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After filling up you pay at the till: what to say in Polish
You have filled up and pay at the till.
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How it's done. In Poland you usually fill up yourself and pay at the till afterwards: you say the dystrybutor (pump) number and the amount or litres. Many stations have payment in an app.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. Który dystrybutor?Dzyayn DOH-brih. KTOO-rih dis-trih-BOO-tor?
Good day. Which pump?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, na którym dystrybutorze tankował pan?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, nuh KTOO-rim dis-trih-boo-TOH-zheh tahn-KOH-vuhv pahn?
Good day, at which pump did you fill up?
YOU REPLY
Dystrybutor numer cztery, poproszę.
Dis-trih-BOO-tor NOO-mehr CHTEH-rih, poh-PROH-sheh.
Pump number four, please.
THEY SAY
Sto trzydzieści złotych dziesięć groszy.Stoh tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee ZVOH-tikh DZYEH-syayntsy GROH-shih.
One hundred and thirty zloty ten groszy.
They might also say:
To będzie sto trzydzieści złotych.
Toh BAYND-zyeh stoh tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee ZVOH-tikh.
That will be one hundred and thirty zloty.
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YOU FINISH
Kartą, poproszę.
KAHR-tom, poh-PROH-sheh.
By card, please.
THEY SAY
Proszę bardzo. Szerokiej drogi!PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. Sheh-ROH-kyay DROH-gee!
There you go. Have a good journey!
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
dystrybutor
dis-trih-BOO-tor
noun
pump, dispenser
numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
poproszę
poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
złotych
ZVOH-tikh
noun
zlotys
11 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.
Dziękuję!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Thank you!
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