Polish · Bilety / komunikacja miejska
You buy a single ticket: what to say in Polish
You buy a single ticket.
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How it's done. Bilet jednorazowy is a single-journey ticket, bilet okresowy a pass, normalny full, ulgowy reduced (for students, pupils). You buy it at a kiosk, machine or app.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
Dzień dobry, poproszę bilet jednorazowy.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh BEE-let yehd-noh-ruh-ZOH-vih.
Good day, a single ticket, please.
Or say:Dzień dobry, poproszę jeden bilet na przejazd.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh YEH-dayn BEE-let nuh PSHEH-ahst.
THEY SAY
Normalny czy ulgowy?Nor-MAHL-nih chih ool-GOH-vih?
Full or reduced?
They might also say:
Normalny czy z ulgą?
Nor-MAHL-nih chih z OOL-gom?
Full or concession?
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YOU REPLY
Normalny, poproszę.
Nor-MAHL-nih, poh-PROH-sheh.
Full, please.
THEY SAY
Cztery złote czterdzieści groszy.CHTEH-rih ZVOH-teh chtehrd-ZYEHSY-tsee GROH-shih.
Four zloty forty groszy.
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YOU FINISH
Proszę bardzo. Dziękuję!
PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. Dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Here you are. Thank you!
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
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
poproszę
poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
bilet
BEE-let
noun
ticket
jednorazowy
yehd-noh-ruh-ZOH-vih
adjective
single-use
Normalny
Nor-MAHL-nih
adjective
normal, regular
9 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.
Similar situations
You ask about a monthly passBilety / komunikacja miejska · A2 in the app
→You ask where to validate a ticketBilety / komunikacja miejska · A1 in the app
→An inspector checks tickets on the busBilety / komunikacja miejska · A2 in the app
→You do not have a valid ticketBilety / komunikacja miejska · A2 in the app
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