THE QUICK ANSWER
To make plans with a friend in Polish, ask Masz czas w sobotę? (Are you free on Saturday?). Suggest a time with Spotkajmy się o czternastej (Let’s meet at two p.m.) and ask Gdzie się spotkamy? (Where shall we meet?). Confirm the day, time and place together before saying goodbye.
WORDS YOU CAN USE TODAY
11 useful phrases
Listen to the Polish, then try it aloud. Audio uses a synthetic Polish voice; no voice installation is needed.
Masz czas w sobotę?
Are you free on Saturday?
Literally, Do you have time on Saturday? Masz addresses one person informally.
Może pójdziemy na spacer?
Shall we go for a walk?
Może makes this a suggestion. Na spacer means for a walk.
Chętnie!
I would love to!
A friendly way to accept an invitation. It does not change with the speaker’s gender.
Niestety, nie mogę.
Unfortunately, I cannot.
A polite way to decline. You can add another time if you still want to meet.
O której się spotkamy?
What time shall we meet?
O której asks at what time something will happen.
Spotkajmy się o czternastej.
Let’s meet at two p.m.
Czternasta is 14:00. After o, use czternastej: o czternastej.
Czy pasuje ci czternasta?
Does two p.m. work for you?
Ci means for you here, addressed informally to one person. Czternasta names the proposed hour.
Pasuje mi.
That works for me.
A short confirmation that the suggested time is suitable. Mi means for me here.
Gdzie się spotkamy?
Where shall we meet?
Ask this to settle the meeting place after you agree on a time.
Spotkajmy się przy wejściu do parku.
Let’s meet by the entrance to the park.
Przy wejściu means by the entrance. Choose a specific entrance if there is more than one.
Do zobaczenia w sobotę!
See you on Saturday!
A friendly closing once the details are agreed. W sobotę means on Saturday.
Practise conversations aloud with feedback in Movoza.
Start with a day and an activity
Masz czas w sobotę? asks whether your friend is available on Saturday. You can then suggest an activity: Może pójdziemy na spacer? A quick Chętnie! accepts the idea. All three belong to an informal exchange with someone you address as ty.
Learn the day as a short phrase: w sobotę (on Saturday), w niedzielę (on Sunday) or w piątek (on Friday). Polish weekday names normally start with a lowercase letter. If you cannot accept, Niestety, nie mogę is enough; you can follow it with an alternative day or time.
Ask what time, then check whether it works
O której się spotkamy? asks for the meeting time. Answer with o and the hour: o trzynastej (at one p.m.) or o czternastej (at two p.m.). These examples use the 24-hour clock, so the afternoon is clear. Spotkajmy się means Let’s meet; keep się in the phrase.
Czy pasuje ci czternasta? asks whether two p.m. works for your friend. Here czternasta is the hour being proposed; after o, it becomes czternastej. To accept, say Pasuje mi. To change the time, you can say O trzynastej nie mogę. Może o czternastej? (I cannot make one p.m. How about two p.m.?).
Confirm the place as well as the time
Gdzie się spotkamy? asks where you will meet. Spotkajmy się przy wejściu do parku suggests meeting by the park entrance. Przy wejściu describes a place by the entrance; w parku means in the park. The two descriptions may lead you to different meeting points, so be specific.
Repeat the final agreement as one line: W sobotę o czternastej przy wejściu do parku (On Saturday at two p.m. by the entrance to the park). If there are several entrances, agree which one. Then Do zobaczenia w sobotę! closes the conversation with the day you have chosen.
PUT IT TOGETHER
A short conversation
Read both parts. Then cover the English and try your reply aloud.
- Friend
Cześć! Masz czas w sobotę?
Hi! Are you free on Saturday?
- You
Tak. Może pójdziemy na spacer?
Yes. Shall we go for a walk?
- Friend
Chętnie! Spotkajmy się o trzynastej.
I would love to! Let’s meet at one p.m.
- You
O trzynastej nie mogę. Czy pasuje ci czternasta?
I cannot make one p.m. Does two p.m. work for you?
- Friend
Tak, pasuje mi. Gdzie się spotkamy?
Yes, that works for me. Where shall we meet?
- You
Spotkajmy się przy wejściu do parku.
Let’s meet by the entrance to the park.
- Friend
Dobrze, w sobotę o czternastej przy wejściu do parku.
Okay, on Saturday at two p.m. by the entrance to the park.
- You
Do zobaczenia w sobotę!
See you on Saturday!
YOUR TURN
One small speaking challenge.
Use the fictional Saturday walk. Ask your friend what time to meet, propose two p.m., and agree on the park entrance. On a second round, practise saying that one p.m. does not work and offering two p.m. instead. Finish by repeating all three details: day, time and place.
In the fictional dialogue, one p.m. does not work. Your friend agrees to two p.m. Which sentence confirms that final time?
Show the answer
Spotkajmy się o czternastej. O czternastej means at 14:00, or two p.m., the agreed time. O trzynastej means at one p.m.; Gdzie się spotkamy? asks about the place.
Now say Spotkajmy się o czternastej. aloud.
