Czech Numbers to 1000 & Money: koruna, koruny, korun
Czechia pays in crowns, and crowns come in three grammatical faces. This lesson gets you through any till, market stall or bill with real numbers.
The Tens
Combine freely: padesát pět — 55, devadesát devět — 99.
Hundreds and the Thousand
sto (100), dvě stě (200), tři sta (300), pět set (500), tisíc (1000). Street calibration: a beer runs around padesát korun, a polední menu around sto padesát, a monthly tram pass — pět set padesát.
Oběd stojí dvě stě korun.
Lunch costs two hundred crowns.
Note: Even sto itself changes with the count — dvě stě, tři sta, pět set.
The Three Faces of koruna
At the Till
Kolik to stojí? — how much? Stojí to sto korun. Dohromady — altogether. And the modern question: Kartou, nebo hotově? — card or cash?
Common Mistakes
- pět koruny. Five and beyond take the third face: pět korun.
- dva koruny. koruna is feminine — dvě koruny (dva is for masculines).
- Freezing at big numbers. Czech numbers stack transparently: sto padesát pět = 100+50+5. Read them in pieces.
What You Can Do Now
You can understand and say real prices, pick the right face of koruna for any count, and answer kartou, nebo hotově without blinking.