Polish · SOR / szpital
You are admitted and asked what happened: what to say in Polish
You are admitted and asked what happened.
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How it's done. Useful words: upadek (fall), złamanie (fracture), opuchnięty (swollen), ból (pain), skręcenie (sprain).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, co się stało?Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Good day, what happened?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, co panu dolega?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh PAH-noo doh-LEH-guh?
Good day, what's troubling you?
YOU REPLY
Upadłem i bardzo boli mnie ręka.
Oo-PAH-dvem ee BAHRD-zoh BOH-lee mnyeh RAYN-kuh.
I fell and my arm hurts a lot.
THEY SAY
Czy może pan nią ruszać?Chih MOH-zheh pahn nyom ROO-shuhtsy?
Can you move it?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, ale to bardzo boli. Jest opuchnięta.
Tahk, AH-leh toh BAHRD-zoh BOH-lee. Yehst oh-pookh-NYAYN-tuh.
Yes, but it hurts a lot. It is swollen.
THEY SAY
Zrobimy zdjęcie rentgenowskie. Proszę tam poczekać.Zroh-BEE-mih ZDYAYN-tsyeh raynd-geh-NOFS-kyeh. PROH-sheh tahm poh-CHEH-kuhtsy.
We'll do an X-ray. Please wait over there.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
stało
STAH-voh
verb
happened
Upadłem
Oo-PAH-dvem
verb
I fell
bardzo
BAHRD-zoh
adverb
very
boli
BOH-lee
verb
hurts
21 more 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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