Polish · Przelew / BLIK
You make a transfer at a bank branch: what to say in Polish
You make a transfer at a bank branch.
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How it's done. In a transfer (przelew) you state the recipient's numer rachunku (in Poland it starts with PL), name, amount and tytuł przelewu (reference).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, chciałbym zrobić przelew.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim ZROH-beetsy PSHEH-lef.
Good day, I'd like to make a transfer.
Or say:Dzień dobry, chcę przelać pieniądze.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, khtseh PSHEH-luhtsy pyeh-NYOHND-zeh.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę podać numer rachunku odbiorcy.PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy NOO-mehr ruh-KHOON-koo od-BYOR-tsih.
Please give the recipient's account number.
They might also say:
Jaki jest numer rachunku?
YAH-kee yehst NOO-mehr ruh-KHOON-koo?
What is the account number?
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YOU REPLY
Oto numer. Kwota to dwieście złotych.
OH-toh NOO-mehr. KFOH-tuh toh DVYEHSY-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh.
Here is the number. The amount is two hundred zloty.
THEY SAY
A jaki tytuł przelewu mam wpisać?Uh YAH-kee TIH-toov psheh-LEH-voo mahm FPEE-suhtsy?
And what transfer title should I enter?
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YOU FINISH
Czynsz za marzec.
Chihnsh zah MAH-zhets.
Rent for March.
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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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zrobić
ZROH-beetsy
verb
to do, to make
przelew
PSHEH-lef
noun
bank transfer
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
18 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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