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Polish Crush-Course for Steemians (mini dictionary)

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Published: 26 Oct 2018 › Updated: 26 Oct 2018Polish Crush-Course for Steemians (mini dictionary)

Polish Crush-Course for Steemians (mini dictionary)

Steemfest is coming soon. We are all going to Kraków to meet with people from the whole world. Inspired by jeanpi1908@jeanpi1908 and motivated by theaustrianguy@theaustrianguy (I know I am late for the contest) I created mini polish-english dictionary. Kraków is the most touristic city in Poland, english speakers you will find mostly everywhere but anyway it's nice to know some words in local language. Keep in mind that I am not linguist, so pronunciation may be wrong...

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Basics

EnglishPolishPronunciation
HiCześć[cheshch]
How are you?jak leci?
co słychać?
jak się masz? (old style)
yak lechee
tzo swy-khatz'
yak shye mash
Thank youDziękuję[jen-koo-yeah]
Nice to meet youMiło cię poznać[mee-wo chye poz-natz']
Do you speak englishCzy mówisz po angielsku?[ch moo-vish po an-gyel-skoo?]
PleaseProszę[proshe]
You are welcomeProszę bardzo[pro-she bar-tzo]
Excuse mePrzepraszam[pshe-pra-sham]
I am sorryPrzepraszam[pshe-pra-sham]
How much is it?Ile to kosztuje?[ee-le to kosh-too-yea?]
What's your name?Jak masz na imię[yak mash na im-yea?]
YesTak[Tak]
NoNie[Nyeh]
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good day
Dzień dobry[ji'en dobry]
Good eveningDobry wieczór[dobry vye-choor]
Good nightDobranoc
Dobrej nocy
[dobra-notz]
[doh-brey notzy]
Good byeDo widzenia[doh vee-dze-nya]
See you!Do zobaczenia[doh zo-ba-chen'ya]
Good luckPowodzenia![po-vo-tze-nya]
Have a nice dayMiłego dnia![meewe-go d'nya]
Have a nice meal
Enjoy your meal
Smacznego![smach-ne-goh]
I don't understandNie rozumiem[nye ro-zoo-myem]
Where's the toilet?Gdzie jest toaleta?[gtzye yest toaleta]

Steemfest

EnglishPolishPronunciation
CracovKraków[kra-koof]
I am going to SteemfestJadę/Idę* na Steemfest![ya-deh/ee-deh na Steemfest]
How much is STEEM?Ile kosztuje STEEM?[ee-le kosh-tooye STEEM]
Is there any whale?Jest tu jakiś wieloryb?yest too ya-kish vye-lo-ryb?
Give me an upvote!Daj mi upvote'a[die mee upvota]
F.ck off!Nie dam Ci ;-)[nyeh dam tzi]
May I take a picture with you?**Mogę sobie zrobić z Tobą zdjęcie?[mo-ghe sob-ye zro-beatz' z to'-boh zdyeh-tzhe]

*if you are walking
**In polish we "make" a picture/photo. It's very common mistake for english beginners, so don't be surprised if someone will ask you to "make a picture with you".

Let's go party!

EnglishPolishPronunciation
Cheers!Na zdrowie![nas-dro-vyeah]
One beer, please!Jedno piwo poproszę![ye-dno peewo po'-proshe]
Let's drink vodka!Napijmy się wódki![na-peey-my shye voodky]
Do you want a drink?Chcesz drinka?[khtzesh drink'a]
You are beautifulJesteś piękna[yestesh pyenk-na]
Shall we dance?Zatańczymy?[za-tan-chy-my]
I am drunkUpiłem się[oo-pee-wem shye]
Let's get out of hereWynośmy się stąd[vy-nosh-my shye stond]
In Szczebrzeszyn's cane beetle soundsW Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie[W H$#%^^%$ b&^%#* @%$#& w &^%GH$#]

Numbers


1 - jeden [yeden']
2 - dwa [dva]
3 - trzy [tshy]
4 - cztery [chte-ry]
5 - pięć [pyeng-ch]
6 - sześć [shes'-ch]
7 - siedem [shye-dem]
8 - osiem [o'shyem]
9 - dziewięć [je-vyen-ch]
10 - dziesięć [je-shyen-ch]
100 - sto [sto]

Any more questions? Feel free to ask in comments :-).

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