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You make copies of documents at a copy shop: what to say in Polish

You make copies of documents at a copy shop.

Ksero / druk6 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At a copy shop they ask czarno-białe czy kolorowe (black and white or colour) and jednostronne czy dwustronne (one-sided or two-sided); ksero is both the copy and the service.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, poproszę trzy kopie tego dokumentu.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh tshih KOH-pyeh TEH-goh doh-koo-MAYN-too.
Good day, three copies of this document please.
Or say:Dzień dobry, chciałbym zrobić kilka ksero.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim ZROH-beetsy KEEL-kuh KSEH-roh.
THEY SAY
Czarno-białe czy kolorowe?
CHAHR-noh-BYAH-veh chih koh-loh-ROH-veh?
Black and white or colour?
They might also say:
Czarno-białe będą dobre?
CHAHR-noh-BYAH-veh BAYN-dom DOH-breh?
Will black and white do?
in the app
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YOU REPLY
Czarno-białe, poproszę.
CHAHR-noh-BYAH-veh, poh-PROH-sheh.
Black and white, please.
THEY SAY
Jednostronne czy dwustronne?
Yehd-nos-TROHN-neh chih dvoos-TROHN-neh?
One-sided or two-sided?
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YOU FINISH
Jednostronne.
Yehd-nos-TROHN-neh.
One-sided.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. To będzie trzy złote.
DOB-zheh. Toh BAYND-zyeh tshih ZVOH-teh.
Good. That will be three zloty.
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Words worth knowing

Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
poproszę
poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
kopie
KOH-pyeh
noun
copies
dokumentu
doh-koo-MAYN-too
noun
document (genitive)
Czarno-białe
CHAHR-noh-BYAH-veh
adjective
black and white

10 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.

All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

Similar situations

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