Polish · Kawiarnia
You order tea and a glass of tap water: what to say in Polish
You order tea and a glass of tap water.
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How it's done. Kranówka is tap water (colloquial), safe to drink in Poland; you can ask for it in a café, but some places charge a small fee for a glass.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
Poproszę herbatę z cytryną.
Poh-PROH-sheh khehr-BAH-teh s tsih-TRIH-nom.
A tea with lemon, please.
Or say:Poproszę herbatę.
Poh-PROH-sheh khehr-BAH-teh.
THEY SAY
Jaką herbatę? Czarną, zieloną czy owocową?YAH-kom khehr-BAH-teh? CHAHR-nom, zyeh-LOH-nom chih oh-voh-TSOH-vom?
Which tea? Black, green or fruit?
They might also say:
Mamy czarną, zieloną i owocową. Którą?
MAH-mih CHAHR-nom, zyeh-LOH-nom ee oh-voh-TSOH-vom. KTOO-rom?
We have black, green and fruit. Which one?
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YOU REPLY
Czarną z cytryną i szklankę wody z kranu.
CHAHR-nom s tsih-TRIH-nom ee SHKLAHN-keh VOH-dih s KRAH-noo.
Black with lemon and a glass of tap water.
THEY SAY
Dobrze, przyniosę za chwilę.DOB-zheh, pshih-NYOH-seh zah KHFEE-leh.
Fine, I'll bring it in a moment.
3
YOU REPLY
Ile płacę za herbatę?
EE-leh PVAH-tseh zah khehr-BAH-teh?
How much do I pay for the tea?
THEY SAY
Herbata kosztuje osiem złotych.Khehr-BAH-tuh kosh-TOO-eh OH-syehm ZVOH-tikh.
The tea costs eight zloty.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Thank you!
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
Poproszę
Poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
herbatę
khehr-BAH-teh
noun
tea (accusative)
cytryną
tsih-TRIH-nom
noun
lemon (instrumental)
Czarną
CHAHR-nom
adjective
black (accusative)
zieloną
zyeh-LOH-nom
adjective
green (accusative)
owocową
oh-voh-TSOH-vom
adjective
fruit (accusative feminine)
18 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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