Polish · Szukanie mieszkania
You check the rent and the extra charges: what to say in Polish
You clarify the rent and additional charges.
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How it's done. Czynsz najmu is the rent itself; czynsz administracyjny (to the administrator) and media (water, electricity, gas, heating) are extra; ask ile wynosi całość miesięcznie? (how much in total per month).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
Ile wynosi czynsz?
EE-leh vih-NOH-see chihnsh?
How much is the rent?
Or say:Jaki jest czynsz za to mieszkanie?
YAH-kee yehst chihnsh zah toh myehsh-KAH-nyeh?
THEY SAY
Czynsz to tysiąc osiemset złotych.Chihnsh toh TIH-syohnts oh-SYEHM-set ZVOH-tikh.
The rent is one thousand eight hundred zloty.
They might also say:
Tysiąc osiemset złotych miesięcznie.
TIH-syohnts oh-SYEHM-set ZVOH-tikh myeh-SYAYNCH-nyeh.
One thousand eight hundred zloty a month.
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YOU REPLY
Czy to jest razem z opłatami?
Chih toh yehst RAH-zem z oh-pvuh-TAH-mee?
Is that including charges?
THEY SAY
Nie, opłaty są osobno, około czterystu złotych.Nyeh, oh-PVAH-tih som oh-SOB-noh, oh-KOH-voh chteh-RIS-too ZVOH-tikh.
No, charges are separate, about four hundred zloty.
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YOU FINISH
Czyli razem około dwóch tysięcy dwustu złotych?
CHIH-lee RAH-zem oh-KOH-voh dvookh tih-SYAYN-tsih DVOOS-too ZVOH-tikh?
So altogether about two thousand two hundred zloty?
THEY SAY
Tak, dokładnie.Tahk, doh-KWAHD-nyeh.
Yes, exactly.
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
wynosi
vih-NOH-see
verb
amounts to
czynsz
chihnsh
noun
rent
złotych
ZVOH-tikh
noun
zlotys
jest
yehst
verb
is
razem
RAH-zem
adverb
together
opłatami
oh-pvuh-TAH-mee
noun
fees (instrumental)
18 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?
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