Polish · Bilety / komunikacja miejska
You do not have a valid ticket: what to say in Polish
You do not have a valid ticket.
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How it's done. Travelling without a ticket carries an opłata dodatkowa (fine); if you had a ticket but didn't validate it you can usually submit an explanation in writing. The fine is paid by transfer within the stated time.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Poproszę bilet do kontroli. Ten bilet jest nieskasowany.Poh-PROH-sheh BEE-let doh kohn-TROH-lee. Tayn BEE-let yehst nyehs-kuh-soh-VAH-nih.
Your ticket, please. This ticket isn't validated.
They might also say:
Nie widzę ważnego biletu. Czy ma pan inny?
Nyeh VEED-zeh vuhzh-NEH-goh bee-LEH-too. Chih mah pahn EEN-nih?
I don't see a valid ticket. Do you have another one?
YOU REPLY
Przepraszam, nie wiedziałem, że trzeba skasować.
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, nyeh vyehd-ZYAH-vem, zheh TSHEH-buh skuh-SOH-vuhtsy.
Sorry, I didn't know it had to be validated.
THEY SAY
Niestety muszę wypisać opłatę dodatkową.Nyehs-TEH-tih MOO-sheh vih-PEE-suhtsy oh-PVAH-teh doh-duht-KOH-vom.
Unfortunately I must write out the extra charge.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem. Jak mogę zapłacić?
Roh-ZOO-myehm. Yahk MOH-geh zuh-PVAH-tseetsy?
I understand. How can I pay?
THEY SAY
Przelewem w ciągu czternastu dni. Dane są na druku.Psheh-LEH-vem f TSYOHN-goo chtehr-NAHS-too dnee. DAH-neh som nuh DROO-koo.
By transfer within fourteen days. The details are on the form.
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
Poproszę
Poh-PROH-sheh
verb
I would like (to order)
bilet
BEE-let
noun
ticket
kontroli
kohn-TROH-lee
noun
inspection (genitive)
jest
yehst
verb
is
nieskasowany
nyehs-kuh-soh-VAH-nih
adjective
not validated
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
25 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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
Similar situations
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→You ask about a monthly passBilety / komunikacja miejska · A2 in the app
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