Polish · Świadczenia / 800+
You apply for a child benefit payment: what to say in Polish
You apply for a child benefit.
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How it's done. Osiemset plus (800 plus) is a monthly benefit per child up to eighteen years; the application is filed electronically (ZUS PUE, bank, mObywatel); check conditions for foreigners with ZUS.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 złożyć wniosek o osiemset plus.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim ZVOH-zhitsy VNYOH-sek oh oh-SYEHM-set ploos.
Good day, I'd like to submit an application for 800 plus.
Or say:Dzień dobry, jak złożyć wniosek o świadczenie na dziecko?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, yahk ZVOH-zhitsy VNYOH-sek oh syfyuht-CHEH-nyeh nuh DZYEHTS-koh?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Wniosek składa się elektronicznie, przez PUE ZUS lub bank.VNYOH-sek SKWAH-duh syeh eh-lek-troh-NEECH-nyeh, pshes POO-eh Zoos loop bahnk.
The application is submitted electronically, via PUE ZUS or a bank.
They might also say:
Najłatwiej przez bankowość elektroniczną.
Nigh-VAHT-fyay pshes bahn-KOH-vosytsy eh-lek-troh-NEECH-nom.
Easiest through online banking.
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YOU FINISH
Czy muszę mieć numer PESEL dziecka?
Chih MOO-sheh myehtsy NOO-mehr PEH-sel DZYEHTS-kuh?
Do I have to have the child's PESEL number?
THEY SAY
Tak, i numer konta bankowego.Tahk, ee NOO-mehr KOHN-tuh bahn-koh-VEH-goh.
Yes, and a bank account number.
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
złożyć
ZVOH-zhitsy
verb
to submit
wniosek
VNYOH-sek
noun
application
plus
ploos
noun
plus
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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
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