How to say “I bought a ticket but it has expired”
Koupil jsem si jízdenku, ale už neplatí. / Koupila jsem si jízdenku, ale už neplatí.
Pronounced KOH-peel ysem see YEEZ-den-koo AH-leh oosh NEH-plah-tyee / KOH-pee-lah ysem see YEEZ-den-koo AH-leh oosh NEH-plah-tyee
Stress the syllable in capitals.
- Perfective
- literally
- “I bought myself a ticket, but it is no longer valid”
why
Czechs simply say the ticket neplatí (is not valid). The past tense changes with the speaker's gender: koupil jsem for a man, koupila jsem for a woman. A more formal way to say 'expired' is vypršela platnost.
examples
Koupila jsem si jízdenku, ale už neplatí. Omlouvám se.
I bought a ticket, but it has expired. I'm sorry.
Koupil jsem si jízdenku, ale už neplatí. Co mám dělat?
I bought a ticket, but it has expired, what should I do?
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