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At the drugstore you look for nappies: what to say in Polish

In the drugstore you look for nappies.

Drogeria4 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In a drugstore (Rossmann, Hebe, Super-Pharm) cosmetics, baby goods and cleaning products are sold, but not prescription medicine; pieluchy are nappies, chusteczki wipes.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
Przepraszam, gdzie są pieluchy?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh som pyeh-LOO-khih?
Excuse me, where are the nappies?
Or say:Przepraszam, gdzie znajdę pieluchy?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh ZNIGH-deh pyeh-LOO-khih?
THEY SAY
Pieluchy są w alejce numer cztery, na dole.
Pyeh-LOO-khih som v uh-LAY-tseh NOO-mehr CHTEH-rih, nuh DOH-leh.
The nappies are in aisle four, at the bottom.
They might also say:
W dziale dla dzieci, z lewej strony.
V DZYAH-leh dlah DZYEH-tsee, z LEH-vay STROH-nih.
In the children's section, on the left side.
in the app
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YOU FINISH
A chusteczki nawilżane?
Uh khoos-TECH-kee nuh-veel-ZHAH-neh?
And wet wipes?
THEY SAY
Obok pieluch.
OH-bok PYEH-lookh.
Next to the nappies.
in the app

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.

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Words worth knowing

Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
gdzie
gdzyeh
adverb
where
są
som
verb
are
pieluchy
pyeh-LOO-khih
noun
nappies
alejce
uh-LAY-tseh
noun
aisle (locative)
numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number

9 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 mi to pokazać.
PROH-sheh mee toh poh-KAH-zuhtsy.
Please show me.

All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

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