TheBlueSpirals 1 | - 6 Feb 2009 / #1Hello,This is my first, and probably last time posting here; I had a quick question regarding slang in Polish. I am writing a fictional story, and in it, there is a child whose primary language is Polish.What would a young Polish child call his mother and father? It seems to me that in English, as well as a few eastern-European languages, "Momma" and "Papa" are almost universal.Is such the case in Polish? Would it make sense if I had the boy calling out, "Momma! Papa!" ?
esek 2 | 228 7 Feb 2009 / #6two more:ojciec and matka (more official...)stary and stara (and this is slang... some people call their parents like that... personally i have never used any of this and I will not use .. it's just not nice in my opinion)stary/stara - old
Mafketis 37 | 10,909 7 Feb 2009 / #8papcioCan't say I've ever heard that one.On the other hand, if the child is calling to them, the vocative might well be usedmamusiu! tatusiu!or, more simply (but less emotionally)mamo! tato!
Wroclaw 44 | 5,369 7 Feb 2009 / #9Can't say I've ever heard that one.That's because P3 makes it up as he is going along.