Dostal jsem lístek na koncert.

In the past tense, Czech usually uses two parts:

• a past participle: dostal
• a form of to be: jsem

So:

• dostal jsem = I got / I received

This is the normal way to form the past tense in Czech.

Compare:

• dostal jsem = I got
• dostal jsi = you got
• dostal = he got
• dostala = she got

So jsem is not optional here in standard Czech; it is part of the past-tense form for I.

Dostal is the masculine singular past participle of the verb dostat.

• dostat = to get, to receive
• dostal = got/received, used for a male speaker

If the speaker is female, it changes to:

• Dostala jsem lístek na koncert.

So the ending tells you something about the speaker’s gender in the past tense.

Czech often places short unstressed words, called clitics, in the second position of the sentence. Jsem is one of them.

So although English says:

• I got a ticket

Czech often says literally something like:

• Got I a ticket

But this is just how Czech word order works; it is completely normal.

You can also hear:

• Já jsem dostal lístek na koncert.

That includes já for emphasis, but in a neutral sentence Czech usually leaves the subject pronoun out.

Because Czech often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending and the auxiliary already show the person:

• jsem = I am / I have in this past construction
• dostal jsem clearly means I got

So já is usually unnecessary unless you want contrast or emphasis:

• Já jsem dostal lístek, ale on ne.
  I got a ticket, but he didn’t.

Here lístek is the direct object of the verb dostat, so it is in the accusative case.

For this masculine inanimate noun, the accusative singular looks the same as the nominative singular:

• nominative: lístek
• accusative: lístek

So in this sentence:

• Dostal jsem lístek. = I got a ticket.

That is why you see lístek.

Here lístek means ticket.

A very common distinction is:

• lístek = ticket in a broad sense; also a small slip/card, and can be used for transport tickets, queue tickets, etc.
• vstupenka = specifically an admission ticket or entry ticket

For a concert, both can work in many situations:

• Dostal jsem lístek na koncert.
• Dostal jsem vstupenku na koncert.

Vstupenka sounds a bit more explicitly like an event-entry ticket.
Lístek is very common and natural in everyday speech.

With events like concerts, shows, movies, and exhibitions, Czech commonly uses na + accusative to mean to/for that event.

So:

• na koncert = to a concert / for a concert
• na film = to a film/movie
• na výstavu = to an exhibition

This is very natural Czech usage.

By contrast, do usually means movement into a place:

• do kina = to the cinema
• do školy = to school
• do Prahy = to Prague

So:

• lístek na koncert = a ticket for a concert
• jít na koncert = to go to a concert

It can mean several related things depending on context:

• I got
• I received
• I was given

So:

• Dostal jsem lístek na koncert.
  could mean:
  • I got a ticket for a concert.
  • I received a ticket for a concert.
  • I was given a ticket for a concert.

The exact English translation depends on context, but the Czech sentence itself is perfectly natural for any of these.

Yes. Czech word order is fairly flexible, and changing it usually changes emphasis rather than basic meaning.

Neutral order:

• Dostal jsem lístek na koncert.

Other possible orders:

• Lístek na koncert jsem dostal.
  Emphasizes the ticket for the concert
• Na koncert jsem dostal lístek.
  Emphasizes for the concert
• Já jsem dostal lístek na koncert.
  Emphasizes I

So the original sentence is a normal neutral version, but alternatives are possible depending on what you want to highlight.

Only the past participle changes:

• Dostala jsem lístek na koncert.

Compare:

• Dostal jsem... = said by a man
• Dostala jsem... = said by a woman

This gender agreement is a regular feature of Czech past tense.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• DOH-stahl sem LEES-tek na KON-tsert

A few helpful notes:

• d in dostal is like English d
• o is a short pure vowel, not a diphthong
• jsem is usually pronounced roughly sem in normal speech
• í in lístek is a long ee
• c in koncert is pronounced ts
• stress in Czech normally falls on the first syllable of each word:
  • DOStal
  • jsem
  • LÍstek
  • na
  • KONcert

Yes, completely natural.

It sounds like normal spoken or written Czech and could be used in everyday situations such as:

• telling a friend some good news
• explaining why you are going out
• saying someone gave you a ticket

It is a very useful model sentence because it shows:

• a common verb: dostat
• the Czech past tense
• omission of the subject pronoun
• a common phrase: lístek na koncert