Polish · Przychodnia / lekarz rodzinny
You explain to the doctor what is troubling you: what to say in Polish
You explain to the doctor what is troubling you.
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How it's done. Useful words: gardło (throat), kaszel (cough), katar (runny nose), gorączka (fever), ból głowy (headache), boli mnie... (my ... hurts).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
Dzień dobry, co pana do mnie sprowadza?Dzyayn DOH-brih, tsoh PAH-nuh doh mnyeh sproh-VAHD-zuh?
Good day, what brings you to me?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, na co pan się skarży?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, nuh tsoh pahn syeh SKAHR-zhih?
Good day, what are you complaining of?
YOU REPLY
Boli mnie gardło od trzech dni i kaszlę.
BOH-lee mnyeh GAHR-dvoh ot tshekh dnee ee KAHSH-leh.
My throat has hurt for three days and I'm coughing.
THEY SAY
Czy ma pan gorączkę?Chih mah pahn goh-ROHNCH-keh?
Do you have a fever?
They might also say:
Czy mierzył pan temperaturę?
Chih MYEH-zhiv pahn tem-peh-ruh-TOO-reh?
Did you take your temperature?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, wczoraj wieczorem było trzydzieści osiem stopni.
Tahk, FCHOH-righ vyeh-CHOH-rem BIH-voh tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee OH-syehm STOP-nee.
Yes, last night it was thirty-eight degrees.
THEY SAY
Proszę otworzyć usta. Obejrzę gardło.PROH-sheh ot-FOH-zhitsy OOS-tuh. Oh-BAY-zheh GAHR-dvoh.
Please open your mouth. I'll look at the throat.
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
pana
PAH-nuh
noun
Mr, you (accusative)
sprowadza
sproh-VAHD-zuh
verb
brings
Boli
BOH-lee
verb
hurts
gardło
GAHR-dvoh
noun
throat
23 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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