Polish · Numer 112
Your child drank household cleaner and you phone the emergency number: what to say in Polish
Your child has drunk a cleaning product and you phone the emergency number.
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How it's done. If a child has swallowed something dangerous, phone 112: give the child's age, what it was and how much; do not induce vomiting without advice.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 number one-one-two, what happened?
They might also say:
Centrum powiadamiania ratunkowego, słucham.
TSAYN-troom poh-vyuh-duh-MYAH-nyuh ruh-toon-koh-VEH-goh, SVOO-khuhm.
Emergency call centre, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry, moje dziecko wypiło płyn do mycia naczyń.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MOH-eh DZYEHTS-koh vih-PEE-voh pvihn doh MIH-tsyuh NAH-chihn.
Good day, my child has drunk washing-up liquid.
THEY SAY
Ile lat ma dziecko i ile mniej więcej wypiło?EE-leh laht mah DZYEHTS-koh ee EE-leh mnyay VYAYN-tsay vih-PEE-voh?
How old is the child and about how much did it drink?
They might also say:
Ile lat ma dziecko? Ile mogło wypić?
EE-leh laht mah DZYEHTS-koh? EE-leh MOH-gwoh VIH-peetsy?
How old is the child? How much could it have drunk?
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YOU REPLY
Ma trzy lata. Chyba jeden łyk.
Mah tshih LAH-tuh. KHIH-buh YEH-dayn vik.
It is three years old. I think one sip.
THEY SAY
Proszę dać dziecku trochę wody. Nie wolno wywoływać wymiotów.PROH-sheh dahtsy DZYEHTS-koo TROH-kheh VOH-dih. Nyeh VOL-noh vih-voh-VIH-vuhtsy vih-MYOH-toof.
Please give the child a little water. Do not induce vomiting.
They might also say:
Proszę podać wodę do picia i nie wywoływać wymiotów.
PROH-sheh POH-duhtsy VOH-deh doh PEE-tsyuh ee nyeh vih-voh-VIH-vuhtsy vih-MYOH-toof.
Please give water to drink and do not induce vomiting.
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YOU REPLY
Czy muszę jechać na SOR?
Chih MOO-sheh YEH-khuhtsy nuh Sor?
Do I have to go to the emergency department?
THEY SAY
Jeśli dziecko ma objawy, wyślemy karetkę. Proszę je obserwować i być pod telefonem.YEHSY-lee DZYEHTS-koh mah oh-BYAH-vih, visy-LEH-mih kuh-RET-keh. PROH-sheh yeh op-sehr-VOH-vuhtsy ee bitsy pot teh-leh-FOH-nem.
If the child has symptoms we'll send an ambulance. Please watch it and stay by the phone.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za pomoc!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah POH-mots!
Thank you for your help!
Words worth knowing
Numer
NOO-mehr
noun
number
alarmowy
uh-luhr-MOH-vih
adjective
emergency
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
wypiło
vih-PEE-voh
verb
drank
płyn
pvihn
noun
liquid
mycia
MIH-tsyuh
noun
washing (genitive)
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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