Polish · Policja
Someone has broken into your flat and you phone the police: what to say in Polish
Your flat was broken into and you phone the police.
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How it's done. In case of a break-in phone 997 or 112; don't touch anything until they arrive so you don't destroy traces; then you file a zawiadomienie (report) with the police.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Policja, słucham. Co się stało?Poh-LEE-tsyuh, SVOO-khuhm. Tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Police, I'm listening. What happened?
They might also say:
Dyżurny policji, słucham. Gdzie jest zdarzenie?
Dih-ZHOOR-nih poh-LEE-tsyee, SVOO-khuhm. Gdzyeh yehst zduh-ZHEH-nyeh?
Police duty officer, I'm listening. Where is the incident?
YOU REPLY
Włamano się do mojego mieszkania. Właśnie wróciłem do domu.
Vvuh-MAH-noh syeh doh moh-EH-goh myehsh-KAH-nyuh. VVAHSY-nyeh vroo-TSEE-vem doh DOH-moo.
My flat was broken into. I've just come back home.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Czy sprawcy są jeszcze na miejscu? Czy ktoś jest ranny?Chih SPRAHF-tsih som YEHSH-cheh nuh MYAYS-tsoo? Chih ktosy yehst RAHN-nih?
Are the perpetrators still there? Is anyone injured?
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YOU FINISH
Nie, nikogo tu nie ma. Drzwi są wyważone.
Nyeh, nee-KOH-goh too nyeh mah. Dzhvee som vih-vuh-ZHOH-neh.
No, no one is here. The door has been forced.
THEY SAY
Proszę niczego nie dotykać. Patrol jest w drodze.PROH-sheh nee-CHEH-goh nyeh doh-TIH-kuhtsy. PAH-trol yehst v DROD-zeh.
Please don't touch anything. A patrol is on its way.
Words worth knowing
Policja
Poh-LEE-tsyuh
noun
police
słucham
SVOO-khuhm
verb
I am listening
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
Włamano
Vvuh-MAH-noh
verb
was broken into
mieszkania
myehsh-KAH-nyuh
noun
of the flat
wróciłem
vroo-TSEE-vem
verb
I came back
domu
DOH-moo
noun
home (genitive)
sprawcy
SPRAHF-tsih
noun
perpetrators
są
som
verb
are
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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
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