Polish · L4 / urlop
You ask your manager for leave: what to say in Polish
You ask your manager for leave.
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How it's done. Leave (urlop) is agreed with the manager in advance; the request is written on a form or sent electronically: wniosek urlopowy.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 wziąć urlop w sierpniu na dwa tygodnie.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim vzyohntsy OOR-lop f SYEHRP-nyoo nuh dvah tih-GOD-nyeh.
Good day, I'd like to take two weeks of leave in August.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy mogę złożyć wniosek urlopowy?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh ZVOH-zhitsy VNYOH-sek oor-loh-POH-vih?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Od kiedy do kiedy?Ot KYEH-dih doh KYEH-dih?
From when to when?
They might also say:
Na jaki termin?
Nuh YAH-kee TEHR-meen?
For which period?
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YOU FINISH
Od piątego do dziewiętnastego sierpnia.
Ot pyohn-TEH-goh doh dzyeh-vyaynt-nuhs-TEH-goh SYEHRP-nyuh.
From the fifth to the nineteenth of August.
THEY SAY
Sprawdzę kalendarz. Powinno być w porządku.SPRAHVD-zeh kuh-LAYN-duhsh. Poh-VEEN-noh bitsy f poh-ZHOHNT-koo.
I'll check the calendar. It should be fine.
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
wziąć
vzyohntsy
verb
to take
urlop
OOR-lop
noun
leave, holiday
sierpniu
SYEHRP-nyoo
noun
August (locative)
15 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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