Oh Matko

You're close, but its more like
Oh Maryjo Jedyna! or Matko święta....
translation: Oh Holy-Mary-Mother-of-God! An expression of bewilderment, just as for the mentality expression, 'Oh My God!'
A lot of Christian Catholic have an issue with such expression and believe you shouldn't make them based on their cultural preferences.
Even the "oh mother!" expression identifies with someone who is incapable to reason in sane manner with their mother.

lilbasa8393Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Oct 24, 09	Edited by: lilbasa8393 Oct 24, 09, 19:49 / #
My dzia dziu was talking and he said something that started with matko and ended with something that sounded like yah-den-oh. I was wondering what that word was and how its spelled.

swayingmantisThreads: 3 Posts: 5 Joined: Feb 9, 09	Oct 24, 09, 19:54 / #
eh call me stupid but first plez tell me what a dzai dziu is?.....thanks

lilbasa8393Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Oct 24, 09	Oct 24, 09, 20:00 / #
dzia dziu is grandpa.

michal_857Threads: 2 Posts: 51 Joined: Jun 20, 09	Oct 24, 09, 20:04 / #
matko jedyna! it's common polish idiom expressing excitement, sth like "oh mother!"

lilbasa8393Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Oct 24, 09	Oct 24, 09, 20:06 / #
michal_857 Thank you, my dzia dziu being 90 years old couldn't remember the meaning.

CacyUlciaThreads: 2 Posts: 93 Joined: Aug 27, 09	Edited by: CacyUlcia Oct 24, 09, 21:05 / #
lilbasa8393: matko jedyna! it's common polish idiom expressing excitement, sth like "oh mother!" You're close, but its more like Oh Maryjo Jedyna! or Matko święta.... translation: Oh Holy-Mary-Mother-of-God! An expression of bewilderment, just as for the mentality expression, 'Oh My God!' A lot of Christian Catholic have an issue with such expression and believe you shouldn't make them based on their cultural preferences. Even the "oh mother!" expression identifies with someone who is incapable to reason in sane manner with their mother.

lilbasa8393Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Oct 24, 09	Oct 24, 09, 21:31 / #
CacyUlcia You're close, but its more like Oh Maryjo Jedyna! or Matko święta.... translation: Oh Holy-Mary-Mother-of-God! An expression of bewilderment, just as for the mentality expression, 'Oh My God!' A lot of Christian Catholic have an issue with such expression and believe you shouldn't make them based on their cultural preferences. Even the "oh mother!" expression identifies with someone who is incapable to reason in sane manner with their mother. Thanks CacyUlcia. Great answers from every, you realy helped me. Thanks.

NomsenseThreads: - Posts: 47 Joined: Sep 20, 09	Oct 25, 09, 01:33 / #
It's dziadziu, not dzia dziu.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09	Oct 25, 09, 02:09 / #
O Matko Jedyna may also mean "Oh Holy mother of god" it is often use in Poland by older people

asikThreads: 2 Posts: 547 Joined: Feb 17, 09	Oct 25, 09, 11:38 / #
lilbasa8393: #1 My dzia dziu was talking and he said something that started with matko and ended with something that sounded like yah-den-oh. dzia dziu is in Polish *Dziadziu* a soft and a very nice title for "dziadek" (grandpa) and your Grandpa said.... Matko Jedyna, which is a very (till now) popular and means "oh my the only/loved Mother"...for some people it works like "Oh , my Holy Mother"

lilbasa8393Threads: 3 Posts: 8 Joined: Oct 24, 09	Oct 25, 09, 16:17 / #
Ive grown up knowing that Dzia Dziu had a space between...

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09	Oct 25, 09, 21:48 / #
lilbasa8393: Ive grown up knowing that Dzia Dziu had a space between... And there you go, your world at it was crumbles mwahahaha <demonic laughter>

MichalThreads: - Posts: 2,408 Joined: Feb 27, 07	Oct 26, 09, 10:16 / #
lilbasa8393: that Dzia Dziu had a s No, its one word and probably the Grand dad would not know the word because it was probably said to him so badly pronounced that he would not have recognized the word. Unless someone knows Polish phonetic coding well such a word would be hard to speak.