Polish · NFZ / ubezpieczenie
You ask about your health insurance: what to say in Polish
You ask about your health insurance.
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How it's done. Ubezpieczenie zdrowotne is health insurance in the NFZ; it is valid when contributions are paid for you (from work or by law); you can check it in IKP or at the doctor by PESEL.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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YOU START
Dzień dobry, czy mam ubezpieczenie zdrowotne w NFZ?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih mahm oo-bes-pyeh-CHEH-nyeh zdroh-VOT-neh v En-ef-zet?
Good day, do I have health insurance in the NFZ?
Or say:Dzień dobry, jak mogę sprawdzić moje ubezpieczenie zdrowotne?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, yahk MOH-geh SPRAHVD-zeetsy MOH-eh oo-bes-pyeh-CHEH-nyeh zdroh-VOT-neh?
THEY SAY
Proszę podać numer PESEL. Sprawdzimy.PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy NOO-mehr PEH-sel. Spruhvd-ZEE-mih.
Please give the PESEL number. We'll check.
They might also say:
Poproszę o PESEL. Sprawdzę w systemie.
Poh-PROH-sheh oh PEH-sel. SPRAHVD-zeh f sis-TEH-myeh.
PESEL, please. I'll check in the system.
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YOU FINISH
Oto numer PESEL.
OH-toh NOO-mehr PEH-sel.
Here is the PESEL number.
THEY SAY
Tak, ma pan aktywne ubezpieczenie.Tahk, mah pahn uhk-TIV-neh oo-bes-pyeh-CHEH-nyeh.
Yes, you have active insurance.
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
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mam
mahm
verb
I have
ubezpieczenie
oo-bes-pyeh-CHEH-nyeh
noun
insurance
zdrowotne
zdroh-VOT-neh
adjective
health
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
12 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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