Polish · Specjalista / skierowanie
Your child has a temperature and you phone the paediatrician: what to say in Polish
Your child has a fever and you phone the paediatrician.
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How it's done. Pediatra is the paediatrician. Questions about the child: Ile lat ma dziecko? (how old) and Jaka jest gorączka? (what is the fever).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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Przychodnia dziecięca, dzień dobry.Pshih-KHOD-nyuh dzyeh-TSYAYN-tsuh, dzyayn DOH-brih.
Children's clinic, good day.
They might also say:
Poradnia dla dzieci, słucham.
Poh-RAHD-nyuh dlah DZYEH-tsee, SVOO-khuhm.
Children's clinic, I'm listening.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry, mój syn ma gorączkę. Czy mogę przyjść dziś?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, mooy sihn mah goh-ROHNCH-keh. Chih MOH-geh pshihysytsy dzeesy?
Good day, my son has a fever. May I come today?
Or say:Dzień dobry, moja córka ma gorączkę. Czy możemy dziś przyjść?
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MOH-ah TSOOR-kuh mah goh-ROHNCH-keh. Chih moh-ZHEH-mih dzeesy pshihysytsy?
THEY SAY
Ile lat ma dziecko?EE-leh laht mah DZYEHTS-koh?
How old is the child?
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YOU REPLY
Cztery lata.
CHTEH-rih LAH-tuh.
Four years old.
THEY SAY
Jaka jest gorączka?YAH-kuh yehst goh-ROHNCH-kuh?
What is the fever?
3
YOU FINISH
Trzydzieści dziewięć stopni.
Tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee DZYEH-vyayntsy STOP-nee.
Thirty-nine degrees.
THEY SAY
Proszę przyjść jak najszybciej.PROH-sheh pshihysytsy yahk nigh-SHIP-tsyay.
Please come as soon as possible.
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
Przychodnia
Pshih-KHOD-nyuh
noun
clinic
dziecięca
dzyeh-TSYAYN-tsuh
adjective
children's (feminine)
dzień
dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
syn
sihn
noun
son
ma
mah
verb
has
20 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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