W przychodni lekarz nie tylko mierzy ciśnienie, ale też pyta o gorączkę.

Because the preposition w means in or at, and when it refers to a location, it normally takes the locative case.

• dictionary form: przychodnia
• locative singular: przychodni

So:

• w przychodni = in/at the clinic

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• w domu = in the house / at home
• w szkole = at school
• w przychodni = at the clinic

Polish does not have articles like a, an, or the. So lekarz can mean:

• a doctor
• the doctor

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, English will usually translate it as the doctor or just the doctor at the clinic.

This is a very common Polish structure meaning not only ..., but also ...

So:

• nie tylko mierzy ciśnienie, ale też pyta o gorączkę = he/she not only measures blood pressure, but also asks about fever

You can use this pattern with many kinds of words and phrases:

• Nie tylko pracuje, ale też studiuje. = He not only works, but also studies.
• Nie tylko mówi po polsku, ale też pisze po polsku. = She not only speaks Polish, but also writes in Polish.

Literally, ciśnienie means pressure, but in a medical context it usually means blood pressure.

So:

• mierzyć ciśnienie = to measure blood pressure

Polish often leaves out words that are obvious from context. A doctor in a clinic is naturally measuring blood pressure, not some other kind of pressure.

You may also see the fuller phrase:

• ciśnienie krwi = blood pressure

But in everyday speech, just ciśnienie is very common.

Polish often omits possessive words like my, your, his, her when the meaning is obvious.

In English, we often say:

• The doctor measures your blood pressure.

In Polish, it is very natural to say simply:

• Lekarz mierzy ciśnienie.

The listener understands that it means your blood pressure or the patient’s blood pressure, depending on context.

Because the verb pytać often uses the pattern:

• pytać o + accusative = to ask about

So:

• pyta o gorączkę = asks about fever

This is the normal structure when you ask about a topic or symptom.

More examples:

• pytać o zdrowie = to ask about someone’s health
• pytać o drogę = to ask about the way / ask for directions
• pytać o cenę = to ask about the price

Because after o in the expression pytać o, Polish uses the accusative case.

The noun is:

• nominative: gorączka = fever

But after pytać o it changes to the accusative:

• accusative: gorączkę

So:

• pytać o gorączkę = to ask about fever

This is a good example of a very common feminine noun pattern:

• -a in the nominative
• -ę in the accusative

For example:

• kawa → kawę
• herbata → herbatę
• gorączka → gorączkę

Here też means also or too.

• ale też = but also

Yes, też and także are very similar. In many sentences they can both be translated as also. Też is very common and natural in everyday Polish, while także can sound a bit more formal or written in some contexts.

So this sentence could also be written as:

• ... ale także pyta o gorączkę.

But ale też sounds very natural.

Polish often uses the present tense to describe general, habitual, or typical actions.

So this sentence does not necessarily mean the doctor is doing it right now at this exact second. It can mean something like:

• At the clinic, the doctor not only measures blood pressure, but also asks about fever.
• In other words, this is what doctors typically do there.

Also, both verbs are imperfective:

• mierzyć = to measure
• pytać = to ask

That fits well with repeated or ordinary actions.

Yes. Polish word order is more flexible than English word order, because endings show grammatical relationships.

The sentence as given:

• W przychodni lekarz nie tylko mierzy ciśnienie, ale też pyta o gorączkę.

is a natural, neutral way to say it. It starts with W przychodni to set the scene: At the clinic...

You could also say:

• Lekarz w przychodni nie tylko mierzy ciśnienie, ale też pyta o gorączkę.

This is also understandable, but the emphasis changes slightly. The original sentence sounds very natural if you want to begin with the place.

Yes, lekarz is a masculine noun in grammar, and here the verb forms are masculine-singular present forms:

• lekarz mierzy
• lekarz pyta

Interestingly, in modern Polish, lekarz can still refer to a woman doctor in many contexts, especially in standard professional usage. You may also hear the feminine form lekarka, which specifically means female doctor.

For example:

• W przychodni lekarka nie tylko mierzy ciśnienie, ale też pyta o gorączkę.

The meaning stays the same; only the noun changes.

A few pronunciation notes:

• przychodni: roughly pshi-HOD-nyee
• lekarz: roughly LEH-kash
• ciśnienie: roughly cheesh-NYEH-nyeh
• gorączkę: roughly go-RONCH-keh

A few useful points:

• rz often sounds like zh/sh depending on context
• ci before a vowel often sounds like a soft ch
• ń is a soft ny
• ą is a nasal vowel, often heard roughly like on/om depending on what follows

Polish spelling is quite regular, but soft consonants like ś, ć, ń can take some practice.