Polish · Urodziny / uroczystości
The nursery has a fancy-dress ball and your child needs a costume: what to say in Polish
There is a fancy-dress ball at kindergarten and the child needs a costume.
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How it's done. A bal karnawałowy is a ball with costumes, przebranie a costume; children usually come dressed as fairy-tale characters or animals.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
Kiedy jest bal karnawałowy?
KYEH-dih yehst bahl kuhr-nuh-vuh-VOH-vih?
When is the carnival ball?
Or say:Kiedy będzie bal przebierańców w przedszkolu?
KYEH-dih BAYND-zyeh bahl psheh-byeh-RAHN-tsoof f pshetsh-KOH-loo?
THEY SAY
W czwartek, od dziewiątej do jedenastej.V CHFAHR-tek, ot dzyeh-VYOHN-tay doh yeh-deh-NAHS-tay.
On Thursday, from nine to eleven.
They might also say:
Bal jest w ten czwartek.
Bahl yehst f tayn CHFAHR-tek.
The ball is this Thursday.
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YOU REPLY
Czy dziecko musi mieć przebranie?
Chih DZYEHTS-koh MOO-see myehtsy psheh-BRAH-nyeh?
Does the child have to have a costume?
THEY SAY
Nie musi, ale dzieci bardzo to lubią.Nyeh MOO-see, AH-leh DZYEH-tsee BAHRD-zoh toh LOO-byom.
It doesn't have to, but the children like it very much.
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YOU FINISH
Dobrze, kupię mu strój pirata.
DOB-zheh, KOO-pyeh moo strooy pee-RAH-tuh.
All right, I'll buy him a pirate costume.
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
Kiedy
KYEH-dih
adverb
when
jest
yehst
verb
is
bal
bahl
noun
ball
karnawałowy
kuhr-nuh-vuh-VOH-vih
adjective
carnival
czwartek
CHFAHR-tek
noun
Thursday
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
20 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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