Polish · Poczta / awizo
You post a letter abroad: what to say in Polish
You send a letter abroad.
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How it's done. List zwykły is ordinary, list polecony registered, za potwierdzeniem odbioru with proof of delivery; a letter abroad needs a different stamp.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, chciałbym wysłać list do Ukrainy.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim VIH-svuhtsy leest doh Oo-kruh-EE-nih.
Good day, I'd like to send a letter to Ukraine.
Or say:Dzień dobry, ile kosztuje list za granicę?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, EE-leh kosh-TOO-eh leest zah gruh-NEE-tseh?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Czy zwykły czy polecony?Chih ZVIH-kwih chih poh-leh-TSOH-nih?
Ordinary or registered?
They might also say:
Zwykły czy polecony?
ZVIH-kwih chih poh-leh-TSOH-nih?
Ordinary or registered?
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YOU FINISH
Polecony, poproszę.
Poh-leh-TSOH-nih, poh-PROH-sheh.
Registered, please.
THEY SAY
To będzie osiemnaście złotych.Toh BAYND-zyeh oh-SYEHM-nuhsy-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh.
That will be eighteen zloty.
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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
wysłać
VIH-svuhtsy
verb
to send
list
leest
noun
letter
zwykły
ZVIH-kwih
adjective
ordinary
9 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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