Polish · Parkowanie / mandat
Your car is not where you left it and you ask whether it was towed: what to say in Polish
Your car is not where you left it and you ask whether it was towed.
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How it's done. If your car has disappeared from the street it may have been towed (odholować) to a car pound; phone the Straż Miejska (city guard) or the police; you need the vehicle registration and ID.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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1
YOU START
Przepraszam, mój samochód zniknął z ulicy. Czy został odholowany?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, mooy suh-MOH-khoot ZNEEK-nov z oo-LEE-tsih. Chih ZOS-tuhv ot-khoh-loh-VAH-nih?
Excuse me, my car has disappeared from the street. Was it towed?
Or say:Dzień dobry, zostawiłem tu samochód i go nie ma. Czy ktoś go odholował?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, zos-tuh-VEE-vem too suh-MOH-khoot ee goh nyeh mah. Chih ktosy goh ot-khoh-LOH-vuhv?
THEY SAY
Jak się pan nazywa? Proszę podać numer rejestracyjny.Yahk syeh pahn nuh-ZIH-vuh? PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy NOO-mehr reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nih.
What is your name? Please give the registration number.
They might also say:
Proszę podać numer rejestracyjny samochodu.
PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy NOO-mehr reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nih suh-moh-KHOH-doo.
Please give the car's registration number.
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YOU REPLY
Numer jest w dowodzie rejestracyjnym. Mogę go przeczytać.
NOO-mehr yehst v doh-VOD-zyeh reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nim. MOH-geh goh psheh-CHIH-tuhtsy.
The number is in the registration document. I can read it out.
THEY SAY
Tak, samochód został odholowany na parking strzeżony. Stał w miejscu, gdzie nie wolno parkować.Tahk, suh-MOH-khoot ZOS-tuhv ot-khoh-loh-VAH-nih nuh PAHR-keenk stsheh-ZHOH-nih. Stahv v MYAYS-tsoo, gdzyeh nyeh VOL-noh puhr-KOH-vuhtsy.
Yes, the car was towed to a guarded car park. It stood where parking is not allowed.
3
YOU REPLY
Gdzie mogę go odebrać i ile to kosztuje?
Gdzyeh MOH-geh goh oh-DEH-bruhtsy ee EE-leh toh kosh-TOO-eh?
Where can I collect it and how much does it cost?
THEY SAY
Parking jest przy ulicy Mostowej. Trzeba zapłacić za holowanie i postój. Proszę mieć dowód rejestracyjny i dokument.PAHR-keenk yehst pshih oo-LEE-tsih Mos-TOH-vay. TSHEH-buh zuh-PVAH-tseetsy zah khoh-loh-VAH-nyeh ee POS-tooy. PROH-sheh myehtsy DOH-voot reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nih ee doh-KOO-maynt.
The car pound is on Mostowa Street. You have to pay for the towing and storage. Bring the registration document and ID.
4
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za informację.
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh.
Thank you for the information.
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
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
samochód
suh-MOH-khoot
noun
car
zniknął
ZNEEK-nov
verb
disappeared
ulicy
oo-LEE-tsih
noun
street (genitive)
został
ZOS-tuhv
verb
stayed, was
odholowany
ot-khoh-loh-VAH-nih
adjective
towed away
45 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.
Similar situations
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→There is a parking ticket on your carParkowanie / mandat · A2 in the app
→You get a residents' parking permit in a paid parking zoneParkowanie / mandat · A2 in the app
→Your car will not start and you ask passers-by for helpAwaria / holowanie · A2 in the app
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