Polish · Oddział przygotowawczy
You bring your child to school in the middle of the year and the school decides the class: what to say in Polish
You bring your child to school in the middle of the year and the school decides the class.
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How it's done. The school usually asks for a record from the previous school (a report or certificate) and the child's ID; the class is chosen by age and knowledge.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 zapisać dziecko do szkoły. Mieszkamy tu od miesiąca.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-PEE-suhtsy DZYEHTS-koh doh SHKOH-vih. Myehsh-KAH-mih too ot myeh-SYOHN-tsuh.
Good day, I'd like to enrol my child at school. We have lived here for a month.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy są wolne miejsca w klasie czwartej?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih som VOL-neh MYAYS-tsuh f KLAH-syeh CHFAHR-tay?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry. Czy dziecko chodziło wcześniej do szkoły?Dzyayn DOH-brih. Chih DZYEHTS-koh khod-ZEE-voh FCHESY-nyay doh SHKOH-vih?
Good day. Has the child been to school before?
They might also say:
Tak, może przyjść do nas. Czy dziecko chodziło do szkoły za granicą?
Tahk, MOH-zheh pshihysytsy doh nahs. Chih DZYEHTS-koh khod-ZEE-voh doh SHKOH-vih zah gruh-NEE-tsom?
Yes, the child can come to us. Did the child go to school abroad?
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YOU REPLY
Tak, chodziło do szkoły za granicą. Mam świadectwo z poprzedniej szkoły.
Tahk, khod-ZEE-voh doh SHKOH-vih zah gruh-NEE-tsom. Mahm syfyuh-DETST-foh s pop-SHED-nyay SHKOH-vih.
Yes, the child went to school abroad. I have the report from the previous school.
THEY SAY
Proszę je dostarczyć wraz z dokumentem dziecka. Zobaczymy, do której klasy trafi.PROH-sheh yeh dos-TAHR-chitsy vrahs z doh-koo-MAYN-tem DZYEHTS-kuh. Zoh-buh-CHIH-mih, doh KTOO-ray KLAH-sih TRAH-fee.
Please bring it together with the child's ID. We'll see which class the child goes into.
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YOU REPLY
Czy dziecko musi zdawać egzamin?
Chih DZYEHTS-koh MOO-see ZDAH-vuhtsy eg-ZAH-meen?
Does the child have to take an exam?
THEY SAY
Nie egzamin, tylko rozmowa z pedagogiem. Pomoże wybrać klasę.Nyeh eg-ZAH-meen, TIL-koh roz-MOH-vuh s peh-duh-GOH-gyehm. Poh-MOH-zheh VIH-bruhtsy KLAH-seh.
Not an exam, only a talk with the school counsellor. It will help choose the class.
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YOU REPLY
Kiedy dziecko może zacząć naukę?
KYEH-dih DZYEHTS-koh MOH-zheh ZAH-chohntsy nuh-OO-keh?
When can the child start?
THEY SAY
Od przyszłego tygodnia.Ot pshish-VEH-goh tih-GOD-nyuh.
From next week.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za pomoc!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah POH-mots!
Thank you for the help!
THEY SAY
Proszę bardzo.PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh.
You're welcome.
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
zapisać
zuh-PEE-suhtsy
verb
to write down
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
szkoły
SHKOH-vih
noun
school (genitive)
44 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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