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"live like there is no tomorrow" - into English please.


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mishukley123  Sep 21, 10, 19:04    #1
hi!

i was wondering if someone would be kind enough to translate the following phrase into polish for me:

"live like there is no tomorrow"
or
"live each day like its your last"

i looked online and found a translation that goes like this:
"zyc podobny tu jest nie jutro"
but i think it may be wrong.

thank you!!!!
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: Seanus  Sep 21, 10, 19:06    #2
'Żyj jakby nie było jutra' but I'm not a native speaker so please ask others for confirmation
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Żyj tak, jakby to był Twój ostatni dzień na ziemi.
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mishukley123:
"live like there is no tomorrow"

Zyj tak, jakby nie bylo jutra.

mishukley123:
"live each day like its your last"

Przezywaj (zyj) kazdy swoj dzien jakby to byl twoj ostatni.
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"Żyj jakbyś miał umrzeć jutro."
native speaker here.
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Plastic Pole52:
"Żyj jakbyś miał umrzeć jutro."

yeah... but it sounds strange....
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pgtx:
yeah... but it sounds strange....

Not in Poland.
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Plastic Pole52:
Not in Poland.

i'm Polish... it sounds weird...
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mishukley123:
"zyc podobny tu jest nie jutro"

Seanus:
'Żyj jakby nie było jutra'

shush:
Zyj tak, jakby nie bylo jutra.

Plastic Pole52:
"Żyj jakbyś miał umrzeć jutro."


Always so many different ways to say the same thing in P-lish... :s
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pgtx:
i'm Polish... it sounds weird...

I don't know about Kraków,but this is saying we use in central Poland(Łódz area).
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Plastic Pole52:
this is saying we use in central Poland(Łódz area).

location doesn't matter... it just sounds weird, even if you use it in "Lodz"......

mishukley123:
i was wondering if someone would be kind enough to translate the following phrase into polish for me:

"live like there is no tomorrow"

don't get a tattoo like that, if you're thinking of it... it's a bad idea...

the above translations are correct, although they sound weird...
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pgtx:
location doesn't matter... it just sounds weird, even if you use it in "Lodz"......

Yea right,weird is "idę na pole".A central Poland person would think you literally go in to the field.We say "idę na dwór".
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Plastic Pole52:
weird is "idę na pole"

it may be weird, but it's correct...

Plastic Pole52:
A central Poland person would think you literally go in to the field.We say "idę na dwór".

i could discuss it with you, but we already did it in some of the threads here on the forum... look it up if you're interested...
too bad you try to insult me with something as silly as that ...
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It looks as if my version was more natural than yours, PP52 ;) ;) Having said that, your version is sound IMHO. I would use sth shorter but I can't fault what you wrote. Language is elastic. Na dwór and na pole are both good. We've been through that.
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pgtx:
it may be weird, but it's correct...

Correct where?In Krakow maybe but not in Łódz.Never heard anybody saying "idę na pole" until I met dude from Kraków.In central Poland "idę na dwór" is correct NOBODY says "idę na pole" unless he is a farmer going to work on his field.
Plastic Pole52:
It looks as if my version was more natural than yours, PP52 ;)

This is EXACT saying used in CENTRAL Poland.I don't care what wieśniaki from Kraków use.
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mishukley123:
"zyc podobny tu jest nie jutro"


Completely wrong unfortunately, that is ungrammatical and effectively means "live similar to here there is no tomorrow" which makes no sense.

Plastic Pole52:
"Żyj jakbyś miał umrzeć jutro."
native speaker here.


Which literally means "live like you were to die tomorrow", which isn't quite the same thing as the OP asked, but the meaning is effectively the same, i.e. "live like tomorow would be your last day".


Plastic Pole52:
idę na pole


pgtx:
i could discuss it with you, but we already did it in some of the threads here on the forum... look it up if you're interested...


haha, not that one again!:D

SEANUS!!!! :)
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Plastic Pole52:
"idę na pole".

you can overreact here...
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Classically Polish. Arguing over the same crap over and over again. Which came first, the cabbage or the vodka? ;)
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Plastic Pole52:
idę na pole

Plastic Pole52:
"idę na dwór"

Both are correct. End of discussion.

I think i like most - Zyj jakby nie bylo jutra and Zyj kazdy dzien jakby to byl twoj ostatni. The last sentence needs improvement though.
mishukley123  Sep 21, 10, 20:06    #20
dude, im sorry but you guys are driving me crazy.

how do i decide which one to use??
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Czym pierwszy, tym lepszy. So, my one :) :)
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Seanus:
Czym pierwszy, tym lepszy.

Kto pierwszy, ten lepszy...
;)
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Nope, I wanted to say 'that which is first, is best'. Do you have to go and personalise it all? ;) ;)
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Seanus:
Nope, I wanted to say 'that which is first, is best'. Do you have to go and personalise it all? ;) ;)

Then it should be - Co pierwsze to lepsze.
mishukley123  Sep 21, 10, 20:14    #25
so wait. whats the diference between
Seanus:
Czym pierwszy, tym lepszy

and
shush:
yj jakby nie bylo jutra

????
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Seanus:
Czym pierwszy, tym lepszy

KTO pierwszy TEN lepszy.I would not know what you are trying to say pal.
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No no no. I wanted to say that what comes first is the best and my one was. I was joking by using a Polish expression. What I wrote 'Żyj jakby nie było jutra' is 'live like there's no tomorrow'. I'd roll with that one.
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Seanus:
Classically Polish. Arguing over the same crap over and over again. Which came first, the cabbage or the vodka?

LMAO...
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No, PP52. For God Sake, pay attention. That which is first, is best. I chose a different approach to the normal one from HP which says 'the best things come to those who wait'. It doesn't apply to translation.

If I had wanted to write 'he who is first, is best' (with kto and ten) I would've written it.
mishukley123  Sep 21, 10, 20:25    #30
ok seanus so one last question.

is
Seanus:
Żyj jakby nie było jutra

understandable to someone who speaks polish?
i mean, if a polish person ever read it, no matter from which part of poland they are would they be able to get what im trying to say?

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