Polish · Biblioteka / stołówka
You want to extend a loan: what to say in Polish
You want to extend a loan.
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How it's done. A loan can be extended (prolongata) before it expires: online in your library account or at the desk; for overdue items a kara (fine) per day is charged.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
Chciałbym przedłużyć termin zwrotu. Czy to możliwe?
KHTSYAHV-bim psheh-DVOO-zhitsy TEHR-meen ZVROH-too. Chih toh mozh-LEE-veh?
I'd like to extend the return date. Is that possible?
Or say:Czy mogę zrobić prolongatę tej książki?
Chih MOH-geh ZROH-beetsy proh-lohn-GAH-teh tay KSYOHNSH-kee?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Tak, można przedłużyć jeszcze raz o cztery tygodnie.Tahk, MOZH-nuh psheh-DVOO-zhitsy YEHSH-cheh rahs oh CHTEH-rih tih-GOD-nyeh.
Yes, it can be extended once more by four weeks.
They might also say:
Tak, raz. Można też to zrobić online.
Tahk, rahs. MOZH-nuh tesh toh ZROH-beetsy ohn-LIGHN.
Yes, once. You can also do it online.
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YOU FINISH
A co, jeśli oddam za późno?
Uh tsoh, YEHSY-lee OD-duhm zah POOZY-noh?
And what if I return it too late?
THEY SAY
Wtedy jest kara za każdy dzień.FTEH-dih yehst KAH-ruh zah KAHZH-dih dzyayn.
Then there is a fine for each day.
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
Chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
przedłużyć
psheh-DVOO-zhitsy
verb
to extend
termin
TEHR-meen
noun
date, appointment
zwrotu
ZVROH-too
noun
return (genitive)
możliwe
mozh-LEE-veh
adjective
possible
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
19 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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