Polish · Restauracja
You ask the waiter what they recommend today: what to say in Polish
You ask the waiter what he recommends today.
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How it's done. In Polish restaurants on weekdays there is a zestaw obiadowy or danie dnia: soup and a main course at a lower price; schabowy is a breaded pork cutlet.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
Przepraszam, co polecają Państwo dzisiaj?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, tsoh poh-leh-TSIGH-om PAHNST-foh DZEE-syigh?
Excuse me, what do you recommend today?
Or say:Przepraszam, jakie jest danie dnia?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, YAH-kyeh yehst DAH-nyeh dnyah?
THEY SAY
Dzisiaj mamy zupę ogórkową i kotlet schabowy z ziemniakami.DZEE-syigh MAH-mih ZOO-peh oh-goor-KOH-vom ee KOH-tlet skhuh-BOH-vih z zyehm-nyuh-KAH-mee.
Today we have cucumber soup and a pork cutlet with potatoes.
They might also say:
Danie dnia to kotlet schabowy z ziemniakami i surówką.
DAH-nyeh dnyah toh KOH-tlet skhuh-BOH-vih z zyehm-nyuh-KAH-mee ee soo-ROOF-kom.
The dish of the day is a pork cutlet with potatoes and a salad.
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YOU REPLY
Co to jest kotlet schabowy?
Tsoh toh yehst KOH-tlet skhuh-BOH-vih?
What is a kotlet schabowy?
THEY SAY
To panierowany kotlet wieprzowy. Do tego ziemniaki i surówka.Toh puh-nyeh-roh-VAH-nih KOH-tlet vyehp-SHOH-vih. Doh TEH-goh zyehm-NYAH-kee ee soo-ROOF-kuh.
It is a breaded pork cutlet. With it potatoes and a salad.
They might also say:
Panierowana wieprzowina smażona na patelni, z ziemniakami.
Puh-nyeh-roh-VAH-nuh vyehp-shoh-VEE-nuh smuh-ZHOH-nuh nuh puh-TEL-nee, z zyehm-nyuh-KAH-mee.
Breaded pork fried in a pan, with potatoes.
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YOU REPLY
Brzmi dobrze. Poproszę ten zestaw.
Bzhmee DOB-zheh. Poh-PROH-sheh tayn ZES-tuhf.
Sounds good. I'll have that set.
THEY SAY
Z zupą czy bez?Z ZOO-pom chih bes?
With soup or without?
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YOU FINISH
Z zupą, poproszę. Do picia wodę niegazowaną.
Z ZOO-pom, poh-PROH-sheh. Doh PEE-tsyuh VOH-deh nyeh-guh-zoh-VAH-nom.
With soup, please. To drink still water.
THEY SAY
Dobrze, już zapisuję.DOB-zheh, yoosh zuh-pee-SOO-eh.
Fine, I'm writing it down.
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
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
polecają
poh-leh-TSIGH-om
verb
they recommend
Państwo
PAHNST-foh
noun
ladies and gentlemen
dzisiaj
DZEE-syigh
adverb
today
mamy
MAH-mih
verb
we have
zupę
ZOO-peh
noun
soup (accusative)
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?
What does this mean?
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