- Tak (tahk) - Yes
- Nie (nyeh) - No
- Dziękuję (jen-koo-yeh) - Thank you
- Proszę - (proh-sheh) - Please/ Here you are
- Czesc (cheshch) - Hi/Hello/Bye
It has low formality and can be used as a greeting phrase or as a way of saying goodbye.
- Dzien dobry (jane-doh-brih) - Good morning/Good afternoon
Poles use it as a standard greeting, morning or afternoon, when communicating with others they do not know or people of authority.
- Dobry wieczor (doh-brih vieh-choor) - Good evening
A standard formal way of greeting people in the evening.
- Dobranoc (doh-bra notes) - Good night
A formal and informal way of wishing somebody a good night.
- Jak sie masz? (yahk shay mahsh?) - How are you?
Both phrases mean the same and normally come after the greeting to ask someone how they are feeling. Though a speaker is asking, it is normally bad etiquette to go into too much detail.
- Na zdrowie (nah zdroh-vyeh) - Cheers / Bless you
This phrase can be used to toast someone (Cheers) or when someone sneezes (Bless you).
- Nie mówię po polsku (nyeh moo-vyeh poh pohl-skoo) - I don't speak Polish.
- Nie rozumiem (nye ross-umyea-mhm)- I don't understand.
- Przepraszam (psheh-PRAH-shahm) - I'm sorry / Excuse me
- Ile to kosztuje? (eel'e tho kosh-two-yeah?) - How much is it?
- Co to jest? (tso tho yeast?) - What is it?
- Nie ma za co (Nye mah za tso) - Your welcome / Don't mention it
