Polish · Poczta / awizo
You go to the post office to collect a parcel after a notification: what to say in Polish
You come to the post office to collect a parcel with a notice.
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How it's done. An awizo is a notice in the letterbox about a letter or parcel waiting at the post office; with it and ID they are handed out; storage lasts several days, then a second awizo.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Dzień dobry, dostałem awizo. Chciałbym odebrać przesyłkę.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, dos-TAH-vem uh-VEE-zoh. KHTSYAHV-bim oh-DEH-bruhtsy psheh-SIV-keh.
Good day, I received a notice. I'd like to collect the item.
Or say:Dzień dobry, w skrzynce było awizo na polecony. Oto ono.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, f SKSHIHN-tseh BIH-voh uh-VEE-zoh nuh poh-leh-TSOH-nih. OH-toh OH-noh.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Proszę o dokument tożsamości.PROH-sheh oh doh-KOO-maynt tosh-suh-MOSY-tsee.
ID, please.
They might also say:
Poproszę awizo i dowód.
Poh-PROH-sheh uh-VEE-zoh ee DOH-voot.
The notice and ID, please.
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YOU FINISH
Oto mój paszport.
OH-toh mooy PAHSH-port.
Here is my passport.
THEY SAY
Dziękuję. Proszę podpisać odbiór.Dzyayn-KOO-eh. PROH-sheh pot-PEE-suhtsy OD-byoor.
Thank you. Please sign for it.
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
dostałem
dos-TAH-vem
verb
I got
awizo
uh-VEE-zoh
noun
collection notice
Chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
odebrać
oh-DEH-bruhtsy
verb
to pick up
11 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
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