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You order sausage or ham by weight: what to say in Polish

You order sausage or ham by weight.

Targ / bazar5 linesLevel A2For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In Poland at a deli counter weight is often given in dekagrams (deko): ten grams; dwadzieścia deko is two hundred grams, pół kilo five hundred.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, co podać?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh POH-duhtsy?
Good day, what can I get you?
YOU REPLY
Poproszę dwadzieścia deko szynki.
Poh-PROH-sheh dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh DEH-koh SHIHN-kee.
Twenty deko of ham, please.
Or say:Poproszę dziesięć deko sera.
Poh-PROH-sheh DZYEH-syayntsy DEH-koh SEH-ruh.
THEY SAY
Pokroić w plastry?
Poh-KROH-eetsy f PLAHS-trih?
Shall I slice it?
They might also say:
Mam pokroić?
Mahm poh-KROH-eetsy?
Should I slice it?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, poproszę w cienkie plastry.
Tahk, poh-PROH-sheh f TSYAYN-kyeh PLAHS-trih.
Yes, in thin slices please.
THEY SAY
Proszę. Coś jeszcze?
PROH-sheh. Tsosy YEHSH-cheh?
Here you are. Anything else?
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Words worth knowing

Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
podać
POH-duhtsy
verb
to give, to provide
Poproszę
Poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
deko
DEH-koh
noun
decagram (10 g)
szynki
SHIHN-kee
noun
ham (genitive)

10 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.

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