Can anyone tell me the exact phrase that is said (or used to be said, I don't know if it still is) on Prague subway and/or trams when the doors were about to close? It was something like "Ukoncete vystup a nastup, dvere se zaviraji". I was talking about it with a friend yesterday and was wondering what the exact phrase was. Thanks a lot!
Yvan, unless I've misunderstood, Daniela Marie is not asking for a translation, but would simply like to know the exact phrase used in the Prague metro. (And if she were asking for a translation, a dictionary alone wouldn't help.) You've got it almost right, Daniela Marie. As I recall, the exact phrase is: Ukončete, prosím, výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají.
Last year there were two men from Prague Airport visiting our airport in Tampa. I was helping to show them around the facility and, when we boarded the shuttle from landside to an airside, I announced "Ukončete, prosím, výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají". The three of us had a good laugh while those around us just looked confused.
When I first went to Prague in 1994, there was no "prosím." If I recall correctly, they added that sometime in '95 or '96.
That makes sense, because my memories are from the 70s and early 80s (when I used to go to Prague to visit my grandmother). I didn't seem to remember the "prosim!"!
Yes, I do remember this phrase without "prosím". Just for case someone doesn't know what this is all about, there is our friend youtube. It is kind of czech version of Mind the gap between the train, and the platform Does other metros/subways/undergrounds/... have some specific phrases? I have been to metro (besides Prague and London) in Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Kyiv, Istanbul and Ankara, but I do not remember any.
I don't have much other experience with metros but, here at the airport, our shuttles announce "Caution! Do not enter! The doors are about to close!". There is no announcement for exiting (you enter and exit on opposite sides of the shuttle and most people are in a hurry to get out). People always try and force themselves in at the last minute to avoid waiting for the next shuttle - sometimes causing the doors not to close, issuing another announcement "Warning! The doors are not closed! Please stand clear of the doorways!", and causing a delay in departure. Pretty silly, the next shuttle usually arrives in less than two minutes.
Oh, I don't even recall whether it's with or without prosim, and I do take the metro at least two times a day. I guess it just became such a common activity that the ind doesn't even pay attention to the announcements.
Ukončete výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají! Ukončete nástup, dveře se zavírají! ... Příští stanice hlavní nádraží. ... Vystupujte vpravo ve směru jízdy! ... Ládví, konečná stanice, prosíme, vystupte! Terminal, please leave the train!
See http://lokog.wz.cz/zvuky/zvuky.htm and http://vlcoun.tovara.cz/dp-praha/dolni_dpp-mp3.htm for the exact wording and sound files. The concrete phrase (and voice) depends on line, resp on the type of the train unit. See here.