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You look for a product in a shop: what to say in Polish

You look for a product in a shop.

Supermarket / kasa5 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In a shop alejka is the aisle, dział the section, półka the shelf; staff will gladly help: Gdzie znajdę...?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 znajdę mleko?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh ZNIGH-deh MLEH-koh?
Excuse me, where will I find milk?
Or say:Przepraszam, gdzie jest nabiał?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh yehst NAH-byuhv?
THEY SAY
Mleko jest w alejce numer trzy, przy lodówkach.
MLEH-koh yehst v uh-LAY-tseh NOO-mehr tshih, pshih loh-DOOF-kuhkh.
The milk is in aisle number three, by the fridges.
They might also say:
Dział z nabiałem jest tam, po lewej stronie.
Dzyahv z nuh-BYAH-vem yehst tahm, poh LEH-vay STROH-nyeh.
The dairy section is over there, on the left.
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YOU REPLY
A gdzie są jajka?
Uh gdzyeh som YIGH-kuh?
And where are the eggs?
THEY SAY
Zaraz obok.
ZAH-ruhs OH-bok.
Right next to it.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!

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Words worth knowing

Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
gdzie
gdzyeh
adverb
where
znajdę
ZNIGH-deh
verb
I will find
mleko
MLEH-koh
noun
milk
jest
yehst
verb
is
alejce
uh-LAY-tseh
noun
aisle (locative)

12 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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