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You see an eye doctor to have your eyesight checked: what to say in Polish
You go to the eye doctor to have your eyesight tested.
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How it's done. The okulista tests your eyesight and you buy glasses at a salon optyczny (optician) with a prescription; the NFZ pays part of the cost only in certain cases.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
The first phrase is open: tap ▶ to listen, or “Show” to show it to the other person. The rest of the dialogue is in the course in the app.
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YOU START
Dzień dobry, słabo widzę z daleka i chciałbym zbadać wzrok.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, SVAH-boh VEED-zeh z duh-LEH-kuh ee KHTSYAHV-bim ZBAH-duhtsy vzrok.
Good day, I can't see well into the distance and would like my eyes tested.
Or say:Dzień dobry, myślę, że potrzebuję okularów.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MISY-leh, zheh pot-sheh-BOO-eh oh-koo-LAH-roof.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Najpierw zrobimy badanie wzroku. Proszę czytać litery na tablicy.NIGH-pyehrf zroh-BEE-mih buh-DAH-nyeh VZROH-koo. PROH-sheh CHIH-tuhtsy lee-TEH-rih nuh tuh-BLEE-tsih.
First we'll do an eye test. Please read the letters on the chart.
They might also say:
Zaczniemy od badania wzroku. Proszę powiedzieć, co pan widzi na tablicy.
Zuhch-NYEH-mih ot buh-DAH-nyuh VZROH-koo. PROH-sheh poh-VYEHD-zyehtsy, tsoh pahn VEED-zee nuh tuh-BLEE-tsih.
We'll start with an eye test. Please say what you see on the chart.
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YOU REPLY
Górne linijki widzę dobrze, ale dolne są rozmyte.
GOOR-neh lee-NEEY-kee VEED-zeh DOB-zheh, AH-leh DOL-neh som roz-MIH-teh.
I see the upper lines well, but the lower ones are blurred.
THEY SAY
To krótkowzroczność. Wypiszę receptę na okulary.Toh kroot-kovz-ROCH-nosytsy. Vih-PEE-sheh reh-TSEP-teh nuh oh-koo-LAH-rih.
That is short-sightedness. I'll write a prescription for glasses.
They might also say:
Ma pan lekką krótkowzroczność. Potrzebne są okulary.
Mah pahn LEK-kom kroot-kovz-ROCH-nosytsy. Pot-SHEB-neh som oh-koo-LAH-rih.
You have slight short-sightedness. Glasses are needed.
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YOU REPLY
Gdzie mogę kupić okulary?
Gdzyeh MOH-geh KOO-peetsy oh-koo-LAH-rih?
Where can I buy glasses?
THEY SAY
W salonie optycznym. Proszę pokazać tam receptę.V suh-LOH-nyeh op-TICH-nim. PROH-sheh poh-KAH-zuhtsy tahm reh-TSEP-teh.
At an optician's. Show the prescription there.
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YOU FINISH
Dziękuję za badanie!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah buh-DAH-nyeh!
Thank you for the examination!
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
słabo
SVAH-boh
adverb
poorly
widzę
VEED-zeh
verb
I see
daleka
duh-LEH-kuh
adverb
from afar (z daleka)
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
35 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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