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INTRODUCTION
In the previous lesson, we covered how to get on the subway. In the Czech Republic, a comfortable way to travel long distances is to take a train, which in Czech is called vlak. Trains are convenient, although not always cheaper than coaches. The good point is that they will also let you see a bit of the countryside between cities, and not just the other side of a motorway.
You’ll ask for train tickets at a ticket office. The phrase will sound something like this:
Jednu jízdenku do, then you add the destination and then prosím.
GRAMMAR POINT
Let’s say you want to go to Brno.
“One ticket to Brno, please”
In Czech that is
Jednu jízdenku do Brna, prosím.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Jed-nu jíz-den-ku do Br-na, pro-sím.
Once more:
Jednu jízdenku do Brna, prosím.
In case you aren’t travelling by yourself, and you have company, you will need to ask for two tickets or more.
“Two tickets to Brno, please,” is
Dvě jízdenky do Brna, prosím.
(slow) Dvě jíz-den-ky do Br-na, pro-sím.
Dvě jízdenky do Brna, prosím.
As you can see, instead of jízdenka we say the plural jízdenky.
In case you want to buy three or four tickets, use jízdenky and add tři or čtyři in front of the word. For example, you can say “Three tickets to Brno, please.” as.
Tři jízdenky do Brna, prosím.
(slow) Tři jíz-den-ky do Br-na, pro-sím.
Tři jízdenky do Brna, prosím.
If you want to buy five or more tickets, then use the word jízdenek. It is just a different plural form of the word “tickets” (jízdenky). For example “five tickets” will be:
Pět jízdenek
(slow) Pět jíz-de-nek.
Pět jízdenek.
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Normally when you ask for a train ticket, you will get a second class one, so we will teach you how to say what type of ticket you need.
For a First Class ticket say,
Jednu jízdenku do první třídy, prosím. which means “One First Class ticket please.”
(slow) Jed-nu jíz-den-ku do prv-ní tří-dy, pro-sím.
Jednu jízdenku do první třídy, prosím.
Do první třídy is literally translated as “at first class”.
Do means “at”.
První is translated as “first”.
(slow) Prv-ní.
První.
Třídy means “the class”
(slow) Třídy.
Třídy.
Let’s hear the whole phrase one more time:
Jednu jízdenku do první třídy, prosím.
If you want to add your destination, in this case Brno, your phrase will sound like this:
Jednu jízdenku do Brna, do první třídy, prosím.
(slow) Jed-nu jíz-den-ku do Br-na, do prv-ní tří-dy, pro-sím.
Jednu jízdenku do Brna, do první třídy, prosím.
In the case that a second class ticket is what you need, all you have to do is to replace první třídy with druhé třídy. So “One second ticket class, please” will sound like this:
Jednu jízdenku do druhé třídy, prosím.
(slow) Jed-nu jíz-den-ku do dru-hé tří-dy, pro-sím.
Jednu jízdenku do druhé třídy, prosím.
The only new word here is Druhé. It means “the second”
(slow) Druhé
Druhé
So do druhé třídy means “to the second class”.
Let’s hear both phrases one more time so you can compare them easily.
Jednu jízdenku do první třídy, prosím.
“One first ticket class, please.”
Jednu jízdenku do druhé třídy, prosím.
“One second ticket class, please.”
Also there might be cases when you will be asked : “For what class?” In Czech, that’s Do které třídy?
(slow) Do kte-ré tří-dy?
Do které třídy?
In this sentence které means “which”.
In this case your answer will be shorter.
První třída if first class is what you want and
Druhá třída for a second class ticket.
Your trip might be a long one and during the night, in which case you would like a “sleeper ticket”. You can say “A sleeper ticket, please.”
In Czech that is
Jednu jízdenku do spacího vozu, prosím.
(slow) Jed-nu jíz-den-ku do spa-cí-ho vo-zu, pro-sím.
You already know that Jednu jízdenku means “one ticket”.
Do means “at” or “to”.
Spacího vozu is translated as “sleeping-car”.
(slow) Spa-cí-ho vo-zu.
Spacího vozu.
Let’s hear the whole phrase one more time:
Jednu jízdenku do spacího vozu, prosím.

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