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You go to the police station to file a report: what to say in Polish
You come to the station to file a report.
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How it's done. For a report (zawiadomienie o popełnieniu przestępstwa) bring ID; you describe what happened, when, where and what is missing; you sign the report and get a potwierdzenie (confirmation).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 zawiadomienie o kradzieży.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim ZVOH-zhitsy zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh oh kruhd-ZYEH-zhih.
Good day, I'd like to file a report of a theft.
Or say:Dzień dobry, ukradziono mi rower. Chcę to zgłosić.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, oo-kruhd-ZYOH-noh mee ROH-vehr. Khtseh toh ZGWOH-seetsy.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę o dokument tożsamości.PROH-sheh oh doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee.
ID, please.
They might also say:
Dobrze. Poproszę dowód osobisty lub paszport.
DOB-zheh. Poh-PROH-sheh DOH-voot oh-soh-BEES-tih loop PAHSH-port.
Good. An ID card or passport, please.
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YOU FINISH
Proszę bardzo, oto paszport.
PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh, OH-toh PAHSH-port.
Here you are, here is the passport.
THEY SAY
Dziękuję. Kiedy i gdzie to się stało?Dzyayn-KOO-eh. KYEH-dih ee gdzyeh toh syeh STAH-voh?
Thank you. When and where did it happen?
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
zawiadomienie
zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh
noun
notification
kradzieży
kruhd-ZYEH-zhih
noun
theft (genitive)
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
dokument
doh-KOO-maynt
noun
document
tożsamości
tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee
noun
identity
All the 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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