Shopping and services (robić zakupy)

The core collocation

to do the shopping

robić zakupy — to do the shopping. Zakupy (purchases) you know; with robić it is THE everyday phrase: Robię zakupy w supermarkecie.

supermarket

supermarket and cash machine, ATM

bankomat (cash machine) are the two places every errand run passes through. petrol

benzyna — petrol — is what the car needs on the way.

Quantities

kilo (spoken short form of kilogram)

kilo is the spoken short form of kilogram — kilo ziemniaków. Both are correct; kilo is what you will hear at the market.

When something is wrong

to file a complaint (about goods/service)

składać reklamację — to file a complaint (about a product or service): Chcę złożyć reklamację. The perfective is złożyć.

police

policja — the police — and million

milion — a million — round out the practical set: Ten dom kosztuje milion złotych.