Polish · Szkoła na co dzień
You ask about textbooks and the timetable: what to say in Polish
You ask about textbooks and the timetable.
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How it's done. In primary school podręczniki (textbooks) are mostly free: they are issued at school; the plan lekcji (timetable) is posted in the classroom or given in the dziennik elektroniczny.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
Czy muszę kupić podręczniki?
Chih MOO-sheh KOO-peetsy poh-draynch-NEE-kee?
Do I have to buy textbooks?
Or say:Czy podręczniki są bezpłatne?
Chih poh-draynch-NEE-kee som bes-PVAHT-neh?
THEY SAY
Nie, podręczniki dostaje dziecko w szkole za darmo.Nyeh, poh-draynch-NEE-kee dos-TAH-eh DZYEHTS-koh f SHKOH-leh zah DAHR-moh.
No, the child gets the textbooks free at school.
They might also say:
Podręczniki są bezpłatne, wydaje je biblioteka szkolna.
Poh-draynch-NEE-kee som bes-PVAHT-neh, vih-DAH-eh yeh bee-blee-oh-TEH-kuh SHKOL-nuh.
The textbooks are free, the school library issues them.
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YOU FINISH
A zeszyty ćwiczeń?
Uh zeh-SHIH-tih TSYFEE-chayn?
And workbooks?
THEY SAY
Zeszyty ćwiczeń też są bezpłatne w klasach młodszych.Zeh-SHIH-tih TSYFEE-chayn tesh som bes-PVAHT-neh f KLAH-suhkh MVOT-shikh.
Workbooks are also free in lower grades.
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
muszę
MOO-sheh
verb
I must
kupić
KOO-peetsy
verb
to buy
podręczniki
poh-draynch-NEE-kee
noun
textbooks
dostaje
dos-TAH-eh
verb
gets
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
szkole
SHKOH-leh
noun
school (locative)
13 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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