Polish · Autobus / tramwaj
You board a bus with a pushchair: what to say in Polish
You board a bus with a pushchair.
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How it's done. A bus has a space for pushchairs by the middle doors; passengers usually help; keep the pushchair braked so that it does not roll.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 mogę postawić wózek?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh MOH-geh pos-TAH-veetsy VOO-zek?
Excuse me, where can I put the pushchair?
Or say:Przepraszam, czy z wózkiem mogę wejść do autobusu?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih z VOOS-kyehm MOH-geh vaysytsy doh ow-toh-BOO-soo?
THEY SAY
Tak, proszę wejść środkowymi drzwiami. Jest miejsce na wózek.Tahk, PROH-sheh vaysytsy syrot-koh-VIH-mee DZHVYAH-mee. Yehst MYAYS-tseh nuh VOO-zek.
Yes, please enter through the middle doors. There is a space for the pushchair.
They might also say:
Oczywiście. Miejsce dla wózków jest przy środkowych drzwiach.
Oh-CHIH-veesy-tsyeh. MYAYS-tseh dlah VOOS-koof yehst pshih syrot-KOH-vikh dzhvyahkh.
Of course. The space for pushchairs is by the middle doors.
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YOU REPLY
Czy dziecko w wózku potrzebuje biletu?
Chih DZYEHTS-koh v VOOS-koo pot-sheh-BOO-eh bee-LEH-too?
Does a child in a pushchair need a ticket?
THEY SAY
Dziecko w wózku zazwyczaj jedzie bezpłatnie.DZYEHTS-koh v VOOS-koo zuhz-VIH-chigh YEHD-zyeh bes-PVAHT-nyeh.
A child in a pushchair usually rides free.
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YOU REPLY
Czy mogę złożyć wózek?
Chih MOH-geh ZVOH-zhitsy VOO-zek?
May I fold the pushchair?
THEY SAY
Lepiej nie. Proszę zahamować wózek i trzymać go.LEH-pyay nyeh. PROH-sheh zuh-khuh-MOH-vuhtsy VOO-zek ee TSHIH-muhtsy goh.
Better not. Please brake the pushchair and hold it.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem. Dziękuję za pomoc!
Roh-ZOO-myehm. Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah POH-mots!
I see. Thanks for the help!
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
gdzie
gdzyeh
adverb
where
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
postawić
pos-TAH-veetsy
verb
to put
wózek
VOO-zek
noun
pushchair, trolley
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
28 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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