Polish · Karta pobytu / urząd wojewódzki
They take your fingerprints: what to say in Polish
Your fingerprints are taken.
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How it's done. Taking fingerprints (odciski palców) is a standard procedure at filing; follow the requests: Proszę przyłożyć palec (place your finger), proszę nie ruszać (don't move).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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Teraz zdejmiemy odciski palców. Proszę podejść.TEH-ruhs zday-MYEH-mih ot-TSEES-kee PAHL-tsoof. PROH-sheh POH-daysytsy.
Now we'll take your fingerprints. Please come over.
They might also say:
Proszę podejść do czytnika.
PROH-sheh POH-daysytsy doh chit-NEE-kuh.
Please come to the reader.
YOU REPLY
Dobrze. Który palec?
DOB-zheh. KTOO-rih PAH-lets?
All right. Which finger?
THEY SAY
Najpierw prawa ręka. Proszę przyłożyć palec.NIGH-pyehrf PRAH-vuh RAYN-kuh. PROH-sheh pshih-VOH-zhitsy PAH-lets.
Right hand first. Please place your finger.
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YOU FINISH
Tak?
Tahk?
Like this?
THEY SAY
Tak, dobrze. Proszę nie ruszać.Tahk, DOB-zheh. PROH-sheh nyeh ROO-shuhtsy.
Yes, good. Please don't move.
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
Teraz
TEH-ruhs
adverb
now
zdejmiemy
zday-MYEH-mih
verb
we will take
odciski
ot-TSEES-kee
noun
prints
palców
PAHL-tsoof
noun
fingers (genitive)
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
podejść
POH-daysytsy
verb
to come up to
10 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.
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