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At the café you order a coffee with milk: what to say in Polish

At a café you order a coffee with milk.

Kawiarnia7 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Kawa czarna is black, kawa z mlekiem with milk, latte and cappuccino are known everywhere; they ask the size (mała, duża) and na miejscu czy na wynos.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, co podać?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh POH-duhtsy?
Good day, what can I get you?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, słucham.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, SVOO-khuhm.
Good day, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Poproszę kawę z mlekiem.
Poh-PROH-sheh KAH-veh z MLEH-kyehm.
A coffee with milk, please.
Or say:Poproszę latte.
Poh-PROH-sheh LAHT-teh.
THEY SAY
Dużą czy małą?
DOO-zhom chih MAH-vom?
Large or small?
in the app
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YOU REPLY
Małą, poproszę.
MAH-vom, poh-PROH-sheh.
Small, please.
Or say:Dużą, poproszę.
DOO-zhom, poh-PROH-sheh.
THEY SAY
Na miejscu czy na wynos?
Nuh MYAYS-tsoo chih nuh VIH-nos?
Here or to take away?
in the app
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YOU FINISH
Na miejscu, dziękuję.
Nuh MYAYS-tsoo, dzyayn-KOO-eh.
Here, thank you.
THEY SAY
Proszę usiąść, przyniosę kawę do stolika.
PROH-sheh OO-syohnsytsy, pshih-NYOH-seh KAH-veh doh stoh-LEE-kuh.
Please sit down, I'll bring the coffee to the table.
in the app

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This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
podać
POH-duhtsy
verb
to give, to provide
Poproszę
Poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
kawę
KAH-veh
noun
coffee (accusative)
mlekiem
MLEH-kyehm
noun
milk (instrumental)

14 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.

All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

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