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The teacher tells you how your child slept at rest time: what to say in Polish
The teacher tells you how your child slept during rest time.
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How it's done. In Polish przedszkola there is a leżakowanie (rest time on cots) after lunch; older children may rest with books instead of sleeping.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dziecko dobrze dziś spało. Leżakowało godzinę.DZYEHTS-koh DOB-zheh dzeesy SPAH-voh. Leh-zhuh-koh-VAH-voh god-ZEE-neh.
Your child slept well today. It rested for an hour.
They might also say:
Leżakowanie dziś było spokojne. Dziecko spało prawie godzinę.
Leh-zhuh-koh-VAH-nyeh dzeesy BIH-voh spoh-KOY-neh. DZYEHTS-koh SPAH-voh PRAH-vyeh god-ZEE-neh.
Rest time was calm today. The child slept almost an hour.
YOU REPLY
Dziękuję. W domu moje dziecko już nie śpi w ciągu dnia. Czy to problem?
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. V DOH-moo MOH-eh DZYEHTS-koh yoosh nyeh sypee f TSYOHN-goo dnyah. Chih toh PROH-blem?
Thank you. At home my child no longer sleeps during the day. Is that a problem?
THEY SAY
Nie, to normalne. Niektóre dzieci nie potrzebują już snu. Wtedy odpoczywają.Nyeh, toh nor-MAHL-neh. Nyehk-TOO-reh DZYEH-tsee nyeh pot-sheh-BOOY-om yoosh snoo. FTEH-dih ot-poh-chih-VIGH-om.
No, that's normal. Some children don't need sleep any more. Then they rest.
They might also say:
To nie problem. Dzieci, które nie śpią, odpoczywają z książkami.
Toh nyeh PROH-blem. DZYEH-tsee, KTOO-reh nyeh sypyom, ot-poh-chih-VIGH-om s ksyohnsh-KAH-mee.
That's no problem. Children who don't sleep rest with books.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze. A kiedy jest leżakowanie?
DOB-zheh. Uh KYEH-dih yehst leh-zhuh-koh-VAH-nyeh?
Good. And when is rest time?
THEY SAY
Od dwunastej do czternastej.Ot dvoo-NAHS-tay doh chtehr-NAHS-tay.
From twelve to two p.m.
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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.
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Words worth knowing
Dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
dobrze
DOB-zheh
adverb
well, fine
dziś
dzeesy
adverb
today
spało
SPAH-voh
verb
slept
Leżakowało
Leh-zhuh-koh-VAH-voh
verb
napped
godzinę
god-ZEE-neh
noun
hour (accusative)
29 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?
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