Polish · Zdjęcie do dokumentów
You need ID photos: what to say in Polish
You need photos for documents.
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How it's done. For ID and residence permit you need zdjęcia biometryczne (biometric) 35 by 45 millimetres: light background, no smile, no glasses with glare. They are made at a photo studio.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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1
YOU START
Dzień dobry, potrzebuję zdjęć do dokumentów.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, pot-sheh-BOO-eh zdyayntsy doh doh-koo-MAYN-toof.
Good day, I need photos for documents.
THEY SAY
Do jakiego dokumentu?Doh yuh-KYEH-goh doh-koo-MAYN-too?
For which document?
They might also say:
Czy to ma być do dowodu czy do karty pobytu?
Chih toh mah bitsy doh doh-VOH-doo chih doh KAHR-tih poh-BIH-too?
Is it for an ID or a residence card?
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YOU REPLY
Do karty pobytu. Poproszę zdjęcia biometryczne.
Doh KAHR-tih poh-BIH-too. Poh-PROH-sheh ZDYAYN-tsyuh byoh-meh-TRICH-neh.
For the residence card. Biometric photos, please.
THEY SAY
Proszę usiąść na stołku i patrzeć w obiektyw.PROH-sheh OO-syohnsytsy nuh STOV-koo ee PAHT-shetsy v oh-BYEHK-tif.
Please sit on the stool and look into the lens.
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YOU FINISH
Czy mam się uśmiechać?
Chih mahm syeh oosy-MYEH-khuhtsy?
Should I smile?
THEY SAY
Nie, proszę zachować neutralny wyraz twarzy.Nyeh, PROH-sheh zuh-KHOH-vuhtsy neh-oo-TRAHL-nih VIH-ruhs TFAH-zhih.
No, please keep a neutral expression.
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
potrzebuję
pot-sheh-BOO-eh
verb
I need
zdjęć
zdyayntsy
noun
photos (genitive)
dokumentów
doh-koo-MAYN-toof
noun
documents (genitive)
dokumentu
doh-koo-MAYN-too
noun
document (genitive)
24 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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