Czech · Automat na jízdenky
The ticket machine does not work as you expected: what to say in Czech
The ticket machine does not work as expected.
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How it's done. In the machine look for buttons jízdenka, vybrat (choose), zaplatit (pay), kartou (by card). If it doesn't work, ask people: Jak funguje ten automat?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, jak funguje ten automat?
PROH-meen-teh, yahk FOON-goo-eh tayn OW-toh-muht?
Excuse me, how does this machine work?
Or say:Promiňte, můžete mi s automatem pomoct?
PROH-meen-teh, MOO-zheh-teh mee z OW-toh-muh-tem POH-motst?
THEY SAY
Nejdřív vyberte druh jízdenky.NAYDR-zheev VIH-behr-teh drookh YEEZ-dayn-kih.
First choose the type of ticket.
They might also say:
Vyberte jízdenku a stiskněte zaplatit.
VIH-behr-teh YEEZ-dayn-koo uh STEESK-nyeh-teh ZAH-pluh-teet.
Choose a ticket and press pay.
2
YOU REPLY
A potom?
Uh POH-tom?
And then?
THEY SAY
Potom přiložíte kartu ke čtečce.POH-tom PRSHEE-loh-zhee-teh KAHR-too keh CHTECH-tseh.
Then you hold the card to the reader.
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YOU FINISH
Už rozumím, děkuji!
Oozh ROH-zoo-meem, DYEH-kooy-ee!
I understand now, 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
Promiňte
PROH-meen-teh
verb
excuse me
jak
yahk
adverb
how
funguje
FOON-goo-eh
verb
works
automat
OW-toh-muht
noun
machine
Nejdřív
NAYDR-zheev
adverb
first
vyberte
VIH-behr-teh
verb
choose
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?
Můžete mi to ukázat?
MOO-zheh-teh mee toh OO-kuh-zuht?
Can you show me?
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