Polish · Świetlica / obiady
You sign your child up for after-school care: what to say in Polish
You enrol your child in after-school care.
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How it's done. You enrol a child in świetlica szkolna (after-school care) with a karta zgłoszenia (registration card): it states until what time the child stays and who collects them; places are often given first to children of working parents.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 świetlicy.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim zuh-PEE-suhtsy DZYEHTS-koh doh syfyeh-TLEE-tsih.
Good day, I'd like to enrol my child in the after-school room.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy dziecko może zostać w świetlicy po lekcjach?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih DZYEHTS-koh MOH-zheh ZOS-tuhtsy f syfyeh-TLEE-tsih poh LEK-tsyuhkh?
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THEY SAY
Tak, trzeba wypełnić kartę zgłoszenia. Czy rodzice pracują?Tahk, TSHEH-buh vih-PEV-neetsy KAHR-teh zgwoh-SHEH-nyuh. Chih rod-ZEE-tseh pruh-TSOOY-om?
Yes, you have to fill in a registration card. Do the parents work?
They might also say:
Tak, proszę wypełnić kartę zgłoszenia. Czy oboje rodzice pracują?
Tahk, PROH-sheh vih-PEV-neetsy KAHR-teh zgwoh-SHEH-nyuh. Chih oh-BOH-eh rod-ZEE-tseh pruh-TSOOY-om?
Yes, please fill in the registration card. Do both parents work?
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YOU REPLY
Tak, pracujemy do szesnastej. Do której godziny działa świetlica?
Tahk, pruh-tsoo-EH-mih doh shes-NAHS-tay. Doh KTOO-ray god-ZEE-nih DZYAH-vuh syfyeh-TLEE-tsuh?
Yes, we work until four. Until what time is the after-school room open?
THEY SAY
Do siedemnastej trzydzieści.Doh syeh-dem-NAHS-tay tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee.
Until half past five.
They might also say:
Świetlica jest czynna do siedemnastej trzydzieści.
Syfyeh-TLEE-tsuh yehst CHIHN-nuh doh syeh-dem-NAHS-tay tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee.
The after-school room is open until half past five.
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YOU REPLY
Czy dziecko dostanie tam obiad?
Chih DZYEHTS-koh dos-TAH-nyeh tahm OH-byuht?
Will my child get lunch there?
THEY SAY
Obiad dziecko zje w stołówce przed świetlicą. Obiady zamawia się osobno.OH-byuht DZYEHTS-koh zyeh f stoh-VOOF-tseh pshet syfyeh-TLEE-tsom. Oh-BYAH-dih zuh-MAH-vyuh syeh oh-SOB-noh.
The child eats lunch in the canteen before the after-school room. Lunches are ordered separately.
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YOU FINISH
Dobrze. Dziękuję!
DOB-zheh. Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Fine. Thank you!
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
świetlicy
syfyeh-TLEE-tsih
noun
after-school club (genitive)
33 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?
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