Polish · SOR / szpital
You wait a long time and ask when it is your turn: what to say in Polish
You wait a long time and ask when it is your turn.
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How it's done. In the emergency department the queue depends on severity (triaż), not arrival time; asking about waiting is normal.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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YOU START
Przepraszam, jak długo jeszcze będę czekać?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, yahk DVOO-goh YEHSH-cheh BAYN-deh CHEH-kuhtsy?
Excuse me, how much longer will I wait?
Or say:Przepraszam, kiedy będzie moja kolej?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, KYEH-dih BAYND-zyeh MOH-ah KOH-lay?
THEY SAY
Czas oczekiwania to około dwóch godzin.Chahs oh-cheh-kee-VAH-nyuh toh oh-KOH-voh dvookh GOD-zeen.
The waiting time is about two hours.
They might also say:
Jeszcze około godziny. Są pilniejsze przypadki.
YEHSH-cheh oh-KOH-voh god-ZEE-nih. Som peel-NYAY-sheh pshih-PAHT-kee.
About another hour. There are more urgent cases.
2
YOU FINISH
Rozumiem. Czuję się tak samo.
Roh-ZOO-myehm. CHOO-eh syeh tahk SAH-moh.
I understand. I feel the same.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Proszę od razu powiedzieć, jeśli się pogorszy.DOB-zheh. PROH-sheh ot RAH-zoo poh-VYEHD-zyehtsy, YEHSY-lee syeh poh-GOR-shih.
Good. Please tell us at once if it gets worse.
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
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
jak
yahk
adverb
how
długo
DVOO-goh
adverb
for a long time
jeszcze
YEHSH-cheh
adverb
still, more
będę
BAYN-deh
verb
I will be
czekać
CHEH-kuhtsy
verb
to wait
18 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.
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