Polish · Pomoc sąsiedzka
Neighbours invite you to a barbecue in the courtyard: what to say in Polish
The neighbours invite you to a barbecue in the courtyard.
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How it's done. At a shared barbecue (grill) everybody brings something: salad, cake or drinks; ask Co mam przynieść?, which is how you get to know your neighbours.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
W sobotę robimy grilla na podwórku. Zapraszamy wszystkich sąsiadów!V soh-BOH-teh roh-BEE-mih GREEL-luh nuh poh-DVOOR-koo. Zuh-pruh-SHAH-mih FSHIST-keekh sohn-SYAH-doof!
On Saturday we're having a barbecue in the yard. We invite all the neighbours!
They might also say:
W sobotę jest spotkanie sąsiedzkie przy grillu. Serdecznie zapraszamy.
V soh-BOH-teh yehst spot-KAH-nyeh sohn-SYEHTS-kyeh pshih GREEL-loo. Sehr-DECH-nyeh zuh-pruh-SHAH-mih.
On Saturday there is a neighbours' get-together at the grill. A warm invitation.
YOU REPLY
Dziękuję za zaproszenie! Co mam przynieść?
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah zuh-proh-SHEH-nyeh! Tsoh mahm PSHIH-nyehsytsy?
Thanks for the invitation! What should I bring?
THEY SAY
Każdy przynosi coś do jedzenia albo picia. Sałatka albo ciasto będą mile widziane.KAHZH-dih pshih-NOH-see tsosy doh yehd-ZEH-nyuh AHL-boh PEE-tsyuh. Suh-VAHT-kuh AHL-boh TSYAHS-toh BAYN-dom MEE-leh veed-ZYAH-neh.
Everybody brings something to eat or drink. A salad or cake would be welcome.
They might also say:
Mile widziana sałatka lub ciasto. Napoje mamy.
MEE-leh veed-ZYAH-nuh suh-VAHT-kuh loop TSYAHS-toh. Nuh-POH-eh MAH-mih.
A salad or a cake is welcome. We have drinks.
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YOU REPLY
Przyniosę ciasto. O której godzinie zaczynamy?
Pshih-NYOH-seh TSYAHS-toh. Oh KTOO-ray god-ZEE-nyeh zuh-chih-NAH-mih?
I'll bring a cake. What time do we start?
THEY SAY
Od czternastej. Cieszymy się, że pan przyjdzie.Ot chtehr-NAHS-tay. Tsyeh-SHIH-mih syeh, zheh pahn PSHIHYD-zyeh.
From two p.m. We're glad you're coming.
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YOU FINISH
Ja też się cieszę. Do soboty!
Yah tesh syeh TSYEH-sheh. Doh soh-BOH-tih!
I'm glad too. See you on Saturday!
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
sobotę
soh-BOH-teh
noun
Saturday (accusative)
robimy
roh-BEE-mih
verb
we do
grilla
GREEL-luh
noun
grill (genitive)
podwórku
poh-DVOOR-koo
noun
yard (locative)
Zapraszamy
Zuh-pruh-SHAH-mih
verb
we invite
sąsiadów
sohn-SYAH-doof
noun
neighbours (genitive plural)
37 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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