Polish · Zapisy / rekrutacja
You look for a nursery place for your child: what to say in Polish
You look for a place in kindergarten for your child.
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How it's done. Admission (rekrutacja) to public kindergartens takes place in spring through the city's electronic system; you submit an application with several kindergarten choices and wait for results.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Dzień dobry, szukam miejsca w przedszkolu dla córki.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, SHOO-kuhm MYAYS-tsuh f pshetsh-KOH-loo dlah TSOOR-kee.
Good day, I'm looking for a place in kindergarten for my daughter.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy macie wolne miejsca w przedszkolu?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MAH-tsyeh VOL-neh MYAYS-tsuh f pshetsh-KOH-loo?
THEY SAY
Ile lat ma córka?EE-leh laht mah TSOOR-kuh?
How old is your daughter?
They might also say:
Ile lat ma dziecko?
EE-leh laht mah DZYEHTS-koh?
How old is the child?
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YOU FINISH
Ma trzy lata.
Mah tshih LAH-tuh.
She is three years old.
THEY SAY
Rekrutacja odbywa się online na wiosnę. Proszę sprawdzić stronę miasta.Reh-kroo-TAH-tsyuh od-BIH-vuh syeh ohn-LIGHN nuh VYOS-neh. PROH-sheh SPRAHVD-zeetsy STROH-neh MYAHS-tuh.
Admission takes place online in spring. Please check the city's website.
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
szukam
SHOO-kuhm
verb
I look for
miejsca
MYAYS-tsuh
noun
place (genitive)
przedszkolu
pshetsh-KOH-loo
noun
nursery school (locative)
córki
TSOOR-kee
noun
daughter (genitive)
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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Similar situations
You ask how much the nursery costsZapisy / rekrutacja · A2 in the app
→You are shown around the nursery and told which documents are neededZapisy / rekrutacja · A2 in the app
→You apply to a przedszkole through the online admissions systemZapisy / rekrutacja · A2 in the app
→You go to a przedszkole open dayZapisy / rekrutacja · A2 in the app
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