Polish · Dworzec / PKP
You buy a ticket with a seat on a long-distance train: what to say in Polish
You buy a ticket with a seat on a long-distance train.
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How it's done. On long-distance trains the ticket has a wagon (carriage) and a miejsce (seat); a miejscówka is a seat reservation; bez rezerwacji means no seat is assigned.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
Dzień dobry, poproszę bilet do Gdańska na jutro z miejscówką.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, poh-PROH-sheh BEE-let doh GDAHNS-kuh nuh YOO-troh z myays-TSOOF-kom.
Good day, a ticket to Gdańsk for tomorrow with a seat reservation, please.
Or say:Dzień dobry, chciałbym kupić bilet do Gdańska z rezerwacją miejsca.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim KOO-peetsy BEE-let doh GDAHNS-kuh z reh-zehr-VAHTS-yom MYAYS-tsuh.
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry. O której godzinie chce pan jechać?Dzyayn DOH-brih. Oh KTOO-ray god-ZEE-nyeh khtseh pahn YEH-khuhtsy?
Good day. What time do you want to travel?
2
YOU REPLY
Rano, koło ósmej.
RAH-noh, KOH-voh OOS-may.
In the morning, around eight.
THEY SAY
Jest pociąg o ósmej piętnaście. Przy oknie czy przy przejściu?Yehst POH-tsyohnk oh OOS-may PYAYNT-nuhsy-tsyeh. Pshih OK-nyeh chih pshih PSHAYSY-tsyoo?
There is a train at a quarter past eight. By the window or by the aisle?
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YOU REPLY
Przy oknie, proszę.
Pshih OK-nyeh, PROH-sheh.
By the window, please.
THEY SAY
Wagon cztery, miejsce trzydzieści dwa. Bilet kosztuje osiemdziesiąt dziewięć złotych.VAH-gohn CHTEH-rih, MYAYS-tseh tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee dvah. BEE-let kosh-TOO-eh oh-syehmd-ZYEH-syohnt DZYEH-vyayntsy ZVOH-tikh.
Carriage four, seat thirty-two. The ticket costs eighty-nine zloty.
They might also say:
Wagon czwarty, miejsce trzydzieste drugie. Cena to osiemdziesiąt dziewięć złotych.
VAH-gohn CHFAHR-tih, MYAYS-tseh tshid-ZYEHS-teh DROO-gyeh. TSEH-nuh toh oh-syehmd-ZYEH-syohnt DZYEH-vyayntsy ZVOH-tikh.
Carriage four, seat thirty-two. The price is eighty-nine zloty.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze. Mogę zapłacić kartą?
DOB-zheh. MOH-geh zuh-PVAH-tseetsy KAHR-tom?
Fine. May I pay by card?
THEY SAY
Tak. Proszę przyłożyć kartę.Tahk. PROH-sheh pshih-VOH-zhitsy KAHR-teh.
Yes. Please hold the card to the reader.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!
THEY SAY
Proszę bardzo. Szczęśliwej podróży!PROH-sheh BAHRD-zoh. Shchaynsy-LEE-vay poh-DROO-zhih!
You're welcome. Have a good journey!
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
jutro
YOO-troh
adverb
tomorrow
miejscówką
myays-TSOOF-kom
noun
seat reservation (instrumental)
41 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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