Polish · Parkowanie / mandat
You get a residents' parking permit in a paid parking zone: what to say in Polish
You apply for a resident's parking pass in the paid-parking zone.
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How it's done. A resident's pass (abonament mieszkańca) in the paid-parking zone is issued by the city office: you need ID, the vehicle registration and proof of your registered address; it is usually valid for a year.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, chciałbym wykupić abonament mieszkańca na parkowanie.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim vih-KOO-peetsy uh-boh-NAH-maynt myehsh-KAHN-tsuh nuh puhr-koh-VAH-nyeh.
Good day, I'd like to buy a resident's parking pass.
Or say:Dzień dobry, jak mogę dostać kartę parkingową dla mieszkańców?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, yahk MOH-geh DOS-tuhtsy KAHR-teh puhr-keen-GOH-vom dlah myehsh-KAHN-tsoof?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Potrzebuję dowodu osobistego, dowodu rejestracyjnego i potwierdzenia zameldowania.Pot-sheh-BOO-eh doh-VOH-doo oh-soh-bees-TEH-goh, doh-VOH-doo reh-ehs-truh-tsihy-NEH-goh ee pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyuh zuh-mel-doh-VAH-nyuh.
I need your ID, the vehicle registration and proof of registration.
They might also say:
Proszę przynieść dokument tożsamości, dowód rejestracyjny i zaświadczenie o zameldowaniu.
PROH-sheh PSHIH-nyehsytsy doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee, DOH-voot reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nih ee zuhsy-fyuht-CHEH-nyeh oh zuh-mel-doh-VAH-nyoo.
Please bring your ID, the vehicle registration and a registration certificate.
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YOU REPLY
Mam wszystko przy sobie. Ile kosztuje abonament?
Mahm FSHIST-koh pshih SOH-byeh. EE-leh kosh-TOO-eh uh-boh-NAH-maynt?
I have everything with me. How much does the pass cost?
THEY SAY
Kosztuje kilkadziesiąt złotych rocznie.Kosh-TOO-eh keel-kuhd-ZYEH-syohnt ZVOH-tikh ROCH-nyeh.
It costs a few dozen zloty a year.
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YOU REPLY
Jak długo jest ważny?
Yahk DVOO-goh yehst VAHZH-nih?
How long is it valid?
THEY SAY
Rok. Potem trzeba go przedłużyć.Rok. POH-tem TSHEH-buh goh psheh-DVOO-zhitsy.
A year. After that it has to be renewed.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!
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.
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Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
wykupić
vih-KOO-peetsy
verb
to buy
abonament
uh-boh-NAH-maynt
noun
pass, subscription
mieszkańca
myehsh-KAHN-tsuh
noun
resident (genitive)
29 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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