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You send an important letter with proof of delivery: what to say in Polish
You send an important letter with confirmation.
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How it's done. A list polecony is registered mail; za potwierdzeniem odbioru with proof of delivery: the addressee signs and you get a card; storage period is several days.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 wysłać list polecony za potwierdzeniem odbioru.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim VIH-svuhtsy leest poh-leh-TSOH-nih zah pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyehm od-BYOH-roo.
Good day, I'd like to send a registered letter with proof of delivery.
Or say:Dzień dobry, jak wysłać ważny list do urzędu?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, yahk VIH-svuhtsy VAHZH-nih leest doh oo-ZHAYN-doo?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę wypełnić ten formularz. Adres odbiorcy i nadawcy.PROH-sheh vih-PEV-neetsy tayn for-MOO-luhsh. AH-dres od-BYOR-tsih ee nuh-DAHF-tsih.
Please fill in this form. The addressee's and sender's address.
They might also say:
List polecony, tak? Proszę podać adres.
Leest poh-leh-TSOH-nih, tahk? PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy AH-dres.
Registered letter, right? Please give the address.
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YOU FINISH
Proszę bardzo. Ile to będzie kosztować?
PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. EE-leh toh BAYND-zyeh kosh-TOH-vuhtsy?
Here you are. How much will it cost?
THEY SAY
Dwadzieścia dwa złote.Dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh dvah ZVOH-teh.
Twenty-two zloty.
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
wysłać
VIH-svuhtsy
verb
to send
list
leest
noun
letter
polecony
poh-leh-TSOH-nih
adjective
registered
19 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?
What does this mean?
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