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You ask which documents are needed for the payment: what to say in Polish
You ask which documents are needed for the benefit.
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How it's done. For child benefits you need: the child's PESEL, ID, account number, sometimes proof of legal stay or work. Details differ, so ask.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
Jakie dokumenty są potrzebne do wniosku?
YAH-kyeh doh-koo-MAYN-tih som pot-SHEB-neh doh VNYOS-koo?
Which documents are needed for the application?
Or say:Co muszę dołączyć do wniosku o świadczenie?
Tsoh MOO-sheh doh-VOHN-chitsy doh VNYOS-koo oh syfyuht-CHEH-nyeh?
THEY SAY
Numer PESEL dziecka i numer konta bankowego.NOO-mehr PEH-sel DZYEHTS-kuh ee NOO-mehr KOHN-tuh bahn-koh-VEH-goh.
The child's PESEL number and the bank account number.
They might also say:
Dokument tożsamości, PESEL dziecka i numer rachunku.
Doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee, PEH-sel DZYEHTS-kuh ee NOO-mehr ruh-KHOON-koo.
ID, the child's PESEL and the account number.
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YOU FINISH
Czy potrzebna jest karta pobytu?
Chih pot-SHEB-nuh yehst KAHR-tuh poh-BIH-too?
Is a residence card needed?
THEY SAY
Tak, jako potwierdzenie legalnego pobytu.Tahk, YAH-koh pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh leh-guhl-NEH-goh poh-BIH-too.
Yes, as proof of legal stay.
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
dokumenty
doh-koo-MAYN-tih
noun
documents
są
som
verb
are
potrzebne
pot-SHEB-neh
adjective
needed
wniosku
VNYOS-koo
noun
application (genitive)
Numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
dziecka
DZYEHTS-kuh
noun
of the child
15 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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