Polish · Przychodnia / lekarz rodzinny
You want a flu jab: what to say in Polish
You want a flu jab.
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How it's done. Vaccinations are recorded in a karta szczepień (vaccination card) or książeczka szczepień (booklet); bring it with you. The doctor enters new records electronically in the system.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, chciałbym się zaszczepić na grypę.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, KHTSYAHV-bim syeh zuhsh-CHEH-peetsy nuh GRIH-peh.
Good day, I'd like to get a flu vaccination.
Or say:Dzień dobry, czy mogę dostać szczepienie przeciw grypie?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, chih MOH-geh DOS-tuhtsy shcheh-PYEH-nyeh PSHEH-tseef GRIH-pyeh?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Tak. Czy ma pan kartę szczepień?Tahk. Chih mah pahn KAHR-teh SHCHEH-pyayn?
Yes. Do you have a vaccination card?
They might also say:
Czy ma pan książeczkę szczepień?
Chih mah pahn ksyohn-ZHECH-keh SHCHEH-pyayn?
Do you have a vaccination booklet?
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YOU FINISH
Nie, niestety nie mam jej przy sobie.
Nyeh, nyehs-TEH-tih nyeh mahm yay pshih SOH-byeh.
No, unfortunately I don't have it with me.
THEY SAY
Nie szkodzi. Wpiszę do systemu.Nyeh SHKOD-zee. FPEE-sheh doh sis-TEH-moo.
Never mind. I'll enter it in the system.
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
chciałbym
KHTSYAHV-bim
verb
I would like
zaszczepić
zuhsh-CHEH-peetsy
verb
to vaccinate
grypę
GRIH-peh
noun
flu (accusative)
Tak
Tahk
adverb
yes
17 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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