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Your bicycle was stolen and you go to the police to report it: what to say in Polish
Your bike was stolen and you go to the police to report it.
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How it's done. If your bike is stolen, file a zawiadomienie (report) with the police: you need the confirmation for the insurance; keep the frame number (numer ramy) together with the receipt.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
Dzień dobry, w czym mogę pomóc?Dzyayn DOH-brih, f chim MOH-geh POH-moots?
Good day, how can I help?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, co się stało?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Good day, what happened?
YOU REPLY
Skradziono mi rower. Chciałbym złożyć zawiadomienie.
Skruhd-ZYOH-noh mee ROH-vehr. KHTSYAHV-bim ZVOH-zhitsy zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh.
My bike was stolen. I'd like to file a report.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Gdzie i kiedy to się stało?Gdzyeh ee KYEH-dih toh syeh STAH-voh?
Where and when did it happen?
They might also say:
Gdzie stał rower i kiedy pan go widział ostatnio?
Gdzyeh stahv ROH-vehr ee KYEH-dih pahn goh VEED-zyuhv os-TAHT-nyoh?
Where was the bike and when did you last see it?
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YOU REPLY
Wczoraj wieczorem przy dworcu. Przypiąłem rower do stojaka.
FCHOH-righ vyeh-CHOH-rem pshih DVOR-tsoo. Pshih-PYOH-vem ROH-vehr doh stoh-AH-kuh.
Yesterday evening by the station. I locked the bike to a stand.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę opisać rower: marka, kolor i numer ramy, jeśli pan go zna.PROH-sheh oh-PEE-suhtsy ROH-vehr: MAHR-kuh, KOH-lor ee NOO-mehr RAH-mih, YEHSY-lee pahn goh znah.
Please describe the bike: make, colour and frame number if you know it.
They might also say:
Jaka marka i jaki kolor? Czy zna pan numer ramy?
YAH-kuh MAHR-kuh ee YAH-kee KOH-lor? Chih znah pahn NOO-mehr RAH-mih?
What make and what colour? Do you know the frame number?
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YOU REPLY
Czarny rower. Numeru ramy niestety nie mam przy sobie.
CHAHR-nih ROH-vehr. Noo-MEH-roo RAH-mih nyehs-TEH-tih nyeh mahm pshih SOH-byeh.
A black bike. I'm afraid I don't have the frame number with me.
THEY SAY
To nic. Spiszę zawiadomienie. Dostanie pan potwierdzenie dla ubezpieczyciela.Toh neets. SPEE-sheh zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh. Dos-TAH-nyeh pahn pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh dlah oo-bes-pyeh-chih-TSYEH-luh.
That's all right. I'll write up the report. You'll get a confirmation for the insurer.
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YOU FINISH
Bardzo dziękuję za pomoc.
BAHRD-zoh dzyayn-KOO-eh zah POH-mots.
Thank you very much for your help.
Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
pomóc
POH-moots
verb
to help
Skradziono
Skruhd-ZYOH-noh
verb
was stolen
rower
ROH-vehr
noun
bicycle
Chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
złożyć
ZVOH-zhitsy
verb
to submit
zawiadomienie
zuh-vyuh-doh-MYEH-nyeh
noun
notification
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.
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