Polish · Nieobecność / usprawiedliwienie
The school phones: your child feels unwell and must be collected: what to say in Polish
The school phones: your child is unwell and has to be picked up.
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How it's done. If a child feels unwell during a lesson the school phones the parents and asks them to pick the child up; keep your phone on and make sure the school has your current number.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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, dzwonię ze szkoły. Pana dziecko źle się czuje.Dzyayn DOH-brih, DZVOH-nyeh zeh SHKOH-vih. PAH-nuh DZYEHTS-koh zyleh syeh CHOO-eh.
Good day, I'm phoning from the school. Your child is unwell.
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, tu pielęgniarka szkolna. Dziecko ma gorączkę i boli je głowa.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, too pyeh-layng-NYAHR-kuh SHKOL-nuh. DZYEHTS-koh mah goh-ROHNCH-keh ee BOH-lee yeh GWOH-vuh.
Good day, this is the school nurse. The child has a fever and a headache.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry. Co się stało?
Dzyayn DOH-brih. Tsoh syeh STAH-voh?
Good day. What happened?
THEY SAY
Dziecko ma gorączkę. Czy może pan je odebrać?DZYEHTS-koh mah goh-ROHNCH-keh. Chih MOH-zheh pahn yeh oh-DEH-bruhtsy?
The child has a fever. Can you pick it up?
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YOU REPLY
Tak, będę za pół godziny.
Tahk, BAYN-deh zah poov god-ZEE-nih.
Yes, I'll be there in half an hour.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Dziecko będzie czekać w gabinecie pielęgniarki.DOB-zheh. DZYEHTS-koh BAYND-zyeh CHEH-kuhtsy v guh-bee-NEH-tsyeh pyeh-layng-NYAHR-kee.
Fine. The child will wait in the nurse's room.
They might also say:
Dobrze, zaopiekujemy się nim do tego czasu.
DOB-zheh, zuh-oh-pyeh-koo-EH-mih syeh neem doh TEH-goh CHAH-soo.
Fine, we'll look after the child until then.
3
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję, że Państwo zadzwonili. Do zobaczenia!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh, zheh PAHNST-foh zuhdz-voh-NEE-lee. Doh zoh-buh-CHEH-nyuh!
Thank you for phoning. See you soon!
THEY SAY
Do zobaczenia.Doh zoh-buh-CHEH-nyuh.
See you.
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
szkoły
SHKOH-vih
noun
school (genitive)
Pana
PAH-nuh
noun
Mr, you (accusative)
dziecko
DZYEHTS-koh
noun
child
30 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.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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