Czech · Výplata / výplatní páska
You ask when you will be paid: what to say in Czech
You ask when the payment is made.
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How it's done. Pay (výplata) arrives in the account usually by a certain day of the following month; the exact day is in the contract or the employer's rules.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, kdy je výplata?
PROH-meen-teh, gdih yeh VIH-pluh-tuh?
Excuse me, when is payday?
Or say:Promiňte, kdy dostávám mzdu?
PROH-meen-teh, gdih DOS-tuh-vuhm mzdoo?
THEY SAY
Do patnáctého dne v měsíci.Doh PAHT-nuhts-teh-goh dneh v MNYEH-see-tsee.
By the fifteenth day of the month.
They might also say:
Výplata je do patnáctého.
VIH-pluh-tuh yeh doh PAHT-nuhts-teh-goh.
Payday is by the fifteenth.
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YOU FINISH
Děkuji. A jakým způsobem?
DYEH-kooy-ee. Uh YAH-kim SPOO-soh-bem?
Thank you. And in what way?
THEY SAY
Převodem na bankovní účet.PRSHEH-voh-dem nuh BAHN-kov-nee OO-chet.
By transfer to a bank account.
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
kdy
gdih
adverb
when
je
yeh
verb
is
výplata
VIH-pluh-tuh
noun
payday
dne
dneh
noun
day (genitive)
měsíci
MNYEH-see-tsee
noun
month (locative)
11 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?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
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→You ask for the payslip to be explainedVýplata / výplatní páska · A2 in the app
→You ask what an agreement to complete a job is and how it differs from an employment contractPracovní smlouva · A2 in the app
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