Help translating a phrase on a coffee mug. boze ja rada kavu

Michal:

No, it is not. It simply means 'I like coffee' God does not come into the translation anywhere at all. In fact, it does not suggest that you even love coffee at all. It is certainly not a mixture of languages. Where do these forum members come from?

corradcmThreads: 1 Posts: 4 Joined: Sep 28, 09	Edited by: Moderator Sep 28, 09, 15:31 / #
My grandmother just passed away and she left me some of her things. She gave me a porcelain coffee mug with a Polish phrase on it and I'd really like to know what it says: boze ja rada kavu Please help! Thank you, Carolyn

SildarThreads: - Posts: 85 Joined: Sep 20, 09	Edited by: Sildar Sep 28, 09, 15:48 / #
Condolence, Is this precise quotation? Because of fact that i don't know what does it mean at all Probably it is in some regional language, possible meaning for me is: "God I'm happy for coffee" but i'm not sure Edit: If you could give us some picture of it maybe we can translate this easier and faster

cableThreads: 7 Posts: 64 Joined: Mar 10, 09	Sep 28, 09, 15:51 / #
I think it equates to something on the lines of 'In God I have faith', but not 100% Hopefully someone else may have more information. Good luck!

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09	Sep 28, 09, 15:59 / #
corradcm: boze ja rada kavu Are you sure it is Polish. I think it is not!

SildarThreads: - Posts: 85 Joined: Sep 20, 09	Sep 28, 09, 16:01 / #
It could be Czech also

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 12 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Sep 28, 09, 16:14 / #
corradcm: boze ja rada kavu It's not Polish. It's Czech and means God, I like coffee!

UptownJohnnyThreads: 3 Posts: 9 Joined: Jun 19, 09	Sep 28, 09, 19:09 / #
It can also be Slovak.

UptownJohnnyThreads: 3 Posts: 9 Joined: Jun 19, 09	Sep 28, 09, 19:46 / #
On second thought, it can't be Czech or Slovak. Mam rada kavu is how you say I like coffee in these languages. Maybe it's a mix of Polish and Czech or Slovak,

pgtxThreads: 48 Posts: 6,269 Joined: Feb 14, 09 [Moderator]	Sep 28, 09, 19:57 / #
it's Czech...

OsiedleRuda	Sep 28, 09, 20:07 / #
UptownJohnny: Mam rada kavu mám rád kávu ;)

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,365 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Sep 28, 09, 21:59 / #
It is Czech. You can say "Mám ráda kávu" or "Já ráda kávu". The phrase on the mug would be best translated as: "God, how I love coffee".

asikThreads: 2 Posts: 547 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Oct 1, 09, 01:51 / #
UptownJohnny: Mam rada kavu is how you say I like coffee in these languages. Maybe it's a mix of Polish and Czech or Slovak, Of course it is a mix of 3 languages. Modern Polish language is much different from the old Polish.An Old Polish was a mix of Polish, Czech /Slovak. corradcm: boze ja rada kavu Oh God, how I like/love coffee. I would say it could be written in an Old Polish language. Polish is a West Slavic Language (includes Czech, Polish,Slovak and Sorbian) which is a subdivision of Slavic Language Group. The Sorbs were a Slavic minority living in eastern Germany. At some time in older days, in 966 , Mieszko I -Polish (Polans) leader and duke , married (in 966) Dubrawka, daughter of the Czech duke (on that big day Mieszko I & Poland was baptised into the Roman Chistianity). Our language was under constant development and was highly influenced by "Czech dialect" at some time and by Latin language at other times.

OsiedleRuda	Oct 2, 09, 12:51 / #
nana: Boze, ja rada kavu -it could be also the croatian phrase ;) but it doesn't matter at all. Everybody knows the meaning so as someone mentioned above, it could be: "God, how I love coffee" Well, I'm glad that's sorted then, now I can change my name to SídlištěRuda and watch everyone argue about what it means, lol :D

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,365 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Oct 2, 09, 13:03 / #
OsiedleRuda: SídlištěRuda Are you Czech or Czech-connected? :-)

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 12 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09	Sep 28, 09, 20:37 / #
UptownJohnny: it can't be Czech or Slovak So there can't be 2 (or 10) different ways to express the same thing in a language.

asikThreads: 2 Posts: 547 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Edited by: asik Oct 1, 09, 02:46 / #
Sildar: My grandmother just passed away and she left me some of her things. She gave me a porcelain coffee mug with a Polish phrase on it and I'd really like to know what it says: That coffee mug could be of a great value.

MichalThreads: - Posts: 2,408 Joined: Feb 27, 07	Oct 1, 09, 09:23 / #
Magdalena: ed as: "God, how I love coffee". No, it is not. It simply means 'I like coffee' God does not come into the translation anywhere at all. In fact, it does not suggest that you even love coffee at all. It is certainly not a mixture of languages. Where do these forum members come from?

LeopejoThreads: 6 Posts: 152 Joined: Sep 16, 09	Oct 1, 09, 11:38 / #
Michal Michal: No, it is not. It simply means 'I like coffee' God does not come into the translation anywhere at all. In fact, it does not suggest that you even love coffee at all. It is certainly not a mixture of languages. Where do these forum members come from? From Czech Republic... (if I am not confusing forum users)

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,365 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Oct 1, 09, 12:48 / #
Michal: Where do these forum members come from? i am half Czech and half Polish. The text on the mug is Czech and means exactly what I said. :-)

OsiedleRuda	Oct 1, 09, 19:46 / #
Michal: No, it is not. It simply means 'I like coffee' God does not come into the translation anywhere at all. In fact, it does not suggest that you even love coffee at all. It is certainly not a mixture of languages. Where do these forum members come from? Probably from somewhere where we learned that bůh is "God" in Czech, hence boze,bohu, etc... u get me? :p

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09	Oct 2, 09, 09:25 / #
corradcm: boze ja rada kavu Magdalena: The phrase on the mug would be best translated as: "God, how I love coffee". "Boże, jak ja kocham kawę!" could be the Polish equivalent of the phrase.

nanaThreads: - Posts: 48 Joined: Sep 7, 09	Edited by: nana Oct 2, 09, 11:48 / #
Boze, ja rada kavu -it could be also the croatian phrase ;) but it doesn't matter at all. Everybody knows the meaning so as someone mentioned above, it could be: "God, how I love coffee"

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09	Edited by: Ziemowit Oct 2, 09, 14:57 / #
Magdalena or SídlištěRuda, can you tell what is the Czech equivalent for the Polish noun "łaska"? The reason why I'm asking this is that "laska=miłość" is the best known example in Poland of the differences between the two languages. I think I rightly assume that both (Czech:laska/Polish:łaska) have the same origin and yet we have another word in Polish which is laska, meaning "(walking) stick". Nevertheless, we still have the word "łaska" meaning "favour", so what's the Czech for "łaska"?

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,365 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Edited by: Magdalena Oct 2, 09, 15:15 / #
Ziemowit: so what's the Czech for "łaska" ...you're gonna laugh - but it's actually "milost" ;-)

gumishuThreads: 13 Posts: 3,634 Joined: Apr 6, 09	Edited by: gumishu Oct 2, 09, 16:05 / #
Magdalena: so what's the Czech for "łaska" ...you're gonna laugh - but it's actually "milost" ;-) hehehe I didn't know that - yeah it is funny ;) do prdele :P ;)

MichalThreads: - Posts: 2,408 Joined: Feb 27, 07	Oct 2, 09, 16:54 / #
OsiedleRuda: that bůh is "God" in Czech, hence b This is not included in the original text.

OsiedleRuda	Edited by: OsiedleRuda Oct 2, 09, 19:35 / #
Magdalena: Are you Czech or Czech-connected? :-) Sadly, only a regular traveller to the country, but one who actually made the effort to learn the language ;) Rád se učí nové jazyky :0 But I'm still a long way from being fluent, though. Michal: This is not included in the original text. Are you really that thick?? The Polish transalation wouldn't include "Bóg", either.

asikThreads: 2 Posts: 547 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Oct 3, 09, 01:02 / #
Michal: No, it is not. It simply means 'I like coffee' God does not come into the translation anywhere at all. In fact, it does not suggest that you even love coffee at all. And what's that? : corradcm: boze ja rada kavu The Polish word boże comes from bóg and means God

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 3, 09, 01:04 / #
If there were to be a Polish equivalent, it'd be coffee gives me joy. Rada is advice but joy is radość. Magdalena is right.

asikThreads: 2 Posts: 547 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Oct 3, 09, 01:18 / #
Seanus: Rada is advice but joy is radość In old Polish language people used to say "rada" (todays "cieszę się") which means happy.