Polish · Wypłata / pasek
You ask for the payslip to be explained: what to say in Polish
You ask for an explanation of the payslip.
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How it's done. Brutto is before tax, netto take-home, składki contributions (to ZUS), podatek tax; the slip has wynagrodzenie zasadnicze (basic pay).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
Przepraszam, czy mogę prosić o wyjaśnienie paska wypłaty?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, chih MOH-geh PROH-seetsy oh vih-ahsy-NYEH-nyeh PAHS-kuh vih-PVAH-tih?
Excuse me, may I ask for an explanation of the payslip?
Or say:Przepraszam, nie rozumiem tego paska wypłaty.
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, nyeh roh-ZOO-myehm TEH-goh PAHS-kuh vih-PVAH-tih.
THEY SAY
Oczywiście. Co jest niejasne?Oh-CHIH-veesy-tsyeh. Tsoh yehst nyeh-AHS-neh?
Of course. What is unclear?
They might also say:
Chętnie. Który punkt?
KHAYNT-nyeh. KTOO-rih poonkt?
Gladly. Which point?
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YOU FINISH
Jaka jest różnica między brutto a netto?
YAH-kuh yehst roozh-NEE-tsuh MYAYND-zih BROOT-toh uh NET-toh?
What is the difference between gross and net?
THEY SAY
Brutto to kwota przed potrąceniami, netto to to, co pan dostaje na konto.BROOT-toh toh KFOH-tuh pshet poh-trohn-tseh-NYAH-mee, NET-toh toh toh, tsoh pahn dos-TAH-eh nuh KOHN-toh.
Gross is the amount before deductions, net is what you get into your account.
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
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
prosić
PROH-seetsy
verb
to ask for
wyjaśnienie
vih-ahsy-NYEH-nyeh
noun
explanation
paska
PAHS-kuh
noun
slip (genitive)
wypłaty
vih-PVAH-tih
noun
payment (genitive)
20 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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