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Someone else will collect your parcel and you ask about an authorisation: what to say in Polish
Someone else is to collect your parcel and you ask about authorisation.
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How it's done. A pełnomocnictwo is a power of attorney; for another person to collect a parcel they need the awizo, ID and a signed authorisation (the post office has a form).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
Czy mój mąż może odebrać za mnie paczkę?
Chih mooy mohnsh MOH-zheh oh-DEH-bruhtsy zah mnyeh PAHCH-keh?
Can my husband collect the parcel for me?
Or say:Czy ktoś inny może odebrać moją przesyłkę?
Chih ktosy EEN-nih MOH-zheh oh-DEH-bruhtsy MOY-om psheh-SIV-keh?
THEY SAY
Tak, z pełnomocnictwem i swoim dowodem.Tahk, s pev-noh-mots-NEETST-fem ee SFOH-eem doh-VOH-dem.
Yes, with an authorisation and his own ID.
They might also say:
Tak, potrzebne jest pisemne upoważnienie.
Tahk, pot-SHEB-neh yehst pee-SEM-neh oo-poh-vuhzh-NYEH-nyeh.
Yes, a written authorisation is needed.
2
YOU FINISH
Czy mogę je napisać sam{|a}?
Chih MOH-geh yeh nuh-PEE-suhtsy sahm?
May I write it myself?
THEY SAY
Tak, albo wypełnić formularz na poczcie.Tahk, AHL-boh vih-PEV-neetsy for-MOO-luhsh nuh POCH-tsyeh.
Yes, or fill in the form at the post office.
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
mąż
mohnsh
noun
husband
może
MOH-zheh
verb
can
odebrać
oh-DEH-bruhtsy
verb
to pick up
paczkę
PAHCH-keh
noun
parcel (accusative)
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
pełnomocnictwem
pev-noh-mots-NEETST-fem
noun
power of attorney (instrumental)
16 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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