At the pharmacy
recepta — prescription. A medicine is na receptę (prescription-only) or bez recepty (over the counter).
| Is this medicine prescription-only? | Czy ten lek jest na receptę? |
lek — medicine, drug — the short, everyday word; lekarstwo (which you know) means the same. Note the Genitive plural leków.
The everyday illnesses
przeziębienie — a cold — with kaszel (cough) and katar (runny nose). All three are used with mieć: mam przeziębienie, mam kaszel i katar.
| I have a cough and a runny nose. | Mam kaszel i katar. |
leczyć — to treat, to cure — what the doctor does; leczyć się is what the patient does (to be treated, to recover).
| The doctor treats patients at the clinic. | Lekarz leczy pacjentów w klinice. |
Emergency services
pogotowie — the ambulance service (in full pogotowie ratunkowe); karetka is the ambulance itself. straż pożarna — the fire brigade. You call them with dzwonić po + Accusative: zadzwoń po pogotowie!
| Call an ambulance! | Zadzwoń po pogotowie! |
pierwsza pomoc — first aid.
| First aid is very important. | Pierwsza pomoc jest bardzo ważna. |
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