Polish · Pogotowie / wypadek
You need help at the scene: what to say in Polish
You need help at the scene.
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How it's done. Useful words: karetka (ambulance), pierwsza pomoc (first aid), apteczka (first-aid kit), spokojnie (calmly); police and ambulance have a dispatcher who will guide you by phone.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
Pomocy! Proszę wezwać karetkę! Jest ranny!
Poh-MOH-tsih! PROH-sheh VEZ-vuhtsy kuh-RET-keh! Yehst RAHN-nih!
Help! Please call an ambulance! Someone is injured!
Or say:Proszę o pomoc! Potrzebuję karetki.
PROH-sheh oh POH-mots! Pot-sheh-BOO-eh kuh-RET-kee.
THEY SAY
Już dzwonię. Czy ma pan apteczkę?Yoosh DZVOH-nyeh. Chih mah pahn uhp-TECH-keh?
I'm calling now. Do you have a first-aid kit?
They might also say:
Wzywam karetkę. Czy ma pan coś do opatrzenia ran?
VZIH-vuhm kuh-RET-keh. Chih mah pahn tsosy doh oh-puht-SHEH-nyuh rahn?
I'm calling an ambulance. Do you have anything to dress wounds?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, w bagażniku. Zaraz przyniosę.
Tahk, v buh-guhzh-NEE-koo. ZAH-ruhs pshih-NYOH-seh.
Yes, in the boot. I'll bring it right away.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Proszę zachować spokój, jestem przy panu.DOB-zheh. PROH-sheh zuh-KHOH-vuhtsy SPOH-kooy, YEHS-tem pshih PAH-noo.
Good. Please stay calm, I'm with you.
Words worth knowing
Pomocy
Poh-MOH-tsih
noun
help (genitive)
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
wezwać
VEZ-vuhtsy
verb
to call
karetkę
kuh-RET-keh
noun
ambulance (accusative)
Jest
Yehst
verb
is
ranny
RAHN-nih
adjective
injured
Już
Yoosh
adverb
already
dzwonię
DZVOH-nyeh
verb
I call
ma
mah
verb
has
All the 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 mi to pokazać.
PROH-sheh mee toh poh-KAH-zuhtsy.
Please show me.
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