Polish · Fryzjer
You want to dye your hair and ask about colour and price: what to say in Polish
You want to have your hair dyed and ask about the colour and price.
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How it's done. Useful words: farbowanie (dyeing), odrost (regrowth), pasemka (highlights), odcień (shade); the hairdresser names the price after checking the length of your hair.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 ufarbować włosy. Ile to kosztuje?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim oo-fuhr-BOH-vuhtsy VVOH-sih. EE-leh toh kosh-TOO-eh?
Good day, I'd like to dye my hair. How much does it cost?
Or say:Dzień dobry, chcę zrobić pasemka. Ile to kosztuje?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, khtseh ZROH-beetsy puh-SEM-kuh. EE-leh toh kosh-TOO-eh?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry. Jaki kolor pan sobie życzy?Dzyayn DOH-brih. YAH-kee KOH-lor pahn SOH-byeh ZHIH-chih?
Good day. What colour would you like?
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YOU REPLY
Chciałbym jaśniejszy odcień, ciepły brąz.
KHTSYAHV-bim yuhsy-NYAY-shih OT-tsyayn, TSYEH-pvih brohns.
I'd like a lighter shade, a warm brown.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Zobaczę długość włosów. Farbowanie kosztuje od stu pięćdziesięciu złotych.DOB-zheh. Zoh-BAH-cheh DVOO-gosytsy VVOH-soof. Fuhr-boh-VAH-nyeh kosh-TOO-eh ot stoo pyayndzyd-zyeh-SYAYN-tsyoo ZVOH-tikh.
Fine. I'll look at the length of your hair. Dyeing costs from a hundred and fifty zloty.
They might also say:
Cena zależy od długości. Zaczyna się od stu pięćdziesięciu złotych.
TSEH-nuh zuh-LEH-zhih ot dvoo-GOSY-tsee. Zuh-CHIH-nuh syeh ot stoo pyayndzyd-zyeh-SYAYN-tsyoo ZVOH-tikh.
The price depends on length. It starts at a hundred and fifty zloty.
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YOU REPLY
Ile to trwa?
EE-leh toh trvah?
How long does it take?
THEY SAY
Około dwóch godzin, razem z myciem i suszeniem.Oh-KOH-voh dvookh GOD-zeen, RAH-zem z MIH-tsyehm ee soo-SHEH-nyehm.
About two hours, including washing and drying.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze, poproszę.
DOB-zheh, poh-PROH-sheh.
Fine, please.
THEY SAY
Proszę usiąść. Zaczynamy!PROH-sheh OO-syohnsytsy. Zuh-chih-NAH-mih!
Please sit down. Let's begin!
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Thank you!
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
ufarbować
oo-fuhr-BOH-vuhtsy
verb
to dye
włosy
VVOH-sih
noun
hair
kosztuje
kosh-TOO-eh
verb
costs
34 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?
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