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What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned?

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TlumThreads: 17 Posts: 136 Joined: Feb 20, 07 ♂	Oct 1, 11, 02:24 #1
Probably some swear words or funny phrases... ; )

beckskiThreads: 19 Posts: 2,148 Joined: May 15, 07 MEMBER ♀	Oct 1, 11, 02:37 #2
phrases you have learned? Being the sweet the person I am (cough), my first Polish phrase was kocham cię :) A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

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Oct 1, 11, 04:33 #3

My very non-Polish mother worked in a very multicultural environment when I was a lad. She worked with all sorts of european types on the line making Televisions and Microwave ovens. There was a Polish woman there that taught her a few words, Kur#a among them. Well I guess my dear mother never really appreciated the true spirit of the foreign word, and was prone to drop it around the house on occasion. Guess what wonderful word I learned, but had zero comprehension of it's meaning? Guess what Polish word I first uttered in the presence of my future bride? Went over exceptionally poor, I might add.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Oct 1, 11, 14:31 #4
"What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned?" 1st goodbye 2nd goodnight 1st phrase: how are u today. i then learnt that noone in Poland actually uses it. note: when one asks for a translation it is also worth asking if Poles would actually use it.

Lyzko	Oct 1, 11, 14:38 #5
Ratunku! = Help! Pali się! = Fire! (My Polish teacher was very practical, straight to the point, no pleasantries or warming up in the bull-pen whatsoever!) LOL

scottie1113Threads: 11 Posts: 873 Joined: Mar 13, 07 ♂	Oct 1, 11, 16:25 #6
piwo :)

NatasaThreads: 7 Posts: 2,607 Joined: Jun 6, 10 MEMBER ♀	Edited by: Natasa Oct 1, 11, 16:33 #7
Sadly, it's this word: kurwa It was a word, as usual used and used and used here on PF ;) stop the earth i want to get off

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Oct 1, 11, 16:34 #8
Racow

NatasaThreads: 7 Posts: 2,607 Joined: Jun 6, 10 MEMBER ♀	Edited by: Natasa Oct 1, 11, 16:45 #9
Racow Proves that you are the better part of Serbia on PF :) Crow je fin. stop the earth i want to get off

CrowThreads: 367 Posts: 7,316 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Oct 1, 11, 17:04 #10
Proves that you are the better part of Serbia on PF :) Serbians from all parts of Serbia likes Poland :)

catsoldierThreads: 90 Posts: 697 Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂	Oct 1, 11, 18:52 #11
"What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned?" I can't really remember, a bit of everything. Swear words definitely, sto, beton, betoniarka, chodź, czekaj, dzień dobry, dobry wieczór and na razie would have been some of the first also.

JimmuThreads: 2 Posts: 152 Joined: Aug 26, 11 ♂	Oct 1, 11, 21:02 #12
Hella! Kai jest pilot?

a.k.	Oct 1, 11, 22:26 #13
betoniarka, That one is certainly very basic and essential ;)

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,395 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 00:40 #14
Jesce Polska nie zgineła!

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,232 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 00:47 #15
po ile dolar?

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,395 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 00:50 #16
Czange moneys, czange moneys.

catsoldierThreads: 90 Posts: 697 Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂	Oct 2, 11, 02:16 #17
That one is certainly very basic and essential ;) That's true! :-)

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Oct 5, 11, 00:40 #18

I may not spell these correct but my grandma taught me(oh i guess ill just use google translate then!):
ciotka=aunt
dupa=butt,fanny
babcia=grandma
girl (used google translate and it came up as one crazy word - i learned it as pronounced - leo-cay-dee-uh)
pierogi = more with the polish 'tongue' i was taught to pronounce haha

and maybe a few others is all i know from both sides of my family (polish from my dads, polish and english from my moms)

pamThreads: 22 Posts: 463 Joined: Oct 11, 11 MEMBER ♀	Oct 18, 11, 01:47 #19
na zdrowie...and not because i was sneezing! second was piwo. didnt actually learn to swear for quite a while, but am actually quite good at it now!

holmes

Oct 18, 11, 08:36 #20

pawian:

Jesce Polska nie zgineła!

a true narodak. :)

Natasa:

Sadly, it's this word: kurwa

sadly? that's a great word, very utilitarian.. it can be used in so many settings... and it is pretty much the same word in other slavic languages.. there are really no downsides except for it being a curse word. haha