Polish · Kawiarnia
You want to sit at a table and ask for the menu: what to say in Polish
You want to sit at a table and ask for the menu.
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How it's done. In most Polish cafés you can sit and wait to be served, but in some you order at the counter; if unsure, ask: Czy mogę tu usiąść?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
Dzień dobry, czy mogę tu usiąść?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh too OO-syohnsytsy?
Good day, may I sit here?
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy ten stolik jest wolny?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih tayn STOH-leek yehst VOL-nih?
THEY SAY
Tak, proszę bardzo.Tahk, PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh.
Yes, please do.
They might also say:
Oczywiście, proszę siadać.
Oh-CHIH-veesy-tsyeh, PROH-sheh SYAH-duhtsy.
Of course, please sit.
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YOU FINISH
Czy mogę prosić o menu?
Chih MOH-geh PROH-seetsy oh MEH-noo?
May I have the menu, please?
THEY SAY
Już przynoszę.Yoosh pshih-NOH-sheh.
I'm bringing it now.
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
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
tu
too
adverb
here
usiąść
OO-syohnsytsy
verb
to sit down
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
8 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.
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