Polish · Biblioteka / stołówka
You borrow a book from the university library: what to say in Polish
You borrow a book at the university library.
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How it's done. To borrow a book you need a karta biblioteczna (library card), often the student ID; there is a termin zwrotu (return date) which can be extended.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, chciałbym wypożyczyć tę książkę.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim vih-poh-ZHIH-chitsy teh KSYOHNSH-keh.
Good day, I'd like to borrow this book.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy mogę wypożyczyć tę książkę do domu?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh vih-poh-ZHIH-chitsy teh KSYOHNSH-keh doh DOH-moo?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Czy ma pan kartę biblioteczną?Chih mah pahn KAHR-teh bee-blee-oh-TECH-nom?
Do you have a library card?
They might also say:
Poproszę legitymację studencką.
Poh-PROH-sheh leh-gee-tih-MAH-tsyeh stoo-DAYNTS-kom.
Your student ID, please.
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YOU FINISH
Tak, oto legitymacja.
Tahk, OH-toh leh-gee-tih-MAH-tsyuh.
Yes, here is the ID.
THEY SAY
Dziękuję. Termin zwrotu to cztery tygodnie.Dzyayn-KOO-eh. TEHR-meen ZVROH-too toh CHTEH-rih tih-GOD-nyeh.
Thank you. The return date is four weeks.
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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
wypożyczyć
vih-poh-ZHIH-chitsy
verb
to borrow
książkę
KSYOHNSH-keh
noun
book (accusative)
ma
mah
verb
has
14 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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