Czech · Autobus / tramvaj / metro
You press the button so that the bus stops: what to say in Czech
You press the button so that the bus stops.
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How it's done. At some stops the bus stops only na znamení (on request): press the button in advance or it will drive on; you get off through the middle or back doors.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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1
YOU START
Promiňte, je tato zastávka na znamení?
PROH-meen-teh, yeh TAH-toh ZAHS-tuhf-kuh nuh ZNAH-meh-nee?
Excuse me, is this stop on request?
Or say:Promiňte, musím zmáčknout tlačítko?
PROH-meen-teh, MOO-seem ZMAHCHK-noh-oot TLAH-cheet-koh?
THEY SAY
Ano, zmáčkněte tlačítko před zastávkou.AH-noh, ZMAHCHK-nyeh-teh TLAH-cheet-koh prshed ZAHS-tuhf-koh-oo.
Yes, press the button before the stop.
They might also say:
Ano, ta zastávka je na znamení.
AH-noh, tah ZAHS-tuhf-kuh yeh nuh ZNAH-meh-nee.
Yes, that stop is on request.
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YOU REPLY
Kdy mám zmáčknout?
Gdih mahm ZMAHCHK-noh-oot?
When should I press?
THEY SAY
Po hlášení předchozí zastávky.Poh GLAH-sheh-nee PRSHET-khoh-zee ZAHS-tuhf-kih.
After the previous stop is announced.
3
YOU REPLY
Kterými dveřmi vystupuji?
KTEH-rih-mee DVEHRZH-mee VIS-too-pooy-ee?
Which doors do I get off through?
THEY SAY
Nejlépe prostředními.NAY-leh-peh PROSTR-shed-nee-mee.
Best through the middle ones.
4
YOU FINISH
Děkuji mnohokrát!
DYEH-kooy-ee MNOH-goh-kruht!
Thank you very much!
THEY SAY
Prosím.PROH-seem.
You're welcome.
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
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
je
yeh
verb
is
zastávka
ZAHS-tuhf-kuh
noun
stop
znamení
ZNAH-meh-nee
noun
signal, request
zmáčkněte
ZMAHCHK-nyeh-teh
verb
press
tlačítko
TLAH-cheet-koh
noun
button
20 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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