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LeonisThreads: 28 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Jan 28, 10, 10:46 #1
Can I use this expression in everyday situations, when I want to say that I line up with my partner? Because I found it in a dictionary, and it said: "Jestem za" - "I agree". Do you use it often in Poland or should I use an other expression?

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09 ♂	Edited by: Ziemowit Jan 28, 10, 11:02 #2
Leonis: Do you use it often in Poland or should I use an other expression? Indeed, we often use it in Poland. Lech Wałęsa had even gone to the extremes with this expression telling people who wanted his support: Jestem za, a nawet przeciw! I hope you can figure out what he meant (many, me included, could not!).

learn polishThreads: 2 Posts: 71 Joined: Oct 15, 09 ♀	Jan 28, 10, 11:10 #3
"Jestem za" is used often, even colloquially: - Idziemy na piwo? - Jestem za! Ziemowit: Jestem za, a nawet przeciw! I hope you can figure out what he meant (many, me included, could not!). There's certainly a philosophical depth to it that eludes logical explanation ;)

jedenThreads: - Posts: 297 Joined: Nov 30, 09 ♂	Jan 28, 10, 11:13 #4
-idziemy na piwo?? -Ok ;)

LeonisThreads: 28 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Jan 28, 10, 20:34 #5
Thank you all a lot for explaining! :-) jeden: -idziemy na piwo?? -Ok Hehhee :-)

jedenThreads: - Posts: 297 Joined: Nov 30, 09 ♂	Jan 28, 10, 20:37 #6
sorry, even my mother is saying that ;) LONG LIVE HUNGARY, from Poland with love ;*

LeonisThreads: 28 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Jan 29, 10, 11:36 #7
jeden: LONG LIVE HUNGARY, from Poland with love ;* Oh, thanks a lot!:-)) Wishing the same for Poland, that's why I study polonystyka:-)

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09 ♂	Jan 29, 10, 13:31 #8
"Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki" When I was in Budapest in 1980s, a number of Hungarian people were able to say it in Polish to me. Unfortunately, I was not able to reciprocate the verse in Hungarian.

LeonisThreads: 28 Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 15, 09 ♀	Feb 2, 10, 19:30 #9
Ziemowit: "Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki" When I was in Budapest in 1980s, a number of Hungarian people were able to say it in Polish to me. Unfortunately, I was not able to reciprocate the verse in Hungarian. Oh yes, the well-known saying :-) "Lengyel, magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol, együtt issza borát" I think :-)

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