Polish · PESEL / urząd gminy
You need a certificate of registration: what to say in Polish
You need a registration certificate.
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How it's done. A zaświadczenie o zameldowaniu is a certificate that banks, employers and offices ask for; it is issued at the municipal office, usually for a small fee, or online.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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YOU START
Dzień dobry, potrzebuję zaświadczenia o zameldowaniu.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, pot-sheh-BOO-eh zuhsy-fyuht-CHEH-nyuh oh zuh-mel-doh-VAH-nyoo.
Good day, I need a certificate of registration.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy mogę dostać potwierdzenie meldunku?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh DOS-tuhtsy pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh mel-DOON-koo?
THEY SAY
Tak. Czy ma pan dowód osobisty lub paszport?Tahk. Chih mah pahn DOH-voot oh-soh-BEES-tih loop PAHSH-port?
Yes. Do you have an ID card or passport?
They might also say:
Tak. Proszę o dokument tożsamości.
Tahk. PROH-sheh oh doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee.
Yes. ID, please.
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YOU REPLY
Tak, oto paszport.
Tahk, OH-toh PAHSH-port.
Yes, here is the passport.
THEY SAY
To kosztuje siedemnaście złotych. Płaci pan kartą czy gotówką?Toh kosh-TOO-eh syeh-DEM-nuhsy-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh. PVAH-tsee pahn KAHR-tom chih goh-TOOF-kom?
That costs seventeen zloty. Will you pay by card or cash?
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YOU FINISH
Kartą, poproszę.
KAHR-tom, poh-PROH-sheh.
By card, please.
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
potrzebuję
pot-sheh-BOO-eh
verb
I need
zaświadczenia
zuhsy-fyuht-CHEH-nyuh
noun
certificate (genitive)
zameldowaniu
zuh-mel-doh-VAH-nyoo
noun
registration (locative)
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
17 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?
Similar situations
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