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You ask about subletting and guests: what to say in Polish
You ask about subletting and guests.
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How it's done. Subletting a room (podnajem) without the owner's written consent is not allowed; with guests (goście) it is usually simple: staying overnight for a few days is fine.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
Czy mogę podnająć jeden pokój komuś?
Chih MOH-geh pod-NIGH-ohntsy YEH-dayn POH-kooy KOH-moosy?
May I sublet one room to someone?
Or say:Czy mogę mieć w mieszkaniu gości na kilka dni?
Chih MOH-geh myehtsy v myehsh-KAH-nyoo GOSY-tsee nuh KEEL-kuh dnee?
THEY SAY
Podnajem wymaga mojej pisemnej zgody.Pod-NAH-ehm vih-MAH-guh MOH-ay pee-SEM-nay ZGOH-dih.
Subletting requires my written consent.
They might also say:
Goście są w porządku, ale nie na długo.
GOSY-tsyeh som f poh-ZHOHNT-koo, AH-leh nyeh nuh DVOO-goh.
Guests are fine, but not for long.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem, dziękuję za informację.
Roh-ZOO-myehm, dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh.
I understand, thank you for the information.
THEY SAY
Nie ma za co.Nyeh mah zah tsoh.
Not at all.
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
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
podnająć
pod-NIGH-ohntsy
verb
to sublet
pokój
POH-kooy
noun
room
Podnajem
Pod-NAH-ehm
noun
sublet
wymaga
vih-MAH-guh
verb
requires
pisemnej
pee-SEM-nay
adjective
written (genitive)
12 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
Before moving in you draw up a handover report togetherUmowa najmu · A2 in the app
→You want to sublet a spare room and ask your landlordUmowa najmu · A2 in the app
→You read the tenancy agreement and check its termsUmowa najmu · A2 in the app
→You ask about a special type of contractUmowa najmu · A2 in the app
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