How to Give Your Phone Number

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Welcome to Can Do Polish by PolishPod101.com.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to give your phone number in Polish.

For example, "My phone number is 656-792-384." is

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

Karolina Kovalsky is at the city hall registering her address.

A civil servant is asking for her phone number.

Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components.

Numer telefonu.

”phone number"

Numer telefonu.

Listen to the conversation, and focus on the response.

Note: the civil servant in this conversation uses formal Polish.

Ready?

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

Once more with the English translation.

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

"Your phone number, please."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

"My phone number is 656-792-384."

Let's break down the conversation.

Do you remember how the civil servant says,

"Your phone number, please."

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

Let’s start with numer telefonu, "phone number." Numer telefonu.

This starts with numer, "number." Numer. Numer.

Note: numer is masculine singular.

Next is telefonu, "phone." Telefonu. Telefonu.

Telefonu is from telefon, "telephone." Telefonu here means something like "of telephone," as in "number of telephone."

The grammatical term for this is the genitive.

This form of the genitive case is similar to the way "of" is used in the English "department of economics," "secretary of state," or "game of thrones."

In Polish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural.

Telefon is masculine singular.

To form the genitive for masculine singular nouns ending in a consonant, add a -u.

Telefon becomes telefonu when placed in the genitive.

Together it's numer telefonu. "Phone number." Numer telefonu.

Before numer telefonu is pani, literally, "Ms.’s," as in "Ms.’s telephone number," but translating as "your," as in "your telephone number," in this context. Pani. Pani.

Pani a formal way to address a female, and it often translates as Ms.

Moving to the front of the sentence, poproszę. "Please." Poproszę. Poproszę.

All together, Poproszę pani numer telefonu, literally "Please Ms.’s phone number," but it translates as "Your phone number, please."

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

Now, you might be more familiar with twój, an informal word for "your," as in twój numer telefonu, "your telephone number." As this is a city office setting, the formal form, pan, is more appropriate.

Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later.

Let’s take a closer look at the response.

Do you remember how Karolina says,

"My phone number is 656-792-384."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

Do you remember how to say "phone number?"

Numer telefonu. "Phone number." Numer telefonu.

Recall, numer telefonu is masculine singular.

Before this is mój, "my." Mój. Mój.

In this sentence, mój is masculine singular to agree with numer.

Next is to, in this case, think of it as something like an "equals sign," but translates as "is," in this context. To. To.

Together, it’s Mój numer telefonu to…literally "My phone number equals," but translates as, "My phone number is.…" Mój numer telefonu to…

Next is Karolina’s phone number, 656-792-384. 656-792-384.

Note how Karolina says her phone number.

When giving your phone number in Polish, say each digit separately. After each group of digits, include a short pause in place of the hyphen.

For example,

656-792-384

All together, it’s Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

"My phone number is 656-792-384."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

The pattern is

Mój numer telefonu to NUMBER.

"My phone number is NUMBER."

Mój numer telefonu to NUMBER.

To use this pattern, simply replace the {NUMBER} placeholder with your phone number.

Note: this pattern requires a sequence of digits. Which should be said separately.

Imagine your phone number is 689-111-111.

Say

"My phone number is 689-111-111."

Ready?

Mój numer telefonu to 689-111-111.

"My phone number is 689-111-111."

Mój numer telefonu to 689-111-111.

Again, the key pattern is

Mój numer telefonu to NUMBER.

"My phone number is NUMBER."

Mój numer telefonu to NUMBER.

Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

"My phone number is 656-792-384."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

Mój numer telefonu to 689-111-111.

"My phone number is 689-111-111."

Mój numer telefonu to 689-111-111.

Mój numer telefonu to 659-762-567.

"My phone number is 659-762-567."

Mój numer telefonu to 659-762-567.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-054-122.

"My phone number is 656-054-122."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-054-122.

667-178-232.

“667-178-232.”

667-178-232.

Did you notice how the last speaker omitted Mój numer telefonu to?

667-178-232.

"667-178-232".

When directly responding to a request, it’s often possible to omit part of the response.

Here by simply giving your phone number, there’s no need to say Mój numer telefonu to, "My phone number is."

The pattern is

NUMBER.

You should be aware of this shortcut, but you won’t need it for this lesson.

Let's review.

Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation.

Ready?

Do you remember how to say "phone number?"

Numer telefonu.

And how to say "my phone number?"

Mój numer telefonu.

Do you remember how Karolina says,

"My phone number is 656-792-384."

Mój numer telefonu to 656-792-384.

Do you remember the formal way to say

"your phone number" referring to a man?

Pana numer telefonu.

Do you remember how the civil servant says,

"Your phone number, please."

Poproszę pana numer telefonu.

Let's practice.

Imagine you’re Karol Kovalsky , and your phone number is 656-866-402.

Respond to the civil servant’s request.

Ready?

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-866-402.

Listen again and repeat.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-866-402.

Let’s try another.

Imagine you're Konrad Kowalski, and your phone number is 656-972-318 (sześć pięć sześć, dziewięć siedem dwa, trzy jeden osie

Ready?

Poproszę pana numer telefonu.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-972-318.

Listen again and repeat.

Mój numer telefonu to 656-972-318.

Let’s try one more.

Imagine you're Anna Kowalska , and your phone number is 659-762-567.

Ready?

Poproszę pani numer telefonu.

Mój numer telefonu to 659-762-567.

Listen again and repeat.

Mój numer telefonu to 659-762-567.

In Polish, if it's understood from the context which number you're referring to, it's possible to omit telefonu, "phone" in your response.

Mój numer to 656-122-344.

This is the end of this lesson.

In this lesson, you learned how to give your phone number in Polish. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of sharing your contact information.

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