Polish · Warsztat
You ask about the repair cost: what to say in Polish
You ask about the cost of the repair.
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How it's done. Before agreeing to a repair ask for a kosztorys (estimate) on paper or in a message: what is replaced and at what price; additional work is not done without the client's consent.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
Ile kosztuje ta naprawa mniej więcej?
EE-leh kosh-TOO-eh tah nuh-PRAH-vuh mnyay VYAYN-tsay?
Roughly how much does this repair cost?
Or say:Czy mogę prosić o kosztorys?
Chih MOH-geh PROH-seetsy oh kosh-TOH-ris?
THEY SAY
Nowe klocki hamulcowe z wymianą to czterysta złotych.NOH-veh KLOTS-kee khuh-mool-TSOH-veh z vih-MYAH-nom toh chteh-RIS-tuh ZVOH-tikh.
New brake pads with fitting are four hundred zloty.
They might also say:
Z częściami i robocizną to około czterystu złotych.
Z chaynsy-TSYAH-mee ee roh-boh-TSEEZ-nom toh oh-KOH-voh chteh-RIS-too ZVOH-tikh.
With parts and labour it's about four hundred zloty.
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YOU FINISH
To jest w porządku. Kiedy auto będzie gotowe?
Toh yehst f poh-ZHOHNT-koo. KYEH-dih OW-toh BAYND-zyeh goh-TOH-veh?
That's fine. When will the car be ready?
THEY SAY
Jutro po południu może pan je odebrać.YOO-troh poh poh-VOOD-nyoo MOH-zheh pahn yeh oh-DEH-bruhtsy.
Tomorrow afternoon you can collect it.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
kosztuje
kosh-TOO-eh
verb
costs
naprawa
nuh-PRAH-vuh
noun
repair
mniej
mnyay
adverb
less
więcej
VYAYN-tsay
adverb
more
Nowe
NOH-veh
adjective
new
klocki
KLOTS-kee
noun
pads
22 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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