Polish · SOR / szpital
Your child fell and you rush to the emergency department: what to say in Polish
Your child fell and you come to the emergency department.
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How it's done. Dziecko is child, upadek a fall, guz a bump, stracił przytomność lost consciousness. Say straight away whether the child lost consciousness.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
Moja córka spadła z huśtawki. Ma guz na głowie.
MOH-ah TSOOR-kuh SPAH-dvuh s khoosy-TAHF-kee. Mah goos nuh GWOH-vyeh.
My daughter fell off the swing. She has a bump on her head.
Or say:Mój syn upadł i uderzył się w głowę.
Mooy sihn OO-puhdv ee oo-DEH-zhiv syeh v GWOH-veh.
THEY SAY
Czy straciła przytomność?Chih struh-TSEE-vuh pshih-TOM-nosytsy?
Did she lose consciousness?
They might also say:
Czy dziecko traciło przytomność?
Chih DZYEHTS-koh truh-TSEE-voh pshih-TOM-nosytsy?
Did the child lose consciousness?
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YOU FINISH
Nie, tylko płakała.
Nyeh, TIL-koh pvuh-KAH-vuh.
No, she only cried.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Zaraz ją obejrzymy.DOB-zheh. ZAH-ruhs yom oh-bay-ZHIH-mih.
Good. We'll look at her right away.
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
córka
TSOOR-kuh
noun
daughter
spadła
SPAH-dvuh
verb
fell (feminine)
huśtawki
khoosy-TAHF-kee
noun
swing (genitive)
Ma
Mah
verb
has
guz
goos
noun
bump, lump
głowie
GWOH-vyeh
noun
head (locative)
13 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.
Nie mówię jeszcze dobrze po polsku.
Nyeh MOO-vyeh YEHSH-cheh DOB-zheh poh POLS-koo.
I don't speak Polish well yet.
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