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You buy stamps at the post office: what to say in Polish

You buy stamps at the post office.

Poczta4 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A znaczek is a stamp; for a letter within Poland and abroad different stamps are needed; ask krajowy (domestic) or zagraniczny (abroad).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START
Dzień dobry, poproszę pięć znaczków.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh pyayntsy ZNAHCH-koof.
Good day, five stamps please.
Or say:Dzień dobry, potrzebuję znaczków na listy.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, pot-sheh-BOO-eh ZNAHCH-koof nuh LEES-tih.
THEY SAY
Na listy krajowe czy zagraniczne?
Nuh LEES-tih krigh-OH-veh chih zuh-gruh-NEECH-neh?
For domestic or foreign letters?
They might also say:
Do Polski czy za granicę?
Doh POLS-kee chih zah gruh-NEE-tseh?
To Poland or abroad?
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YOU FINISH
Do Polski, poproszę.
Doh POLS-kee, poh-PROH-sheh.
To Poland, please.
THEY SAY
To będzie dwadzieścia osiem złotych.
Toh BAYND-zyeh dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh OH-syehm ZVOH-tikh.
That will be twenty-eight zloty.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
poproszę
poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
znaczków
ZNAHCH-koof
noun
stamps (genitive)
listy
LEES-tih
noun
letters
krajowe
krigh-OH-veh
adjective
domestic

11 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.

All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

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