Polish · Na wynos / bar
You go to a bar mleczny (milk bar) for the first time: what to say in Polish
It is your first time in a bar mleczny (milk bar).
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How it's done. A bar mleczny is a cheap canteen with Polish food: you order and pay at the till, get a number, and the food is handed out from a window; you can eat on site at shared tables.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Dzień dobry, jak tu się zamawia?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, yahk too syeh zuh-MAH-vyuh?
Good day, how do you order here?
Or say:Dzień dobry, jestem tu pierwszy raz. Jak to działa?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, YEHS-tem too PYEHRF-shih rahs. Yahk toh DZYAH-vuh?
THEY SAY
Proszę zamówić przy kasie i zapłacić. Dostanie pan numerek.PROH-sheh zuh-MOO-veetsy pshih KAH-syeh ee zuh-PVAH-tseetsy. Dos-TAH-nyeh pahn noo-MEH-rek.
Please order at the till and pay. You'll get a number.
They might also say:
Zamawia się tu, przy kasie. Potem odbiera się danie przy okienku.
Zuh-MAH-vyuh syeh too, pshih KAH-syeh. POH-tem od-BYEH-ruh syeh DAH-nyeh pshih oh-KYAYN-koo.
You order here at the till. Then you pick up the dish at the window.
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YOU FINISH
Poproszę dwie porcje pierogów ruskich.
Poh-PROH-sheh dvyeh POR-tsyeh pyeh-ROH-goof ROOS-keekh.
Two portions of ruskie pierogi, please.
THEY SAY
Dwadzieścia osiem złotych. Numerek czterdzieści dwa.Dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh OH-syehm ZVOH-tikh. Noo-MEH-rek chtehrd-ZYEHSY-tsee dvah.
Twenty-eight zloty. Number forty-two.
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
jak
yahk
adverb
how
tu
too
adverb
here
zamawia
zuh-MAH-vyuh
verb
orders
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
19 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?
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