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Your car failed its inspection and you ask what to do: what to say in Polish
The car failed the inspection and you ask what to do.
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How it's done. Usterki are defects, wynik negatywny a negative result, ponowne badanie a re-test; after fixing the defects a re-test is usually within a few days.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
Niestety samochód nie przeszedł badania. Są usterki.Nyehs-TEH-tih suh-MOH-khoot nyeh PSHEH-shedv buh-DAH-nyuh. Som oos-TEHR-kee.
Unfortunately the car didn't pass. There are defects.
They might also say:
Wynik jest negatywny. Wykryliśmy usterki.
VIH-neek yehst neh-guh-TIV-nih. Vih-KRIH-leesy-mih oos-TEHR-kee.
The result is negative. We found defects.
YOU REPLY
Jakie to usterki?
YAH-kyeh toh oos-TEHR-kee?
What defects are they?
THEY SAY
Zużyte klocki hamulcowe i niedziałające światło.Zoo-ZHIH-teh KLOTS-kee khuh-mool-TSOH-veh ee nyehd-zyuh-vigh-OHN-tseh SYFYAH-tvoh.
Worn brake pads and a faulty light.
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YOU FINISH
Po naprawie czy mogę przyjechać ponownie?
Poh nuh-PRAH-vyeh chih MOH-geh pshih-EH-khuhtsy poh-NOV-nyeh?
After the repair may I come again?
THEY SAY
Tak, w ciągu czternastu dni.Tahk, f TSYOHN-goo chtehr-NAHS-too dnee.
Yes, within fourteen days.
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
Niestety
Nyehs-TEH-tih
adverb
unfortunately
samochód
suh-MOH-khoot
noun
car
przeszedł
PSHEH-shedv
verb
passed
badania
buh-DAH-nyuh
noun
tests, examinations
Są
Som
verb
are
usterki
oos-TEHR-kee
noun
faults
20 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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