Polish · Pomoc sąsiedzka
A neighbour invites you for coffee: what to say in Polish
A neighbour invites you for coffee.
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How it's done. An invitation to coffee and cake (kawa i ciasto) is a common way to get to know people; you bring the hosts a small gift: flowers or sweets.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
Zapraszam na kawę i ciasto w sobotę po południu.Zuh-PRAH-shuhm nuh KAH-veh ee TSYAHS-toh f soh-BOH-teh poh poh-VOOD-nyoo.
I invite you for coffee and cake on Saturday afternoon.
They might also say:
Może wpadnie pan na kawę w sobotę?
MOH-zheh FPAHD-nyeh pahn nuh KAH-veh f soh-BOH-teh?
Perhaps you'll drop by for coffee on Saturday?
YOU REPLY
Bardzo chętnie, dziękuję za zaproszenie.
BAHRD-zoh KHAYNT-nyeh, dzyayn-KOO-eh zah zuh-proh-SHEH-nyeh.
Gladly, thank you for the invitation.
THEY SAY
Cudownie! Około piętnastej?Tsoo-DOV-nyeh! Oh-KOH-voh pyaynt-NAHS-tay?
Wonderful! Around three p.m.?
2
YOU FINISH
Tak, pasuje. Co mogę przynieść?
Tahk, puh-SOO-eh. Tsoh MOH-geh PSHIH-nyehsytsy?
Yes, that suits. What can I bring?
THEY SAY
Nic, proszę tylko przyjść.Neets, PROH-sheh TIL-koh pshihysytsy.
Nothing, just come.
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
Zapraszam
Zuh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
I invite
kawę
KAH-veh
noun
coffee (accusative)
ciasto
TSYAHS-toh
noun
cake, dough
sobotę
soh-BOH-teh
noun
Saturday (accusative)
południu
poh-VOOD-nyoo
noun
afternoon (locative)
Bardzo
BAHRD-zoh
adverb
very
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.
Dziękuję!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Thank you!
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