Polish · Numer 112
Someone next to you feels unwell and you call an ambulance: what to say in Polish
Someone next to you feels unwell and you call an ambulance.
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How it's done. Useful words: nieprzytomny (unconscious), nie oddycha (not breathing), zawał (heart attack), pogotowie (ambulance), karetka (ambulance car).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?
They might also say:
Pogotowie ratunkowe, słucham. Gdzie jest zdarzenie?
Poh-goh-TOH-vyeh ruh-toon-KOH-veh, SVOO-khuhm. Gdzyeh yehst zduh-ZHEH-nyeh?
Ambulance, I'm listening. Where is the incident?
YOU REPLY
Mój mąż jest nieprzytomny. Leży na podłodze.
Mooy mohnsh yehst nyehp-shih-TOM-nih. LEH-zhih nuh poh-DVOD-zeh.
My husband is unconscious. He is lying on the floor.
THEY SAY
Czy oddycha? Gdzie dokładnie jesteście?Chih od-DIH-khuh? Gdzyeh doh-KWAHD-nyeh YEHS-tesy-tsyeh?
Is he breathing? Where exactly are you?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, oddycha. Jesteśmy przy ulicy Lipowej dwanaście, trzecie piętro.
Tahk, od-DIH-khuh. YEHS-tesy-mih pshih oo-LEE-tsih Lee-POH-vay DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh, TSHEH-tsyeh PYAYN-troh.
Yes, he's breathing. We are at Lipowa Street twelve, third floor.
THEY SAY
Karetka jedzie. Proszę ułożyć go w pozycji bocznej bezpiecznej.Kuh-RET-kuh YEHD-zyeh. PROH-sheh oo-VOH-zhitsy goh f poh-ZIH-tsyee BOCH-nay bes-PYEHCH-nay.
The ambulance is on its way. Please put him in the recovery position.
Words worth knowing
Numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
alarmowy
uh-luhr-MOH-vih
adjective
emergency
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
mąż
mohnsh
noun
husband
jest
yehst
verb
is
nieprzytomny
nyehp-shih-TOM-nih
adjective
unconscious
Leży
LEH-zhih
verb
lies
podłodze
poh-DVOD-zeh
noun
floor (locative)
oddycha
od-DIH-khuh
verb
breathes
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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