Polish · Oddział przygotowawczy
You ask about help with Polish for your child: what to say in Polish
You ask about help with Polish for your child.
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How it's done. For pupils from abroad there is an oddział przygotowawczy (preparatory class) or dodatkowe lekcje języka polskiego (extra Polish lessons); the school or municipality organises them, ask at the office.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
Mój syn mówi jeszcze słabo po polsku. Czy jest dla niego pomoc?
Mooy sihn MOO-vee YEHSH-cheh SVAH-boh poh POLS-koo. Chih yehst dlah NYEH-goh POH-mots?
My son still speaks Polish poorly. Is there help for him?
Or say:Moja córka dopiero uczy się polskiego. Czy macie dodatkowe zajęcia?
MOH-ah TSOOR-kuh doh-PYEH-roh OO-chih syeh pols-KYEH-goh. Chih MAH-tsyeh doh-duht-KOH-veh zuh-AYN-tsyuh?
THEY SAY
Tak, mamy oddział przygotowawczy. To mała grupa.Tahk, MAH-mih ODD-zyuhv pshih-goh-toh-VAHF-chih. Toh MAH-vuh GROO-puh.
Yes, we have a preparatory class. It's a small group.
They might also say:
Tak, są dodatkowe lekcje polskiego dla uczniów z zagranicy.
Tahk, som doh-duht-KOH-veh LEK-tsyeh pols-KYEH-goh dlah OOCH-nyoof z zuh-gruh-NEE-tsih.
Yes, there are extra Polish lessons for pupils from abroad.
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YOU FINISH
Ile razy w tygodniu się odbywają?
EE-leh RAH-zih f tih-GOD-nyoo syeh od-bih-VIGH-om?
How many times a week do they take place?
THEY SAY
Pięć razy w tygodniu, po dwie godziny.Pyayntsy RAH-zih f tih-GOD-nyoo, poh dvyeh god-ZEE-nih.
Five times a week, two hours each.
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
syn
sihn
noun
son
mówi
MOO-vee
verb
speaks
jeszcze
YEHSH-cheh
adverb
still, more
słabo
SVAH-boh
adverb
poorly
polsku
POLS-koo
adverb
in Polish
jest
yehst
verb
is
22 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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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