Polish · Paczkomat / punkt odbioru
You collect a parcel from a parcel locker: what to say in Polish
You collect a parcel from a parcel locker.
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How it's done. The SMS or app has a kod odbioru (pickup code) and a phone number; on the locker's screen you choose "Odbierz paczkę", enter the phone number and code, and the compartment opens. You must collect within a few days.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, jak działa paczkomat?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, yahk DZYAH-vuh puhch-koh-MAHT?
Excuse me, how does the parcel locker work?
Or say:Przepraszam, czy może mi ktoś pomóc z paczkomatem?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih MOH-zheh mee ktosy POH-moots s puhch-koh-MAH-tem?
THEY SAY
Proszę wybrać opcję odbierz paczkę i wpisać numer telefonu.PROH-sheh VIH-bruhtsy OP-tsyeh OD-byehsh PAHCH-keh ee FPEE-suhtsy NOO-mehr teh-leh-FOH-noo.
Please choose the collect parcel option and enter the phone number.
They might also say:
Trzeba wpisać numer telefonu i kod z SMS-a.
TSHEH-buh FPEE-suhtsy NOO-mehr teh-leh-FOH-noo ee kot s Eh-seh-MES-uh.
You need to enter the phone number and the code from the SMS.
2
YOU REPLY
A potem?
Uh POH-tem?
And then?
THEY SAY
Potem otworzy się skrytka. Proszę zabrać paczkę.POH-tem ot-FOH-zhih syeh SKRIT-kuh. PROH-sheh ZAH-bruhtsy PAHCH-keh.
Then the compartment will open. Please take the parcel.
3
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!
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
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
jak
yahk
adverb
how
działa
DZYAH-vuh
verb
works
paczkomat
puhch-koh-MAHT
noun
parcel locker
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
wybrać
VIH-bruhtsy
verb
to choose
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?
Proszę mi to pokazać.
PROH-sheh mee toh poh-KAH-zuhtsy.
Please show me.
Similar situations
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