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You buy eggs and cheese at the market: what to say in Polish

You buy eggs and cottage cheese at the market.

Targ / bazar8 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Eggs are bought by the ten or by piece: dziesięć jajek (ten eggs); wiejskie (farm) and świeże (fresh) are words you often hear at the market; twaróg is a fresh curd cheese.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 dziesięć jajek.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh DZYEH-syayntsy YAH-ehk.
Good day, ten eggs, please.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy są świeże jajka?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih som SYFYEH-zheh YIGH-kuh?
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry. Tak, są wiejskie, świeże. Dziesięć złotych.
Dzyayn DOH-brih. Tahk, som VYAYS-kyeh, SYFYEH-zheh. DZYEH-syayntsy ZVOH-tikh.
Good day. Yes, there are fresh farm eggs. Ten zloty.
They might also say:
Są od kur z wolnego wybiegu. Dziesięć sztuk kosztuje dziesięć złotych.
Som ot koor z vol-NEH-goh vih-BYEH-goo. DZYEH-syayntsy shtook kosh-TOO-eh DZYEH-syayntsy ZVOH-tikh.
They are from free-range hens. Ten pieces cost ten zloty.
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YOU REPLY
Poproszę też ćwierć kilo twarogu.
Poh-PROH-sheh tesh tsyfyehrtsy KEE-loh tfuh-ROH-goo.
I'd like a quarter of a kilo of cheese too.
THEY SAY
Twaróg wiejski, dziewięć złotych za ćwierć kilo.
TFAH-rook VYAYS-kee, DZYEH-vyayntsy ZVOH-tikh zah tsyfyehrtsy KEE-loh.
Farm cheese, nine zloty for a quarter kilo.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze. Ile płacę razem?
DOB-zheh. EE-leh PVAH-tseh RAH-zem?
Fine. How much do I pay in total?
THEY SAY
Dziewiętnaście złotych.
Dzyeh-VYAYNT-nuhsy-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh.
Nineteen zloty.
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YOU FINISH
Proszę. Dziękuję bardzo!
PROH-sheh. Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Here you are. Thank you very much!
THEY SAY
Dziękuję. Miłego dnia!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. Mee-VEH-goh dnyah!
Thank you. Have a nice day!
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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

Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
poproszę
poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
jajek
YAH-ehk
noun
eggs (genitive plural)
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
są
som
verb
are

22 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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All 21 rescue phrases in Polish →

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