Polish · Taxi / aplikacja
Your bag was left in the taxi and you phone the company: what to say in Polish
Your bag was left in a taxi and you phone the taxi service.
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How it's done. If you leave something in a taxi phone the taxi service or write through the app: give the time, route and place; big companies have a lost-property office (rzeczy znalezione).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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Taxi, słucham.TAHK-see, SVOO-khuhm.
Taxi, I'm listening.
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, centrala taxi.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsayn-TRAH-luh TAHK-see.
Good day, taxi dispatch.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry. Zostawiłem torbę w taksówce godzinę temu.
Dzyayn DOH-brih. Zos-tuh-VEE-vem TOR-beh f tuhk-SOOF-tseh god-ZEE-neh TEH-moo.
Good day. I left a bag in a taxi an hour ago.
THEY SAY
Skąd i dokąd był kurs? O której godzinie?Skohnt ee DOH-kohnt biv koors? Oh KTOO-ray god-ZEE-nyeh?
From where to where was the ride? At what time?
2
YOU REPLY
Z dworca do hotelu, około szesnastej. Torba jest czarna.
Z DVOR-tsuh doh khoh-TEH-loo, oh-KOH-voh shes-NAHS-tay. TOR-buh yehst CHAHR-nuh.
From the station to a hotel, around four. The bag is black.
THEY SAY
Rozumiem. Czy ma pan potwierdzenie przejazdu w aplikacji?Roh-ZOO-myehm. Chih mah pahn pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh psheh-AHZ-doo v uh-plee-KAH-tsyee?
I see. Do you have the ride confirmation in the app?
They might also say:
Dobrze. Czy ma pan potwierdzenie przejazdu?
DOB-zheh. Chih mah pahn pot-fyehrd-ZEH-nyeh psheh-AHZ-doo?
Fine. Do you have the ride confirmation?
3
YOU REPLY
Tak, mam je na telefonie.
Tahk, mahm yeh nuh teh-leh-FOH-nyeh.
Yes, I have it on my phone.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Kierowca skontaktuje się w ciągu godziny.DOB-zheh. Kyeh-ROF-tsuh skohn-tuhk-TOO-eh syeh f TSYOHN-goo god-ZEE-nih.
Fine. The driver will contact you within an hour.
4
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh zah POH-mots!
Thank you very much 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
Taxi
TAHK-see
noun
taxi
słucham
SVOO-khuhm
verb
I am listening
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
Zostawiłem
Zos-tuh-VEE-vem
verb
I left
torbę
TOR-beh
noun
bag (accusative)
44 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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