Polish · Numer 112
You see an accident and phone: what to say in Polish
You witnessed an accident and phone.
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How it's done. A witness to an accident phones 112, states the place and the number of injured, stays on site and does not switch off the phone until the dispatcher says so.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
Numer alarmowy sto dwanaście, co się stało?NOO-mehr uh-luhr-MOH-vih stoh DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh, tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Emergency one one two, what happened?
YOU REPLY
Tutaj zdarzył się wypadek. Dwa samochody się zderzyły.
TOO-tigh ZDAH-zhiv syeh vih-PAH-dek. Dvah suh-moh-KHOH-dih syeh zdeh-ZHIH-vih.
An accident happened here. Two cars collided.
THEY SAY
Gdzie dokładnie? Czy są ranni?Gdzyeh doh-KWAHD-nyeh? Chih som RAHN-nee?
Where exactly? Are there injured people?
They might also say:
Gdzie to jest? Czy ktoś jest ranny?
Gdzyeh toh yehst? Chih ktosy yehst RAHN-nih?
Where is it? Is anyone injured?
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YOU FINISH
Na skrzyżowaniu ulicy Głównej i Dworcowej. Jedna osoba jest ranna.
Nuh skshih-zhoh-VAH-nyoo oo-LEE-tsih GWOOV-nay ee Dvor-TSOH-vay. YEHD-nuh oh-SOH-buh yehst RAHN-nuh.
At the crossing of Główna and Dworcowa. One person is injured.
THEY SAY
Wysyłamy karetkę i policję. Proszę zostać na miejscu.Vih-sih-VAH-mih kuh-RET-keh ee poh-LEE-tsyeh. PROH-sheh ZOS-tuhtsy nuh MYAYS-tsoo.
We're sending an ambulance and police. Please stay on site.
Words worth knowing
Numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
alarmowy
uh-luhr-MOH-vih
adjective
emergency
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
Tutaj
TOO-tigh
adverb
here
zdarzył
ZDAH-zhiv
verb
happened
wypadek
vih-PAH-dek
noun
accident
samochody
suh-moh-KHOH-dih
noun
cars
zderzyły
zdeh-ZHIH-vih
verb
collided
Gdzie
Gdzyeh
adverb
where
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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
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