Polish · Numer 112
There is a strong smell of gas in the stairwell and you phone the gas emergency service: what to say in Polish
There is a strong smell of gas in the stairwell and you phone the gas emergency service.
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How it's done. If you smell gas: do not switch on lights, do not use the doorbell or open flames, open windows, leave the building and phone the pogotowie gazowe (gas emergency service, number 992) or 112 from outside.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
Pogotowie gazowe, słucham.Poh-goh-TOH-vyeh guh-ZOH-veh, SVOO-khuhm.
Gas emergency service, I'm listening.
They might also say:
Pogotowie gazowe, co się stało?
Poh-goh-TOH-vyeh guh-ZOH-veh, tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Gas emergency service, what happened?
YOU REPLY
W klatce schodowej mocno pachnie gazem.
V KLAHT-tseh skhoh-DOH-vay MOTS-noh PAHKH-nyeh GAH-zem.
There is a strong smell of gas in the stairwell.
Or say:Czuję zapach gazu w moim mieszkaniu.
CHOO-eh ZAH-puhkh GAH-zoo v MOH-eem myehsh-KAH-nyoo.
THEY SAY
Proszę podać adres.PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy AH-dres.
Please give the address.
They might also say:
Gdzie dokładnie się pan znajduje?
Gdzyeh doh-KWAHD-nyeh syeh pahn znigh-DOO-eh?
Where exactly are you?
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YOU REPLY
Ulica Długa, numer dwanaście, Kraków.
Oo-LEE-tsuh DVOO-guh, NOO-mehr DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh, KRAH-koof.
Długa Street, number twelve, Kraków.
THEY SAY
Proszę natychmiast opuścić budynek. Nie włączać światła i nie dzwonić dzwonkiem.PROH-sheh nuh-TIKH-myuhst oh-POOSY-tseetsy boo-DIH-nek. Nyeh VVOHN-chuhtsy SYFYAH-tvuh ee nyeh DZVOH-neetsy DZVOHN-kyehm.
Please leave the building at once. Do not switch on the light and do not ring the bell.
They might also say:
Proszę wyjść na zewnątrz. Nie używać zapałek ani włączników światła.
PROH-sheh vihysytsy nuh ZEV-nohntsh. Nyeh oo-ZHIH-vuhtsy zuh-PAH-vek AH-nee vvohnch-NEE-koof SYFYAH-tvuh.
Please go outside. Do not use matches or light switches.
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YOU REPLY
Wychodzę. Czy mam ostrzec sąsiadów?
Vih-KHOD-zeh. Chih mahm OST-shets sohn-SYAH-doof?
I'm going out. Should I warn the neighbours?
THEY SAY
Tak, jeśli to bezpieczne. Pogotowie będzie za chwilę.Tahk, YEHSY-lee toh bes-PYEHCH-neh. Poh-goh-TOH-vyeh BAYND-zyeh zah KHFEE-leh.
Yes, if it is safe. The emergency service will be there shortly.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję! Czekam na zewnątrz.
Dzyayn-KOO-eh! CHEH-kuhm nuh ZEV-nohntsh.
Thank you! I'm waiting outside.
Words worth knowing
Pogotowie
Poh-goh-TOH-vyeh
noun
ambulance service
gazowe
guh-ZOH-veh
adjective
gas
słucham
SVOO-khuhm
verb
I am listening
klatce
KLAHT-tseh
noun
stairwell (locative)
schodowej
skhoh-DOH-vay
adjective
stair (genitive)
mocno
MOTS-noh
adverb
strongly
pachnie
PAHKH-nyeh
verb
smells
gazem
GAH-zem
noun
gas (instrumental)
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
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 to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
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