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You ask when you will be paid: what to say in Polish

You ask when the payment is made.

Wypłata / pasek4 linesLevel A1For life in Poland The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. The payment (wypłata) arrives in the account usually by the tenth of the following month; the exact day is in the contract.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, kiedy jest wypłata?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, KYEH-dih yehst vih-PVAH-tuh?
Excuse me, when is payday?
Or say:Przepraszam, którego dnia dostaję pensję?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, ktoo-REH-goh dnyah dos-TAH-eh PAYN-syeh?
THEY SAY
Do dziesiątego dnia miesiąca.
Doh dzyeh-syohn-TEH-goh dnyah myeh-SYOHN-tsuh.
By the tenth day of the month.
They might also say:
Wypłata jest do dziesiątego.
Vih-PVAH-tuh yehst doh dzyeh-syohn-TEH-goh.
Payday is by the tenth.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję. A w jaki sposób?
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. Uh v YAH-kee SPOH-soop?
Thank you. And in what way?
THEY SAY
Przelewem na konto bankowe.
Psheh-LEH-vem nuh KOHN-toh bahn-KOH-veh.
By transfer to the bank account.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
kiedy
KYEH-dih
adverb
when
jest
yehst
verb
is
wypłata
vih-PVAH-tuh
noun
pay
dnia
dnyah
noun
of the day
miesiąca
myeh-SYOHN-tsuh
noun
of the month

11 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?

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