Polish · Szkoła na co dzień
You ask the secretariat about the start of lessons: what to say in Polish
You ask at the school office about the start of lessons.
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How it's done. The sekretariat is the school office; there you ask about hours, plans and documents. Lessons usually start at eight; a lesson lasts forty-five minutes.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, o której godzinie zaczynają się lekcje?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, oh KTOO-ray god-ZEE-nyeh zuh-chih-NIGH-om syeh LEK-tsyeh?
Good day, at what time do lessons start?
Or say:Dzień dobry, od której zaczynają się zajęcia?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, ot KTOO-ray zuh-chih-NIGH-om syeh zuh-AYN-tsyuh?
THEY SAY
Lekcje zaczynają się o ósmej.LEK-tsyeh zuh-chih-NIGH-om syeh oh OOS-may.
Lessons start at eight.
They might also say:
Pierwsza lekcja jest o ósmej.
PYEHRF-shuh LEK-tsyuh yehst oh OOS-may.
The first lesson is at eight.
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YOU REPLY
A do której kończą się zajęcia?
Uh doh KTOO-ray KOHN-chom syeh zuh-AYN-tsyuh?
And until when do classes last?
THEY SAY
Pana córka kończy dzisiaj o trzynastej. Plan lekcji dostanie od wychowawczyni.PAH-nuh TSOOR-kuh KOHN-chih DZEE-syigh oh tshih-NAHS-tay. Plahn LEK-tsyee dos-TAH-nyeh ot vih-khoh-vuhf-CHIH-nee.
Your daughter finishes at one today. She'll get the timetable from the class teacher.
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YOU FINISH
Bardzo dziękuję za informację.
BAHRD-zoh dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh.
Thank you very much for the information.
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
godzinie
god-ZEE-nyeh
noun
hour (locative)
zaczynają
zuh-chih-NIGH-om
verb
begin
lekcje
LEK-tsyeh
noun
lessons
kończą
KOHN-chom
verb
end
21 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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