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How to say “Could you put these in separate bags?” in Polish
Ask for items to be packed separately.
Czy może pan/pani zapakować to do osobnych toreb?
Could you put these in separate bags?
Indicate which items should be kept apart.
Use it in three situations
Packing fruit
Czy może pan/pani zapakować to do osobnych toreb?
Could you put these in separate bags?
Keeping fragile items apart
Czy może pan/pani zapakować chleb do osobnej torby?
Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Splitting a grocery purchase
Proszę zapakować owoce osobno od warzyw.
Please keep the fruit separate from the vegetables.
What to watch for
Separate bags refers to packaging, rather than separate payments.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine markets and groceries. Say this in Polish: Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Reveal a sample reply
Czy może pan/pani zapakować chleb do osobnej torby?
Could you put the bread in a separate bag?
Build a useful exchange
Buy a quantity and ask about a product.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking Polish
Polish distinguishes familiar ty from polite pan and pani. Choose pan when addressing a man and pani when addressing a woman formally; the paired forms shown in examples are alternatives, so say one. A formal question usually uses a third-person verb, such as Czy może pan …? First-person past and conditional forms can change with the speaker’s gender.
Keep letters such as ą, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, and ż. Noun and adjective endings can change with their role in the sentence. Learn the complete expression before replacing a name, object, or time.
