Czech · Jízdenky / MHD
You buy a single ticket: what to say in Czech
You buy a single-journey ticket.
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How it's done. A jízdenka is a ticket, jednotlivá single, časová time-limited (for example thirty minutes or a day), snížená reduced, plná full. You buy it at a machine, in an app or by SMS.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, poprosím jednu jízdenku na třicet minut.
DOH-brih dayn, POH-proh-seem YEHD-noo YEEZ-dayn-koo nuh TRSHEE-tset MEE-noot.
Good day, one thirty-minute ticket, please.
Or say:Dobrý den, poprosím jednu jednotlivou jízdenku.
DOH-brih dayn, POH-proh-seem YEHD-noo YEHD-noh-tlee-voh-oo YEEZ-dayn-koo.
THEY SAY
Plnou, nebo sníženou?Plnoh-oo, NEH-boh SNEE-zheh-noh-oo?
Full or reduced?
They might also say:
Plné jízdné, nebo slevu?
Plneh YEEZD-neh, NEH-boh SLEH-voo?
Full fare or a discount?
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YOU REPLY
Plnou, prosím.
Plnoh-oo, PROH-seem.
Full, please.
THEY SAY
To bude třicet korun.Toh BOO-deh TRSHEE-tset KOH-roon.
That will be thirty crowns.
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YOU FINISH
Tady máte. Děkuji!
TAH-dih MAH-teh. DYEH-kooy-ee!
Here you are. Thank you!
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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
poprosím
POH-proh-seem
verb
I will ask for
jízdenku
YEEZ-dayn-koo
noun
ticket (accusative)
minut
MEE-noot
noun
minutes (genitive)
Plnou
Plnoh-oo
adjective
full (accusative)
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 mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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