What to say in Czech at the market?

Have you run out of veggies? Are you planning on going to Czech market to buy some?

You will definitely need to know not only basic phrases, how we call veggies in Czech, but also how we say the amounts in Czech.

Let’s dive in!

USEFUL PHRASES

Co to dneska bude?

(rather informal – literally: What will it be today? – meaning: What would you like?)

Máte …, prosím?

(= Do you have …, please?)

Tady to máte.

(= Here you are.)

Budete chtít tašku?

(= Would you like a bag?)

Ne, děkuju. Zaplatím.

(= No, thank you. I’ll pay.)

Máte ještě nějaké další přání? = Ještě nějaké přání? = Ještě něco dalšího?

(= Would you like anything else? – literally: Do you have another more wish)

To bude všechno. Děkuju.

(= That’s all. Thank you.)

Můžu platit kartou?

(= Can I pay by card?)

Karty nebereme. Jen hotovost.

(= We don’t accept cards. Cash only.)

VEGETABLES IN CZECH

HOW TO SAY THE AMOUNTS IN CZECH?

If you want to sound like a native, stick to this:

• we prefer to use dekagrams (in normal speech: deka) to grams
• we don’t say kilograms in normal speech (we are too lazy for that) – we prefer the forms kilo/kila
• some veggies are usually sold as pieces (eg. cabbage – zelí: Zelí (jednu hlávku zelí), prosím.)

When you use the words such as KILO/KILA, the vegetable that follows has to be in genitive case.

I have prepared this cheat sheet for you:

How to use the handout?

It’s so simple. Just decide what amount of veggies you want to buy (you will find it in the second column) and then just add the vegetable in Czech from the third column. The words are already in the correct form so you will sound at the market like a pro 😉

Examples:

Půl kila česneku, prosím.

Dvě kila cibule, prosím.

Pět kilo brambor, prosím.

If you want to practise it some more, you can watch my video (click here).

Would you like to have this handout not only with vegetables, but also with fruit?

CLICK HERE