keh PLAHT-kih, PROH-seem.
Yes, in thin slices, please.
THEY SAY
Tady to máte. Ještě něco?
TAH-dih toh MAH-teh. YEHSH-tyeh NYEH-tsoh?
Here you are. Anything else?
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Words worth knowing

Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
bude
BOO-deh
verb
will be
Poprosím
POH-proh-seem
verb
I will ask for
deka
DEH-kuh
noun
decagrams
šunky
SHOON-kih
noun
ham (genitive)

13 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Czech →

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