Polish · Rejestracja / ubezpieczenie
You register the car at the communications department: what to say in Polish
You register a car at the transport department.
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How it's done. To register a car at the Wydział Komunikacji (transport department) you need: ID, dowód własności (purchase contract), OC (mandatory insurance), przegląd (inspection); plates (tablice rejestracyjne) are made on site.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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1
YOU START
Dzień dobry, chciałbym zarejestrować samochód.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-reh-ehs-TROH-vuhtsy suh-MOH-khoot.
Good day, I'd like to register a car.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Czy ma pan umowę kupna i polisę OC?Chih mah pahn oo-MOH-veh KOOP-nuh ee poh-LEE-seh Oh-tseh?
Do you have the purchase contract and an OC policy?
They might also say:
Proszę o umowę kupna, ubezpieczenie i dowód tożsamości.
PROH-sheh oh oo-MOH-veh KOOP-nuh, oo-bes-pyeh-CHEH-nyeh ee DOH-voot tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee.
The purchase contract, insurance and ID, please.
2
YOU REPLY
Tak, oto dokumenty.
Tahk, OH-toh doh-koo-MAYN-tih.
Yes, here are the documents.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Tablice zamówimy, odbierze pan je w ciągu kilku dni.DOB-zheh. Tuh-BLEE-tseh zuh-moo-VEE-mih, od-BYEH-zheh pahn yeh f TSYOHN-goo KEEL-koo dnee.
Good. We'll order the plates, you'll collect them within a few days.
3
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.
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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zarejestrować
zuh-reh-ehs-TROH-vuhtsy
verb
to register
samochód
suh-MOH-khoot
noun
car
ma
mah
verb
has
21 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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