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You ask about a ticket for a child: what to say in Polish
You ask about a ticket for your child.
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How it's done. In many cities children up to a certain age ride free and older ones with a bilet ulgowy (reduced ticket); rules depend on the city, so ask the operator.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
YOU START
Przepraszam, ile kosztuje bilet dla dziecka?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, EE-leh kosh-TOO-eh BEE-let dlah DZYEHTS-kuh?
Excuse me, how much is a ticket for a child?
Or say:Przepraszam, czy dziecko płaci za przejazd?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih DZYEHTS-koh PVAH-tsee zah PSHEH-ahst?
THEY SAY
Ile lat ma dziecko?EE-leh laht mah DZYEHTS-koh?
How old is the child?
2
YOU REPLY
Dziecko ma sześć lat.
DZYEHTS-koh mah shesytsy laht.
The child is six.
THEY SAY
W tym mieście dzieci do siódmego roku życia jeżdżą bezpłatnie.V tim MYEHSY-tsyeh DZYEH-tsee doh syood-MEH-goh ROH-koo ZHIH-tsyuh YEHZHD-zhom bes-PVAHT-nyeh.
In this city children up to the age of seven ride free.
They might also say:
Do siódmego roku życia dziecko nie płaci.
Doh syood-MEH-goh ROH-koo ZHIH-tsyuh DZYEHTS-koh nyeh PVAH-tsee.
Up to the age of seven the child does not pay.
3
YOU REPLY
Czy potrzebuję jakiegoś dokumentu?
Chih pot-sheh-BOO-eh yuh-KYEH-gosy doh-koo-MAYN-too?
Do I need any document?
THEY SAY
Nie, ale kontroler może zapytać o wiek. Warto mieć dokument dziecka.Nyeh, AH-leh kohn-TROH-lehr MOH-zheh zuh-PIH-tuhtsy oh vyehk. VAHR-toh myehtsy doh-KOO-maynt DZYEHTS-kuh.
No, but the inspector may ask about age. It's worth having the child's document.
4
YOU REPLY
A bilet dla mnie?
Uh BEE-let dlah mnyeh?
And a ticket for me?
THEY SAY
Normalny kosztuje cztery złote dwadzieścia groszy.Nor-MAHL-nih kosh-TOO-eh CHTEH-rih ZVOH-teh dvuhd-ZYEHSY-tsyuh GROH-shih.
A normal one costs four zloty twenty.
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YOU FINISH
Poproszę jeden bilet. Dziękuję!
Poh-PROH-sheh YEH-dayn BEE-let. Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
One ticket, please. Thanks!
THEY SAY
Proszę bardzo.PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh.
You're welcome.
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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
kosztuje
kosh-TOO-eh
verb
costs
bilet
BEE-let
noun
ticket
dziecka
DZYEHTS-kuh
noun
of the child
lat
laht
noun
years
ma
mah
verb
has
40 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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