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You want to get rid of an old sofa: what to say in Polish
You want to get rid of an old sofa.
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How it's done. Bulky items (odpady wielkogabarytowe) are not simply put by the bins: they are collected on the municipal schedule (harmonogram) or through a PSZOK waste collection point.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
Dzień dobry, mam starą kanapę. Jak mogę ją wyrzucić?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, mahm STAH-rom kuh-NAH-peh. Yahk MOH-geh yom vih-ZHOO-tseetsy?
Good day, I have an old sofa. How can I get rid of it?
Or say:Dzień dobry, co zrobić z dużymi odpadami, na przykład z kanapą?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh ZROH-beetsy z doo-ZHIH-mee ot-puh-DAH-mee, nuh PSHIH-kwuht s kuh-NAH-pom?
THEY SAY
Odpady wielkogabarytowe odbieramy według harmonogramu.Ot-PAH-dih vyehl-koh-guh-buh-rih-TOH-veh od-byeh-RAH-mih VEH-dvook khuhr-moh-noh-GRAH-moo.
We collect bulky waste according to the schedule.
They might also say:
Może pan zawieźć ją do PSZOK-u albo poczekać na zbiórkę.
MOH-zheh pahn ZAH-vyehsytsy yom doh PSHOH-koo AHL-boh poh-CHEH-kuhtsy nuh ZBYOOR-keh.
You can take it to the PSZOK or wait for the collection.
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YOU FINISH
Kiedy jest następna zbiórka?
KYEH-dih yehst nuhs-TEMP-nuh ZBYOOR-kuh?
When is the next collection?
THEY SAY
Pierwszego każdego miesiąca.Pyehrf-SHEH-goh kuhzh-DEH-goh myeh-SYOHN-tsuh.
On the first of each month.
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
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mam
mahm
verb
I have
starą
STAH-rom
adjective
old (accusative)
kanapę
kuh-NAH-peh
noun
sofa (accusative)
Jak
Yahk
adverb
how
15 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?
Similar situations
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→You look for where to put plastic wasteSegregacja śmieci · A1 in the app
→You want to take an old wardrobe to the recycling centreSegregacja śmieci · A2 in the app
→You do not know which bin to put the rubbish inSegregacja śmieci · A1 in the app
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