Polish Phrases
Below are some useful Polish phrases, the official phonetics are a bit tongue twisting for most none Poles.
I find many of the official phonetics impossible for Westerners so I have included in the last column my own version, which is simpler. When I first came to live and work in Poland I had to deliver several speeches, including my wedding address. This I did with the help of friends and my own written phonetics. OK the Polish wasn't very good, but everyone understood me. In fact my translator took my speech notes and used them in her lectures.
I apologise to any Polish language officianardo's but I found this helped me to communicate giving me time to study better Polish using the Pimsleur Course. Here are some Polish phrases to get you started.
| English expression |
Polish translation |
Sounds like |
| Good morning |
Dzien dobry |
gin dobrey |
| Good afternoon |
Dobry wieczor |
dobri virture |
| Good night |
Dobranoc |
dobra nots |
| Good bye |
Do widzenia |
do vidzenia |
| See you later |
Do zobaczenia |
dosabachenia |
| It's nice to meet you |
Milo mi |
meewo mee |
| Excuse me |
Przepraszam |
psaprasham |
| Yes |
Tak |
tack |
| No |
Nie |
ney |
| Please |
Prosze |
prosher |
| Thank you |
Dziekuje |
jinkuya |
| That's all right |
W porzadku |
v poradzu or OK |
| I'm sorry |
Przepraszam |
pseprasham |
| Hello |
Dzien dobry |
jin dobrey |
| Hi |
Czesc |
chestch |
| How do you do |
Jak sie masz |
yakshemash |
| I understand |
Rozumiem |
rizoomium |
| Please say that again |
Prosze to powtorzyc |
prosher to povtooshish |
| Where? |
Gdzie? |
gdjeh |
| What? |
Co? |
tso |
| What is this? |
Co to jest? |
tsotoyest |
| How? |
Jak? |
yak |
| How much?/How many? |
Ile? |
iIller |
| What does this mean? |
Co to znaczy? |
soto znachki |
| When? |
Kiedy? |
kedy |
| I'm lost |
Zgubilem sie |
zgoobeewehm shae |
| I'm sick |
Jestem chory |
yestem horey |
| I'm tired |
Jestem zmeczony |
yestem menchoni |
| I'm hungry |
Jestem glodny |
yestem gwadney |
| I'm thirsty |
Chce mi sie pic |
cheh mi shae pitch |
| I'm in a hurry |
Spiesze sie |
speciussher |
| Please take me to |
Prosze mnie zawiezc |
prosher mni zavyehsh |
| Can I have a ticket |
Prosze bilet |
Prosher billet |
| Where are we? |
Gdzie jestesmy? |
gjer yesteshmi) |
| Who is it? |
Kto tam? |
kto tahm |
| Just a moment! |
Chwileczke! |
whiilechka |
| Come in! |
Prosze! |
prosher |
| Can you help me? |
Czy moze mi pan/pani pomoc? |
chi mozheh mee pahn/pahnee pomoots |
| Can you show me? |
Czy moze mi pan/pani pokazac? |
chi mozheh mee pan/panee pokazatsh |
| Can you tell me? |
Czy moze mi pan/pani powiedziec? |
chi mozheh mee pan/panee povyehdzhehtsh |
| I'm looking for |
Szukam |
shookahm |
| I would like to order |
Chcialbym zamowic |
chowbim zamoovitch |
| Good/Bad |
Dobry/Zly |
dobri/zwi |
| Big/Small |
Duzy/Maly |
doozi/mawi |
| Cheap/Expensive |
Tanio/Drogo |
tanio/drogo |
| Hot/Cold |
Goraco/Zimno |
gorontso/jimno |
| Easy/Difficult |
Latwy/Trudny |
whatvi/troodni) |
| Quick/Slow |
Szybko/Wolno |
shipko/volno |
| Early/Late |
Wczesnie/Pozno |
vchechnie/poozno |
| Very |
Bardzo |
bardzo |
| May I use your phone? |
Czy moge skorzystac z telefonu? |
chi mogeh skozhistahtsh telehfonoo |
| Street map |
Plan miasta |
plan miasta |
| Post cards |
Pocztowki |
pochtoofkee |
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