Polish · Supermarket / kasa
You pay in cash and the cashier has no change: what to say in Polish
You pay in cash and the cashier has no small change.
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How it's done. Cashiers do not like big notes for small purchases; if there is no change they may ask you to pay by card or with smaller notes.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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Razem dwanaście złotych pięćdziesiąt groszy.RAH-zem DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh pyaynd-ZYEH-syohnt GROH-shih.
Twelve zloty fifty in total.
They might also say:
To będzie dwanaście pięćdziesiąt.
Toh BAYND-zyeh DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh pyaynd-ZYEH-syohnt.
That will be twelve fifty.
YOU REPLY
Mam tylko banknot na dwieście złotych. Czy mogę tym zapłacić?
Mahm TIL-koh BAHNK-not nuh DVYEHSY-tsyeh ZVOH-tikh. Chih MOH-geh tim zuh-PVAH-tseetsy?
I only have a two-hundred-zloty note. May I pay with it?
THEY SAY
Przepraszam, nie mam tyle drobnych. Czy może pan zapłacić kartą?Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, nyeh mahm TIH-leh DROB-nikh. Chih MOH-zheh pahn zuh-PVAH-tseetsy KAHR-tom?
Sorry, I don't have that much change. Can you pay by card?
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YOU REPLY
Mam kartę. Zapłacę kartą.
Mahm KAHR-teh. Zuh-PVAH-tseh KAHR-tom.
I have a card. I'll pay by card.
THEY SAY
Proszę przyłożyć kartę do terminala.PROH-sheh pshih-VOH-zhitsy KAHR-teh doh tehr-mee-NAH-luh.
Please hold the card to the terminal.
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YOU REPLY
Proszę. Czy muszę wpisać kod?
PROH-sheh. Chih MOO-sheh FPEE-suhtsy kot?
Here. Do I have to enter the code?
THEY SAY
Nie, płatność przeszła. Oto paragon.Nyeh, PVAHT-nosytsy PSHESH-vuh. OH-toh puh-RAH-gohn.
No, the payment went through. Here is the receipt.
4
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję. Do widzenia!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. Doh veed-ZEH-nyuh!
Thank you. Goodbye!
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
Razem
RAH-zem
adverb
together
złotych
ZVOH-tikh
noun
zlotys
groszy
GROH-shih
noun
grosze (genitive)
Mam
Mahm
verb
I have
tylko
TIL-koh
adverb
only
banknot
BAHNK-not
noun
banknote
30 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?
What does this mean?
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