Polish · Choroba
You ask when your child can come back: what to say in Polish
You ask when the child may return.
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How it's done. After illness the child returns when healthy and no longer contagious; for contagious diseases a doctor's certificate (zaświadczenie lekarskie) is often required.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
Kiedy Maks może wrócić do przedszkola?
KYEH-dih Mahks MOH-zheh VROO-tseetsy doh pshetsh-KOH-luh?
When may Maks return to nursery?
Or say:Od kiedy dziecko może znów przyjść?
Ot KYEH-dih DZYEHTS-koh MOH-zheh znoof pshihysytsy?
THEY SAY
Gdy będzie zdrowy i bez gorączki przez dobę.Gdih BAYND-zyeh ZDROH-vih ee bes goh-ROHNCH-kee pshes DOH-beh.
When he is healthy and without fever for a day.
They might also say:
Po całkowitym wyzdrowieniu, najlepiej po wizycie u lekarza.
Poh tsuhv-koh-VEE-tim viz-droh-VYEH-nyoo, nigh-LEH-pyay poh vee-ZIH-tsyeh oo leh-KAH-zhuh.
After full recovery, preferably after a doctor's visit.
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YOU FINISH
Czy potrzebuję zaświadczenia?
Chih pot-sheh-BOO-eh zuhsy-fyuht-CHEH-nyuh?
Do I need a certificate?
THEY SAY
Tak, po chorobie zakaźnej. W innych przypadkach nie.Tahk, poh khoh-ROH-byeh zuh-KAHZY-nay. V EEN-nikh pshih-PAHT-kuhkh nyeh.
Yes, after a contagious disease. In other cases no.
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
Kiedy
KYEH-dih
adverb
when
może
MOH-zheh
verb
can
wrócić
VROO-tseetsy
verb
to return
przedszkola
pshetsh-KOH-luh
noun
nursery school (genitive)
będzie
BAYND-zyeh
verb
will be
zdrowy
ZDROH-vih
adjective
healthy
19 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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