Polish · Restauracja
You ask for the bill and the waiter asks if you are paying together: what to say in Polish
You ask for the bill and the waiter asks whether to pay together.
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How it's done. Paying separately is normal in Poland: the waiter asks Razem czy osobno?; you tip (napiwek) by rounding up, usually about ten percent; say Reszty nie trzeba.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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1
YOU START
Poproszę rachunek.
Poh-PROH-sheh ruh-KHOO-nek.
The bill, please.
Or say:Prosimy o rachunek.
Proh-SEE-mih oh ruh-KHOO-nek.
THEY SAY
Razem czy osobno?RAH-zem chih oh-SOB-noh?
Together or separately?
They might also say:
Czy płacą Państwo razem, czy osobno?
Chih PVAH-tsom PAHNST-foh RAH-zem, chih oh-SOB-noh?
Are you paying together or separately?
2
YOU REPLY
Osobno, poproszę. Ja miałem zupę i wodę.
Oh-SOB-noh, poh-PROH-sheh. Yah MYAH-vem ZOO-peh ee VOH-deh.
Separately, please. I had the soup and the water.
THEY SAY
To razem dwadzieścia dwa złote.Toh RAH-zem dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh dvah ZVOH-teh.
That's twenty-two zloty altogether.
They might also say:
Z zupą i wodą będzie dwadzieścia dwa złote.
Z ZOO-pom ee VOH-dom BAYND-zyeh dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh dvah ZVOH-teh.
With the soup and water it will be twenty-two zloty.
3
YOU REPLY
Proszę, tu jest dwadzieścia pięć. Reszty nie trzeba.
PROH-sheh, too yehst dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh pyayntsy. RESH-tih nyeh TSHEH-buh.
Here you are, twenty-five. Keep the change.
THEY SAY
Dziękuję bardzo! Miłego wieczoru!Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh! Mee-VEH-goh vyeh-CHOH-roo!
Thank you very much! Have a nice evening!
4
YOU FINISH
Wzajemnie. Do widzenia!
Vzuh-EHM-nyeh. Doh veed-ZEH-nyuh!
Same to 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
Poproszę
Poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
rachunek
ruh-KHOO-nek
noun
account
Razem
RAH-zem
adverb
together
osobno
oh-SOB-noh
adverb
separately
miałem
MYAH-vem
verb
I had
zupę
ZOO-peh
noun
soup (accusative)
22 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.
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