Polish · Specjalista / skierowanie
For a few days your ear and throat have hurt and you see an ENT doctor: what to say in Polish
Your ear and throat have hurt for a few days and you go to the ENT doctor.
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How it's done. A laryngolog (ENT doctor) treats the ear, throat and nose; the doctor says Proszę otworzyć usta (open your mouth) and looks at the throat; medicines are prescribed (recepta).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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YOU START
Dzień dobry, od kilku dni boli mnie ucho i gardło.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, ot KEEL-koo dnee BOH-lee mnyeh OO-khoh ee GAHR-dvoh.
Good day, my ear and throat have hurt for a few days.
THEY SAY
Czy ma pan gorączkę? Od kiedy trwa ból?Chih mah pahn goh-ROHNCH-keh? Ot KYEH-dih trvah bool?
Do you have a fever? Since when has the pain lasted?
They might also say:
Czy ból jest silny? Czy ma pan gorączkę?
Chih bool yehst SEEL-nih? Chih mah pahn goh-ROHNCH-keh?
Is the pain strong? Do you have a fever?
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YOU REPLY
Gorączki nie mam. Ból jest od czterech dni.
Goh-ROHNCH-kee nyeh mahm. Bool yehst ot CHTEH-rekh dnee.
I have no fever. The pain has lasted four days.
THEY SAY
Zajrzę do gardła i uszu. Proszę otworzyć usta i powiedzieć aaa.ZIGH-zheh doh GAHR-dvuh ee OO-shoo. PROH-sheh ot-FOH-zhitsy OOS-tuh ee poh-VYEHD-zyehtsy uh-uh-uh.
I'll look at your throat and ears. Please open your mouth and say aaa.
They might also say:
Proszę otworzyć usta szeroko. Obejrzę też ucho.
PROH-sheh ot-FOH-zhitsy OOS-tuh sheh-ROH-koh. Oh-BAY-zheh tesh OO-khoh.
Please open your mouth wide. I'll examine the ear too.
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YOU REPLY
Dobrze. Czy to coś poważnego?
DOB-zheh. Chih toh tsosy poh-vuhzh-NEH-goh?
All right. Is it something serious?
THEY SAY
To zapalenie gardła. Wypiszę lek i proszę pić dużo ciepłych płynów.Toh zuh-puh-LEH-nyeh GAHR-dvuh. Vih-PEE-sheh lek ee PROH-sheh peetsy DOO-zhoh TSYEH-pvikh PVIH-noof.
It's a throat infection. I'll prescribe a medicine and please drink plenty of warm fluids.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!
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
dni
dnee
noun
days
boli
BOH-lee
verb
hurts
ucho
OO-khoh
noun
ear
gardło
GAHR-dvoh
noun
throat
38 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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