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Help! Need a translation: asking a man and a woman: Are you Polish?



DaLearnerThreads: 2
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Hi all
I want to ask people this question: Are you Polish? Both a man and a woman. Thank you in advance. Cheers!
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Czy Państwo są Polacy?
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jonni:
Czy Państwo są Polacy?

Thank you for your answer. Could you pronounce it in English as well. and this is for both man and woman??
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DaLearner

It's for both, eg. a couple, and is the polite form. Pronounced something like: chy pine-stvo som polatsy
SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13
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If it's one single man:
Czy Pan jest Polakiem?

or one woman:
Czy Pani jest Polką?
peter_olsztynThreads: 8
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jonni:
It's for both, eg. a couple, and is the polite form. Pronounced something like: chy pine-stvo som polatsy

Czy państwo są Polakami?
jonniThreads: 26
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peter_olsztyn:
Czy państwo są Polakami?

That's what I would have said first. My Polish lodger suggested otherwise.
asikThreads: 2
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DaLearner:
I want to ask people this question: Are you Polish? Both a man and a woman. Thank you in advance. Cheers!

A nice question would be:
Czy państwo są Polakami?

Or more general:

Czy Państwo pochodzą z Polski? Are you from Poland? (państwo means mr&mrs or a couple-a pair, same sex as well)
yakynick   Dec 6, 09, 17:16 /  #
czy Panstwo sa Polakami? It's an old fashion language.
Better if you ask Czy jestes polakiem? (asking him) chy yestesh poleyakym?
or Czy jestes polka? (asking her) chy yestesh polka?
BzibziohThreads: 6
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yakynick:
yakynick

Yakynick, please don't do translations because your Polish is seriously lacking.
MichalThreads: -
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I would have thought that 'czy jesteś pochodzenia polskiego'-'are you from Poland?' would cover a multitude of sins as it covers both male and female with the same simple wording.
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