Polish · Zapisy / rekrutacja
You apply to a przedszkole through the online admissions system: what to say in Polish
You apply to a nursery through the electronic enrolment.
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How it's done. Enrolment to a przedszkole (rekrutacja) takes place online on set dates in many cities: you fill in the application and choose several nurseries in order of priority; you need the child's PESEL and the parents' details.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, chciałbym zapisać dziecko do przedszkola. Jak wygląda rekrutacja?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-PEE-suhtsy DZYEHTS-koh doh pshetsh-KOH-luh. Yahk vih-GLOHN-duh reh-kroo-TAH-tsyuh?
Good day, I'd like to enrol my child at the nursery. How does the recruitment work?
Or say:Dzień dobry, w jaki sposób można zgłosić dziecko do przedszkola?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, v YAH-kee SPOH-soop MOZH-nuh ZGWOH-seetsy DZYEHTS-koh doh pshetsh-KOH-luh?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Rekrutacja odbywa się online w systemie miejskim. Trzeba wypełnić wniosek i wybrać kilka przedszkoli.Reh-kroo-TAH-tsyuh od-BIH-vuh syeh ohn-LIGHN f sis-TEH-myeh MYAYS-keem. TSHEH-buh vih-PEV-neetsy VNYOH-sek ee VIH-bruhtsy KEEL-kuh pshetsh-KOH-lee.
The recruitment takes place online in the city system. You have to fill in the application and choose several nurseries.
They might also say:
Wnioski składa się przez internet w wyznaczonych terminach. Można wybrać kilka przedszkoli.
VNYOS-kee SKWAH-duh syeh pshes een-TEHR-net v viz-nuh-CHOH-nikh tehr-MEE-nuhkh. MOZH-nuh VIH-bruhtsy KEEL-kuh pshetsh-KOH-lee.
Applications are submitted online on set dates. You can choose several nurseries.
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YOU REPLY
Czego potrzebuję do wniosku?
CHEH-goh pot-sheh-BOO-eh doh VNYOS-koo?
What do I need for the application?
THEY SAY
Numeru PESEL dziecka i danych rodziców. Później trzeba potwierdzić wolę zapisu.Noo-MEH-roo PEH-sel DZYEHTS-kuh ee DAH-nikh rod-ZEE-tsoof. POOZY-nyay TSHEH-buh pot-FYEHRD-zeetsy VOH-leh zuh-PEE-soo.
The child's PESEL number and the parents' details. Later you have to confirm your wish to enrol.
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YOU REPLY
Kiedy poznam wynik?
KYEH-dih POZ-nuhm VIH-neek?
When will I know the result?
THEY SAY
Listy przyjętych dzieci są publikowane w kwietniu lub maju.LEES-tih pshih-AYN-tikh DZYEH-tsee som poo-blee-koh-VAH-neh f KFYEHT-nyoo loop MAH-oo.
The lists of accepted children are published in April or May.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za informację!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh!
Thank you for the information!
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
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zapisać
zuh-PEE-suhtsy
verb
to write down
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
przedszkola
pshetsh-KOH-luh
noun
nursery school (genitive)
43 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
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