Polish · Choroba
Your child is ill and you phone the nursery: what to say in Polish
Your child is ill and you phone the kindergarten.
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How it's done. A sick child is not brought in: illness is reported in the morning by phone or in the register; for a contagious disease (choroba zakaźna) you must say what it is.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
Przedszkole Słoneczko, dzień dobry.Pshetsh-KOH-leh Svoh-NECH-koh, dzyayn DOH-brih.
Słoneczko kindergarten, good day.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry, mówi mama Maksa. Maks jest chory i dziś nie przyjdzie.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MOO-vee MAH-muh MAHK-suh. Mahks yehst KHOH-rih ee dzeesy nyeh PSHIHYD-zyeh.
Good day, this is Maks's mother. Maks is ill and won't come today.
THEY SAY
Bardzo mi przykro. Co mu dolega?BAHRD-zoh mee PSHIH-kroh. Tsoh moo doh-LEH-guh?
I'm very sorry. What's wrong with him?
They might also say:
Życzymy zdrowia! Na co jest chory?
Zhih-CHIH-mih ZDROH-vyuh! Nuh tsoh yehst KHOH-rih?
We wish him health! What is he ill with?
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YOU FINISH
Ma gorączkę i kaszel.
Mah goh-ROHNCH-keh ee KAH-shel.
He has a fever and a cough.
THEY SAY
Dziękujemy za informację. Zdrowia życzymy!Dzyayn-koo-EH-mih zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh. ZDROH-vyuh zhih-CHIH-mih!
Thank you for the information. Get well soon!
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
Przedszkole
Pshetsh-KOH-leh
noun
nursery school
Słoneczko
Svoh-NECH-koh
noun
little sun
dzień
dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mówi
MOO-vee
verb
speaks
mama
MAH-muh
noun
mum
22 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.
Similar situations
You ask when your child can come backChoroba · A2 in the app
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→Lice have been found in the group and the teacher tells you what to doChoroba · A2 in the app
→The przedszkole phones: your child was sick and must be picked upChoroba · A2 in the app
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