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 Aug 31, 10, 19:58    #1
Is this how poles would say, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" ?

Co nie zabije to wzmocni

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 Aug 31, 10, 19:59    #2
buzzkillla:
Co nie zabije to wzmocni

co cię nie zabije to cię wzmocni....
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 Aug 31, 10, 20:01    #3
Is that how any pole would say that? In their context of language? I'm not sure how english translates to polish...
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 Aug 31, 10, 20:10    #4
buzzkillla:
Is that how any pole would say that? In their context of language? I'm not sure how english translates to polish...

yes...
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 Aug 31, 10, 20:17    #5
pgtx:
co cię nie zabije to cię wzmocni....


I corroborate. I say it to my students when they get an F. :):):):)
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 Aug 31, 10, 20:19    #6
pawian:
I corroborate. I say it to my students when they get an F. :):):):)

haha nice and thanks for the feedback
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 Aug 31, 10, 20:20    #7
pawian:
I say it to my students when they get an F. :):):):)

oh really? that's nice...
my physics professor used to say to the F students: "life is a b!tch"...
:)
Lyzko  Sep 1, 10, 20:58    #8
Nietszche, of Polish origins by the way, first coined this phrase, I think:

"Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich staerker."
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 Sep 1, 10, 21:10    #9
buzzkillla:
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

and in Latin here:
Quod te non occidit, te certe fortiorem reddere poterit...- That which does not kill will only serve to make you stronger
(*....i like it...*)
:)
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 Sep 2, 10, 08:46    #10
pgtx:
Quod te non occidit, te certe fortiorem reddere poterit


I like that. But how do you pronounce the polish version of this saying?
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 Sep 2, 10, 08:56    #11
buzzkillla:
But how do you pronounce the polish version of this saying?

you can't.. it's hard for a non speaker
F&G  Sep 4, 10, 17:37    #12
youtube.com/watch?v=9Pqr1u1Hrzo

tso tsye nye zabeeyeh to tsye wsmotsnee
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 Sep 5, 10, 00:02    #13
you have always al least 2 options:
1). to be desperated and fail in some departments or:
2). to fight and try to deal with sth what is difficult for you
so: if you get up not beaten by problems, you can say then you became stronger



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