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You buy ice cream at an ice-cream parlour: what to say in Polish
You buy ice cream at an ice-cream parlour.
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How it's done. In Poland you buy ice cream by the scoop (gałka): jedna gałka, dwie gałki; it comes w rożku (in a cone) or w kubku (in a cup).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! Jakie smaki?Dzyayn DOH-brih! YAH-kyeh SMAH-kee?
Good day! Which flavours?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, słucham.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, SVOO-khuhm.
Good day, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Dwie gałki, proszę. Jedna czekoladowa i jedna waniliowa.
Dvyeh GAHV-kee, PROH-sheh. YEHD-nuh cheh-koh-luh-DOH-vuh ee YEHD-nuh vuh-nee-LYOH-vuh.
Two scoops, please. One chocolate and one vanilla.
Or say:Poproszę gałkę truskawkową i gałkę cytrynową.
Poh-PROH-sheh GAHV-keh troos-kuhf-KOH-vom ee GAHV-keh tsih-trih-NOH-vom.
THEY SAY
W kubku czy w rożku?V KOOP-koo chih v ROSH-koo?
In a cup or in a cone?
They might also say:
W waflu czy w kubeczku?
V VAH-floo chih f koo-BECH-koo?
In a cone or in a cup?
2
YOU REPLY
W rożku, proszę.
V ROSH-koo, PROH-sheh.
In a cone, please.
THEY SAY
Proszę. To będzie sześć złotych.PROH-sheh. Toh BAYND-zyeh shesytsy ZVOH-tikh.
Here you are. That will be six zloty.
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YOU FINISH
Proszę bardzo. Dziękuję!
PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Here you are. Thank you!
THEY SAY
Dziękuję, smacznego!Dzyayn-KOO-eh, smuhch-NEH-goh!
Thank you, enjoy!
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
smaki
SMAH-kee
noun
flavours
gałki
GAHV-kee
noun
scoops
proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
czekoladowa
cheh-koh-luh-DOH-vuh
adjective
chocolate (feminine)
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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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