Polish · Poczta
You pay a utility bill at the post office: what to say in Polish
You pay a utility bill at the post office.
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How it's done. At the post office (Poczta Polska) you can pay utility bills with a blankiet (payment slip), in cash or by card; a small fee is charged for the payment; keep the confirmation.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 zapłacić rachunek za prąd.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-PVAH-tseetsy ruh-KHOO-nek zah prohnt.
Good day, I'd like to pay the electricity bill.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy mogę tu zapłacić rachunek?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh too zuh-PVAH-tseetsy ruh-KHOO-nek?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Tak, na poczcie przyjmujemy wpłaty. Czy ma pan blankiet?Tahk, nuh POCH-tsyeh pshihy-moo-EH-mih FPVAH-tih. Chih mah pahn BLAHN-kyeht?
Yes, we accept payments at the post office. Do you have the payment slip?
They might also say:
Oczywiście. Proszę podać blankiet albo dane do przelewu.
Oh-CHIH-veesy-tsyeh. PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy BLAHN-kyeht AHL-boh DAH-neh doh psheh-LEH-voo.
Of course. Please give me the payment slip or the transfer details.
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YOU REPLY
Tak, oto rachunek. Czy mogę zapłacić kartą?
Tahk, OH-toh ruh-KHOO-nek. Chih MOH-geh zuh-PVAH-tseetsy KAHR-tom?
Yes, here is the bill. Can I pay by card?
THEY SAY
Tak, kartą lub gotówką. Pobieramy opłatę za wpłatę.Tahk, KAHR-tom loop goh-TOOF-kom. Poh-byeh-RAH-mih oh-PVAH-teh zah FPVAH-teh.
Yes, by card or in cash. We charge a fee for the payment.
They might also say:
Można kartą albo gotówką. Za wpłatę jest drobna opłata.
MOZH-nuh KAHR-tom AHL-boh goh-TOOF-kom. Zah FPVAH-teh yehst DROB-nuh oh-PVAH-tuh.
You can pay by card or in cash. There is a small fee for the payment.
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YOU REPLY
W porządku. Proszę bardzo.
V poh-ZHOHNT-koo. PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh.
All right. Here you are.
THEY SAY
Dziękuję. Oto potwierdzenie. Proszę je zachować.Dzyayn-KOO-eh. OH-toh pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh. PROH-sheh yeh zuh-KHOH-vuhtsy.
Thank you. Here is the confirmation. Please keep it.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję. Do widzenia!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. Doh veed-ZEH-nyuh!
Thank you. Goodbye!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zapłacić
zuh-PVAH-tseetsy
verb
to pay
rachunek
ruh-KHOO-nek
noun
account
prąd
prohnt
noun
electricity
28 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
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