Polish · Dworzec / PKP
You look for somewhere to leave a suitcase for a few hours: what to say in Polish
You look for a place to leave a suitcase for a few hours.
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How it's done. Big stations have a przechowalnia bagażu (left-luggage office) or lockers (skrytki bagażowe): you pay by the hour or by the day; a staffed office asks for an ID.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, gdzie jest przechowalnia bagażu?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh yehst psheh-khoh-VAHL-nyuh buh-GAH-zhoo?
Excuse me, where is the left-luggage office?
Or say:Przepraszam, czy na dworcu są skrytki na bagaż?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih nuh DVOR-tsoo som SKRIT-kee nuh BAH-guhsh?
THEY SAY
Na dole, obok toalet.Nuh DOH-leh, OH-bok toh-AH-let.
Downstairs, next to the toilets.
They might also say:
Skrytki są na dolnym poziomie, obok wyjścia.
SKRIT-kee som nuh DOL-nim poh-ZYOH-myeh, OH-bok VIHYSY-tsyuh.
The lockers are on the lower level, next to the exit.
2
YOU REPLY
Ile kosztuje przechowanie walizki?
EE-leh kosh-TOO-eh psheh-khoh-VAH-nyeh vuh-LEES-kee?
How much does it cost to store a suitcase?
THEY SAY
Dziesięć złotych za dobę.DZYEH-syayntsy ZVOH-tikh zah DOH-beh.
Ten zloty a day.
3
YOU REPLY
Czy potrzebuję dokumentu?
Chih pot-sheh-BOO-eh doh-koo-MAYN-too?
Do I need an ID?
THEY SAY
W skrytce nie. W przechowalni z obsługą trzeba pokazać dokument.V SKRIT-tseh nyeh. V psheh-khoh-VAHL-nee z op-SVOO-gom TSHEH-buh poh-KAH-zuhtsy doh-KOO-maynt.
Not at a locker. At a staffed office you have to show an ID.
4
YOU REPLY
Rozumiem. Czy jest otwarte całą dobę?
Roh-ZOO-myehm. Chih yehst ot-FAHR-teh TSAH-vom DOH-beh?
I see. Is it open around the clock?
THEY SAY
Skrytki tak, przechowalnia nie.SKRIT-kee tahk, psheh-khoh-VAHL-nyuh nyeh.
The lockers yes, the office no.
5
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za informację!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh!
Thanks for the information!
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
jest
yehst
verb
is
przechowalnia
psheh-khoh-VAHL-nyuh
noun
left-luggage office
bagażu
buh-GAH-zhoo
noun
luggage (genitive)
dole
DOH-leh
noun
bottom (locative)
32 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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