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Advice on Polish word - possibly colloquial?


lollapahoolaThreads: 1
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Hiya - I don't speak polish so have difficulty with the phonetics, I keep coming across a word that I am desperate to know the meaning of - it is spoken by my neighbours to their dog (her name is Nell) repeatedly and I'm sure it means something like 'bad dog' or 'naughty' - my transcription of it (without having IPA fonts on my computer!) is something like /nieWOLno/ (in english would be pronounced something like 'neeVOLLno!').

Is it some kind of affectionate form of 'Nell'? Like I call my dog 'doggles'?

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J
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Joined: May 14, 09 		Edited by: jump_bunny   Dec 20, 09, 22:45 /  #
lollapahoola:
Is it some kind of affectionate form of 'Nell'? Like I call my dog 'doggles'?

Hardly correct I'm afraid. Nie wolno means it is not allowed - they forbid the dog to do sth
lollapahoolaThreads: 1
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Joined: Dec 20, 09 		  Dec 23, 09, 21:18 /  #
Ha! Ok thank you for your response, hey at least I got the spelling right!?!?
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lollapahoola:
hey at least I got the spelling right!?!?

Almost! It's 'nie wolno' and never 'niewolno' :)
lollapahoola:
Ok thank you for your response

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