Polish · Awaria / holowanie
The car broke down on the road and you phone roadside assistance: what to say in Polish
Your car has broken down on the road and you phone roadside assistance.
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How it's done. If your car breaks down on the road: switch on the hazard lights, put on a vest, set up the warning triangle and phone assistance (roadside help) with your insurance policy or 112.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Assistance, dzień dobry. W czym mogę pomóc?Uh-sis-TAHNS, dzyayn DOH-brih. V chim MOH-geh POH-moots?
Assistance, good day. How can I help?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, pomoc drogowa, słucham.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, POH-mots droh-GOH-vuh, SVOO-khuhm.
Good day, roadside assistance, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry, mój samochód się zepsuł na drodze. Potrzebuję lawety.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, mooy suh-MOH-khoot syeh ZEP-soov nuh DROD-zeh. Pot-sheh-BOO-eh luh-VEH-tih.
Good day, my car has broken down on the road. I need a tow truck.
Or say:Dzień dobry, mam awarię i nie mogę jechać dalej.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, mahm uh-VAH-ryeh ee nyeh MOH-geh YEH-khuhtsy DAH-lay.
THEY SAY
Gdzie dokładnie pan jest? Proszę podać miejscowość i drogę.Gdzyeh doh-KWAHD-nyeh pahn yehst? PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy myays-TSOH-vosytsy ee DROH-geh.
Where exactly are you? Please give the place and the road.
They might also say:
Proszę podać dokładną lokalizację i numer polisy.
PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy doh-KWAHD-nom loh-kuh-lee-ZAH-tsyeh ee NOO-mehr poh-LEE-sih.
Please give the exact location and the policy number.
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YOU REPLY
Jestem na drodze numer siedem, przed Krakowem. Numer polisy mam w aplikacji.
YEHS-tem nuh DROD-zeh NOO-mehr SYEH-dem, pshet Kruh-KOH-vem. NOO-mehr poh-LEE-sih mahm v uh-plee-KAH-tsyee.
I'm on road number seven, before Kraków. I have the policy number in the app.
THEY SAY
Rozumiem. Laweta będzie za około czterdzieści minut. Proszę zostać w bezpiecznym miejscu.Roh-ZOO-myehm. Luh-VEH-tuh BAYND-zyeh zah oh-KOH-voh chtehrd-ZYEHSY-tsee MEE-noot. PROH-sheh ZOS-tuhtsy v bes-PYEHCH-nim MYAYS-tsoo.
I see. The tow truck will be there in about forty minutes. Please stay in a safe place.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze. Czy mam włączyć światła awaryjne i założyć kamizelkę?
DOB-zheh. Chih mahm VVOHN-chitsy SYFYAH-tvuh uh-vuh-RIHY-neh ee zuh-VOH-zhitsy kuh-mee-ZEL-keh?
All right. Should I switch on the hazard lights and put on a vest?
THEY SAY
Tak, i proszę ustawić trójkąt ostrzegawczy.Tahk, ee PROH-sheh oos-TAH-veetsy TROOY-kohnt ost-sheh-GAHF-chih.
Yes, and please set up the warning triangle.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję, będę czekać.
Dzyayn-KOO-eh, BAYN-deh CHEH-kuhtsy.
Thank you, I'll wait.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Assistance
Uh-sis-TAHNS
noun
assistance
dzień
dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mogę
MOH-geh
verb
I can
pomóc
POH-moots
verb
to help
samochód
suh-MOH-khoot
noun
car
50 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
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