Polish · Wypłata / pasek
You ask how your overtime is paid: what to say in Polish
You ask how your overtime is paid.
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How it's done. Nadgodziny are overtime hours; they are paid (dodatek, a supplement) or compensated with a day off, as set out in the contract or the company rules.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, w tym miesiącu przepracowałem dużo nadgodzin. Jak są rozliczane?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, f tim myeh-SYOHN-tsoo psheh-pruh-tsoh-VAH-vem DOO-zhoh nuhd-GOD-zeen. Yahk som roz-lee-CHAH-neh?
Excuse me, this month I worked a lot of overtime. How is it settled?
Or say:Pracowałem dłużej w zeszłym miesiącu. Dostanę za to pieniądze czy czas wolny?
Pruh-tsoh-VAH-vem DVOO-zhay v ZESH-vim myeh-SYOHN-tsoo. Dos-TAH-neh zah toh pyeh-NYOHND-zeh chih chahs VOL-nih?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
To zależy od umowy. U nas za nadgodziny dostaje się dodatek albo dzień wolny.Toh zuh-LEH-zhih ot oo-MOH-vih. Oo nahs zah nuhd-god-ZEE-nih dos-TAH-eh syeh doh-DAH-tek AHL-boh dzyayn VOL-nih.
That depends on the contract. With us you get a supplement or a day off for overtime.
They might also say:
U nas nadgodziny odbiera się czasem wolnym lub dostaje się dodatek.
Oo nahs nuhd-god-ZEE-nih od-BYEH-ruh syeh CHAH-sem VOL-nim loop dos-TAH-eh syeh doh-DAH-tek.
With us overtime is compensated with free time or a supplement.
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YOU REPLY
Gdzie mogę sprawdzić liczbę godzin?
Gdzyeh MOH-geh SPRAHVD-zeetsy LEEDZH-beh GOD-zeen?
Where can I check the number of hours?
THEY SAY
W systemie ewidencji czasu pracy. Pokażę panu.V sis-TEH-myeh eh-vee-DAYN-tsyee CHAH-soo PRAH-tsih. Poh-KAH-zheh PAH-noo.
In the working-time recording system. I'll show you.
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YOU FINISH
Bardzo dziękuję!
BAHRD-zoh dzyayn-KOO-eh!
Thank you very much!
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
miesiącu
myeh-SYOHN-tsoo
noun
month (locative)
przepracowałem
psheh-pruh-tsoh-VAH-vem
verb
I worked
dużo
DOO-zhoh
adverb
a lot
nadgodzin
nuhd-GOD-zeen
noun
overtime hours (genitive plural)
Jak
Yahk
adverb
how
31 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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