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You lost your passport and ask what to do: what to say in Polish
You lost your passport and ask what to do.
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How it's done. Loss of a passport is reported to the police and to your country's consulate; the document can be zastrzec (blocked) on the site dokumentyzastrzezone.pl so that nobody uses it.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, zgubiłem paszport. Co mam zrobić?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, zgoo-BEE-vem PAHSH-port. Tsoh mahm ZROH-beetsy?
Good day, I lost my passport. What should I do?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Najpierw proszę złożyć zawiadomienie na policji.NIGH-pyehrf PROH-sheh ZVOH-zhitsy zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh nuh poh-LEE-tsyee.
First please file a report with the police.
They might also say:
Proszę zgłosić zgubienie na policji i zastrzec dokument.
PROH-sheh ZGWOH-seetsy zgoo-BYEH-nyeh nuh poh-LEE-tsyee ee ZAHST-shets doh-KOO-maynt.
Please report the loss to the police and block the document.
2
YOU REPLY
A potem?
Uh POH-tem?
And then?
THEY SAY
Potem trzeba zgłosić się do konsulatu swojego kraju.POH-tem TSHEH-buh ZGWOH-seetsy syeh doh kohn-soo-LAH-too sfoh-EH-goh KRAH-oo.
Then you need to turn to your country's consulate.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za informację.
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh.
Thank you for the information.
Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
zgubiłem
zgoo-BEE-vem
verb
I lost
paszport
PAHSH-port
noun
passport
mam
mahm
verb
I have
zrobić
ZROH-beetsy
verb
to do, to make
Najpierw
NIGH-pyehrf
adverb
first
proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
złożyć
ZVOH-zhitsy
verb
to submit
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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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