Polish · Numer 112
There is a fire and you phone 112: what to say in Polish
There is a fire and you phone 112.
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How it's done. 112 is the single emergency number in Poland; there are also 997 (police), 998 (fire), 999 (ambulance). The dispatcher asks where and what happened; wait for questions and don't hang up first.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, słucham. Co się stało?NOO-mehr uh-luhr-MOH-vih stoh DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh, SVOO-khuhm. Tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Emergency number one one two, I'm listening. What happened?
They might also say:
Centrum powiadamiania ratunkowego, słucham. Gdzie jest zdarzenie?
TSAYN-troom poh-vyuh-duh-MYAH-nyuh ruh-toon-koh-VEH-goh, SVOO-khuhm. Gdzyeh yehst zduh-ZHEH-nyeh?
Emergency notification centre, I'm listening. Where is the incident?
YOU REPLY
Pali się w moim mieszkaniu! Mieszkam przy ulicy Lipowej dwanaście.
PAH-lee syeh v MOH-eem myehsh-KAH-nyoo! MYEHSH-kuhm pshih oo-LEE-tsih Lee-POH-vay DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh.
There's a fire in my flat! I live at Lipowa Street twelve.
THEY SAY
Czy ktoś jest ranny? Czy są jeszcze ludzie w mieszkaniu?Chih ktosy yehst RAHN-nih? Chih som YEHSH-cheh LOOD-zyeh v myehsh-KAH-nyoo?
Is anyone injured? Are there still people in the flat?
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YOU FINISH
Nie, wszyscy jesteśmy na zewnątrz.
Nyeh, FSHIS-tsih YEHS-tesy-mih nuh ZEV-nohntsh.
No, we are all outside.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Straż pożarna jest w drodze. Proszę zostać na zewnątrz.DOB-zheh. Strahsh poh-ZHAHR-nuh yehst v DROD-zeh. PROH-sheh ZOS-tuhtsy nuh ZEV-nohntsh.
Good. The fire brigade is on its way. Please stay outside.
Words worth knowing
Numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
alarmowy
uh-luhr-MOH-vih
adjective
emergency
słucham
SVOO-khuhm
verb
I am listening
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
Pali
PAH-lee
verb
burns
mieszkaniu
myehsh-KAH-nyoo
noun
flat (locative)
Mieszkam
MYEHSH-kuhm
verb
I live
ulicy
oo-LEE-tsih
noun
street (genitive)
jest
yehst
verb
is
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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