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You phone work because you are ill: what to say in Polish
You phone work to say you are ill.
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How it's done. You must notify the employer about illness as early as possible; the doctor issues an e-ZLA (electronic sick note, L4) and sends it to ZUS and the employer automatically.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Firma Nowak, dzień dobry.FEER-muh NOH-vuhk, dzyayn DOH-brih.
Nowak company, good day.
YOU REPLY
Dzień dobry, mówi Olena Kowalenko. Jestem chory i nie przyjdę dziś do pracy.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MOO-vee Oh-LEH-nuh Koh-vuh-LAYN-koh. YEHS-tem KHOH-rih ee nyeh PSHIHY-deh dzeesy doh PRAH-tsih.
Good day, this is Olena Kowalenko. I'm ill and won't come to work today.
THEY SAY
Przykro mi. Czy była pan u lekarza?PSHIH-kroh mee. Chih BIH-vuh pahn oo leh-KAH-zhuh?
I'm sorry. Have you been to the doctor?
They might also say:
Dziękuję za informację. Czy pójdzie pan do lekarza?
Dzyayn-KOO-eh zah een-for-MAH-tsyeh. Chih POOYD-zyeh pahn doh leh-KAH-zhuh?
Thank you for the information. Will you go to the doctor?
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YOU FINISH
Tak, dziś idę do lekarza po zwolnienie.
Tahk, dzeesy EE-deh doh leh-KAH-zhuh poh zvol-NYEH-nyeh.
Yes, today I'm going to the doctor for a sick note.
THEY SAY
Dobrze. Zdrowia życzę!DOB-zheh. ZDROH-vyuh ZHIH-cheh!
Good. 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
Firma
FEER-muh
noun
company
dzień
dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
mówi
MOO-vee
verb
speaks
Jestem
YEHS-tem
verb
I am
chory
KHOH-rih
adjective
ill
23 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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