Polish · Regulamin / cisza nocna
You ask where you can leave a bicycle: what to say in Polish
You ask where you may leave your bike.
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How it's done. Nothing is left in the stairwell or hall (it is a droga ewakuacyjna, an escape route); bikes are kept in the rowerownia (bike room) in the cellar or in the yard.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
Przepraszam, gdzie mogę zostawić rower?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh MOH-geh zos-TAH-veetsy ROH-vehr?
Excuse me, where can I leave my bike?
Or say:Przepraszam, czy jest tu pomieszczenie na rowery?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih yehst too poh-myehsh-CHEH-nyeh nuh roh-VEH-rih?
THEY SAY
Tak, w piwnicy jest rowerownia. Klucz otwiera drzwi z klatki.Tahk, f peev-NEE-tsih yehst roh-veh-ROV-nyuh. Klooch ot-FYEH-ruh dzhvee s KLAHT-kee.
Yes, there is a bike room in the cellar. The key opens the door from the stairwell.
They might also say:
W piwnicy jest pomieszczenie na rowery. Można do niego wejść z kluczem od klatki.
V peev-NEE-tsih yehst poh-myehsh-CHEH-nyeh nuh roh-VEH-rih. MOZH-nuh doh NYEH-goh vaysytsy s KLOO-chem ot KLAHT-kee.
There is a room for bikes in the cellar. You can enter with the stairwell key.
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YOU REPLY
Czy mogę zostawić rower na klatce schodowej?
Chih MOH-geh zos-TAH-veetsy ROH-vehr nuh KLAHT-tseh skhoh-DOH-vay?
May I leave my bike in the stairwell?
THEY SAY
Nie, na klatce nic nie może stać. To droga ewakuacyjna.Nyeh, nuh KLAHT-tseh neets nyeh MOH-zheh stahtsy. Toh DROH-guh eh-vuh-koo-uh-TSIHY-nuh.
No, nothing may stand in the stairwell. It is an escape route.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem. Postawię go w piwnicy. Dziękuję!
Roh-ZOO-myehm. Pos-TAH-vyeh goh f peev-NEE-tsih. Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
I see. I'll put it in the cellar. Thanks!
THEY SAY
Proszę bardzo. Proszę zawsze zamykać drzwi na klucz.PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. PROH-sheh ZAHF-sheh zuh-MIH-kuhtsy dzhvee nuh klooch.
You're welcome. Please always lock the door.
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
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
gdzie
gdzyeh
adverb
where
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
zostawić
zos-TAH-veetsy
verb
to leave
rower
ROH-vehr
noun
bicycle
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
28 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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