How to say “Do you have smaller change?”
Nemáte drobnější?
Pronounced NEH-maa-teh DROB-nyay-shee
Stress the syllable in capitals.
- Formal
- informal
- Nemáš drobnější?
- literally
- “don't you have smaller”
why
Czechs ask this as a negative question, which sounds polite. The cashier usually asks it when you pay with a big note. Drobnější means 'smaller (money)'.
example
Nemáte drobnější? - Bohužel ne, jen pětistovku.
Do you have smaller change? - Unfortunately not, only a 500-crown note.
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