'Na pole' or 'na dwor' ?

I'm from Kraków so i say 'I'm going na pole'. All my Polish friends from different parts of PL say ' na dwór'. And they make fun of me ;) lol.....

How do you say it? :D

you mean go outside? i say 'na dwór', but im from Warmia ;)

Na dwór. ;-) My friend always argue with me ... he is form south east Poland (Podkarpacie) and he uses your version.

na pomorzu we say "na dwór"

In this house.

I say 'na pole' just because most of the Poles I know are from Southern Poland.

ahh i remember when i was a kid and my friend came over to ask if i was coming out, and she asked 'idziesz na podwórek?' lol

yeah....sometimes i just say 'im going na zewnątrz' (outside) lol....

idę na świeże powietrze/idę się przewietrzyć
idę do lasu narobić hałasu lmao

I lived in Warsaw and we said "na dwór". Then when I lived in Krakow they said "na pole". But I never got used to saying "na pole"

We said "na dwor" in Kieleckie. It always sounds funny to me when I hear "na pole" :)

It is quite easy to guess the origin of this difference. In the past , Krakow residents used to live in nice houses and residences, so when they left them they said they were going "na pole," (to the field). The field was sort of a recreation area for them.

All other Poles, in Warsaw and elsewhere, used to live in crumbling cottages, so when they left them, they said they were going "na dwór" (to the mansion). It was their favourite entertainment to look at the mansion and watch people there. Like at the cinema.

That`s what some guy explained to me once.

I always tought that "na pole" is used by people living in the villages, didn't know that it actually orginates from Southern Poland. But I does sound unnatural to me, I always used "na dwór".

Now a little quiz for non-polish. Where does "tej" originate? What part of the country. :)

Na pole is no guarantee of being from the whole of the South of Poland. For example, here in Silesia, which is in the South of Poland, they generally say 'na dwór' more here. Na pole is more of a Kraków term and from the villages as said above

In our home in Manchester we always said " na pole" My parents came from the southeast..........

I assume 'na pole' works fine for Poles from any part of the country if it really is a field out there, as opposed to a street, garden, backyard or just the exterior of your spaceship.

you assume correctly, osiol, when I leave my spaceship I always say "idę na dwór" (I'm from central Poland)

Well, look at the word, na POLE. I guess a Pole would get it

What is the difference between:
na dwór,
na dworze, and
na świeżym powietrzu?

Poland = land of fields.
I don't know what all those towns, cities and woodlands and forests are all about.

Not really. First time I heard "lets go na pole" my answer was "it will take us 1/2 hr to get there"

I should have put LOL as I know that many are so accustomed to saying na dwór. It was a sad attempt at a joke RJ, my apologies

na dwór = direction (to go) - iść na dwór, wyjść na dwór
na dworze = stay (to be) - byłem na dworze, "Mama jest na dworze, zaraz ją zawołam"
na świeżym powietrzu = open air [literally: fresh air] (in opposition to indoor activities) - Lubię wypoczynek na świeżym powietrzu.

Thanks, Krzysztof. After I posted, I guessed that was roughly the answer, but it's always nice to have some reassurance sometimes.

When I was in Bieruń(Close to Katowice) in Silesia, they told me 'outside' was na pole, they never said na dwór

But were they TRUE Silesians or just living in Silesia?

They were true Silesians.....everyone where they lived said na pole so they got me saying that now=P

If u meet Hanys people, they invariably say na dwór, I hear it often as I live in Silesia.

I just asked my cousin about it in an email, i will let you know the answer when he replies=)

Here is the response from my cousin in Bieruń:

'We say 'na pole' because it is regional custom, it is an example of silesian language, there are a lot of differences in 'speaking language' in different parts of Poland'

Well, my girlfriend is a staunch Silesian with Silesian/German parents and they insist otherwise but the point is hardly worth arguing, especially for a foreigner