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You choose a cake or a pie at the display: what to say in Polish

You choose a cake or pie at the counter.

Kawiarnia5 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Polish cafés often have sernik (cheesecake), szarlotka (apple pie), makowiec (poppy seed cake); they ask na ciepło? (warm) and ze śmietaną (with cream).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 to za ciasto?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, tsoh toh zah TSYAHS-toh?
Excuse me, what cake is this?
Or say:Przepraszam, jakie macie ciasta?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, YAH-kyeh MAH-tsyeh TSYAHS-tuh?
THEY SAY
To jest sernik. Bardzo dobry, domowy.
Toh yehst SEHR-neek. BAHRD-zoh DOH-brih, doh-MOH-vih.
That is cheesecake. Very good, homemade.
They might also say:
To szarlotka. Jest świeża, upieczona dziś rano.
Toh shuhr-LOT-kuh. Yehst SYFYEH-zhuh, oo-pyeh-CHOH-nuh dzeesy RAH-noh.
That is apple pie. It is fresh, baked this morning.
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YOU REPLY
To poproszę kawałek.
Toh poh-PROH-sheh kuh-VAH-vek.
Then a piece, please.
THEY SAY
Na ciepło czy na zimno?
Nuh TSYEH-pvoh chih nuh ZEEM-noh?
Warm or cold?
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YOU FINISH
Na ciepło, poproszę.
Nuh TSYEH-pvoh, poh-PROH-sheh.
Warm, please.

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Words worth knowing

Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
ciasto
TSYAHS-toh
noun
cake, dough
jest
yehst
verb
is
sernik
SEHR-neek
noun
cheesecake
Bardzo
BAHRD-zoh
adverb
very
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good

10 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?

All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

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