Polish · Poczta / awizo
You send a parcel and ask about price, weight and delivery time: what to say in Polish
You send a parcel and ask about the price, weight and delivery time.
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How it's done. The price of a parcel depends on weight and size; you can buy a box and tape at the post office; the tracking number lets you follow the delivery online.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 nadać paczkę. Ile to kosztuje?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim NAH-duhtsy PAHCH-keh. EE-leh toh kosh-TOO-eh?
Good day, I'd like to send a parcel. How much does it cost?
Or say:Dzień dobry, chcę wysłać paczkę do Gdańska.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, khtseh VIH-svuhtsy PAHCH-keh doh GDAHNS-kuh.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Ile waży paczka? I jakie ma wymiary?EE-leh VAH-zhih PAHCH-kuh? Ee YAH-kyeh mah vih-MYAH-rih?
How much does the parcel weigh? And what size is it?
They might also say:
Czy paczka była ważona? Jaki ma rozmiar?
Chih PAHCH-kuh BIH-vuh vuh-ZHOH-nuh? YAH-kee mah ROZ-myuhr?
Has the parcel been weighed? What size is it?
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YOU REPLY
Waży około trzech kilogramów. Ma mniej więcej czterdzieści centymetrów długości.
VAH-zhih oh-KOH-voh tshekh kee-loh-GRAH-moof. Mah mnyay VYAYN-tsay chtehrd-ZYEHSY-tsee tsayn-tih-MEH-troof dvoo-GOSY-tsee.
It weighs about three kilograms. It is about forty centimetres long.
THEY SAY
Wtedy wybierze pan paczkę do pięciu kilogramów. Kosztuje około piętnastu złotych.FTEH-dih vih-BYEH-zheh pahn PAHCH-keh doh PYAYN-tsyoo kee-loh-GRAH-moof. Kosh-TOO-eh oh-KOH-voh pyaynt-NAHS-too ZVOH-tikh.
Then you'll choose a parcel up to five kilograms. It costs about fifteen zloty.
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YOU REPLY
Ile to trwa?
EE-leh toh trvah?
How long does it take?
THEY SAY
Jeden do dwóch dni roboczych. Dam panu numer przesyłki, żeby można było śledzić.YEH-dayn doh dvookh dnee roh-BOH-chikh. Dahm PAH-noo NOO-mehr psheh-SIV-kee, ZHEH-bih MOZH-nuh BIH-voh SYLED-zeetsy.
One to two working days. I'll give you the tracking number so that you can follow it.
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YOU FINISH
Świetnie, dziękuję!
SYFYEHT-nyeh, dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Great, thank you!
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
nadać
NAH-duhtsy
verb
to send, to post
paczkę
PAHCH-keh
noun
parcel (accusative)
kosztuje
kosh-TOO-eh
verb
costs
38 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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