Polish · Przychodnia / lekarz rodzinny
The doctor writes a prescription and you ask how to get it: what to say in Polish
The doctor prescribes something and you ask how to get it.
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How it's done. The prescription is mostly electronic today (e-recepta): you get an SMS or email with a four-digit code; at the pharmacy you give the code and PESEL and receive the medicine.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
Wypiszę panu receptę na antybiotyk.Vih-PEE-sheh PAH-noo reh-TSEP-teh nuh ahn-tih-BYOH-tik.
I'll write you a prescription for an antibiotic.
They might also say:
Przepiszę coś na to. To będzie e-recepta.
Psheh-PEE-sheh tsosy nuh toh. Toh BAYND-zyeh eh-reh-TSEP-tuh.
I'll prescribe something for it. It will be an e-prescription.
YOU REPLY
Czy muszę odbierać receptę w przychodni?
Chih MOO-sheh od-BYEH-ruhtsy reh-TSEP-teh f pshih-KHOD-nee?
Do I have to collect the prescription at the clinic?
THEY SAY
Nie, dostanie pan SMS z kodem.Nyeh, dos-TAH-nyeh pahn Eh-seh-MES s KOH-dem.
No, you'll receive an SMS with a code.
They might also say:
Nie, wystarczy kod i PESEL w aptece.
Nyeh, vis-TAHR-chih kot ee PEH-sel v uhp-TEH-tseh.
No, the code and PESEL at the pharmacy are enough.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem, dziękuję.
Roh-ZOO-myehm, dzyayn-KOO-eh.
I see, thank you.
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
Wypiszę
Vih-PEE-sheh
verb
I will write out
panu
PAH-noo
noun
to Mr, to you
receptę
reh-TSEP-teh
noun
prescription (accusative)
antybiotyk
ahn-tih-BYOH-tik
noun
antibiotic
muszę
MOO-sheh
verb
I must
odbierać
od-BYEH-ruhtsy
verb
to pick up
12 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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