Polish · Urząd pracy
You register at the employment office: what to say in Polish
You register at the employment office.
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How it's done. At the Powiatowy Urząd Pracy (PUP) you can register as bezrobotny (unemployed) or poszukujący pracy (job seeker): this gives access to offers, training and sometimes health insurance.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, chciałbym zarejestrować się jako osoba bezrobotna.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-reh-ehs-TROH-vuhtsy syeh YAH-koh oh-SOH-buh bez-roh-BOT-nuh.
Good day, I'd like to register as an unemployed person.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry. Czy ma pan dokument tożsamości i numer PESEL?Dzyayn DOH-brih. Chih mah pahn doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee ee NOO-mehr PEH-sel?
Good day. Do you have ID and a PESEL number?
They might also say:
Proszę o dokument i PESEL.
PROH-sheh oh doh-KOO-maynt ee PEH-sel.
ID and PESEL, please.
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YOU FINISH
Tak, oto dokumenty.
Tahk, OH-toh doh-koo-MAYN-tih.
Yes, here are the documents.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Proszę wypełnić kartę rejestracyjną.DOB-zheh. PROH-sheh vih-PEV-neetsy KAHR-teh reh-ehs-truh-TSIHY-nom.
Good. Please fill in the registration card.
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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zarejestrować
zuh-reh-ehs-TROH-vuhtsy
verb
to register
osoba
oh-SOH-buh
noun
person
bezrobotna
bez-roh-BOT-nuh
adjective
unemployed (feminine)
18 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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Similar situations
You ask about job and training offersUrząd pracy · A2 in the app
→You ask the employment office about free Polish coursesUrząd pracy · A2 in the app
→You show a letter from an office and ask for an explanationList z urzędu · A2 in the app
→You ask about the deadline for an appealList z urzędu · A2 in the app
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