Polish · Choroba
The przedszkole phones: your child was sick and must be picked up: what to say in Polish
The nursery phones: your child has vomited and has to be picked up.
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How it's done. With vomiting or diarrhoea the child is picked up at once; it usually returns two days after the last symptoms; check the exact rules in the nursery's statute.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, dzwonię z przedszkola Słoneczko. Dziecko wymiotowało. Czy może pan je odebrać?Dzyayn DOH-brih, DZVOH-nyeh s pshetsh-KOH-luh Svoh-NECH-koh. DZYEHTS-koh vih-myoh-toh-VAH-voh. Chih MOH-zheh pahn yeh oh-DEH-bruhtsy?
Good day, I'm calling from the Słoneczko nursery. The child has vomited. Can you pick it up?
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, przedszkole Słoneczko. Dziecko źle się czuje. Wymiotowało.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, pshetsh-KOH-leh Svoh-NECH-koh. DZYEHTS-koh zyleh syeh CHOO-eh. Vih-myoh-toh-VAH-voh.
Good day, Słoneczko nursery. The child doesn't feel well. It has vomited.
YOU REPLY
Och, jak moje dziecko się teraz czuje? Zaraz przyjadę.
Okh, yahk MOH-eh DZYEHTS-koh syeh TEH-ruhs CHOO-eh? ZAH-ruhs pshih-AH-deh.
Oh, how is my child feeling now? I'll come at once.
THEY SAY
Jest spokojne i leży na kanapie. Proszę przyjechać za pół godziny.Yehst spoh-KOY-neh ee LEH-zhih nuh kuh-NAH-pyeh. PROH-sheh pshih-EH-khuhtsy zah poov god-ZEE-nih.
It is calm and lying on the sofa. Please come in half an hour.
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YOU REPLY
Będę za trzydzieści minut. Czy muszę coś przynieść?
BAYN-deh zah tshid-ZYEHSY-tsee MEE-noot. Chih MOO-sheh tsosy PSHIH-nyehsytsy?
I'll be there in thirty minutes. Do I have to bring anything?
THEY SAY
Nie. Ale dziecko może wrócić dopiero dwa dni po ostatnich wymiotach.Nyeh. AH-leh DZYEHTS-koh MOH-zheh VROO-tseetsy doh-PYEH-roh dvah dnee poh os-TAHT-neekh vih-MYOH-tuhkh.
No. But the child may return only two days after the last vomiting.
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YOU FINISH
Rozumiem. Dziękuję, do zobaczenia za chwilę!
Roh-ZOO-myehm. Dzyayn-KOO-eh, doh zoh-buh-CHEH-nyuh zah KHFEE-leh!
I understand. Thank you, see you shortly!
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
dzwonię
DZVOH-nyeh
verb
I call
przedszkola
pshetsh-KOH-luh
noun
nursery school (genitive)
Słoneczko
Svoh-NECH-koh
noun
little sun
Dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
46 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.
Proszę to napisać.
PROH-sheh toh nuh-PEE-suhtsy.
Please write it down.
Similar situations
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