Need some Polish 101 if you can help me out, please

**Will Jacobs** · 02-24-2009, 07:19 AM

The cleaning crew at my building is Polish and I need a few nice casual things to say to them. You know, like "Good evening, how are you?"....."Hello my friend"...whatever. They speak almost no English so it's hard to be friendly outside of waving.

There are translation services online but I trust you guys more and you can help me with the pronunciation. Any suggestions?

Bartas · 02-24-2009, 11:01 AM

Hi, hello - cześć [tschesch] ..something like that
Good morning - dzień dobry
Good evening - dobry wieczór
How are you - jak się masz
Nice chick - fajna laska
Well if you meet bad polish people say:
fuck you - spierdalaj
whore - kurwa, dziwka
Well I think thats it. Have fun

Ryan Saari · 02-24-2009, 12:35 PM

all you need to know how to say is Perogi

just joking...I actually spent three weeks in Krakow and never learned a single word. Everyone understood me...for the most part.

good luck

Bartas · 02-24-2009, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amamma412

all you need to know how to say is Perogi

just joking...I actually spent three weeks in Krakow and never learned a single word. Everyone understood me...for the most part.

good luck

''PIEROGI'' btw
So do You like Krakow? Its beautiful place mate. Not only Kraków. There is more nice places and is cheap as fuck

Ryan Saari · 02-24-2009, 04:41 PM

i didn't say you needed to know how to spell it!! ;-)

Krakow was great! I spent New Years 07/08 there and it was insane!!
At one point I truely feared for my life.

If I weren't so big I easily would have been crushed in the crowd. It was the first time I literally had no control over my body.

I was there for 8 days then hopped a train to Budapest.

Overall trip was 2 months....Frankfurt to Krakow to Budapest to Bratislava to Prague to Berlin to Frankfurt.

Also.....I won't say the Polish women were the most beautiful but easily they were the most fun. We partied at a place called Frantic almost every night!

**Will Jacobs** · 02-25-2009, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bartas

Hi, hello - cześć [tschesch] ..something like that
Good morning - dzień dobry
Good evening - dobry wieczór
How are you - jak się masz
Nice chick - fajna laska
Well if you meet bad polish people say:
fuck you - spierdalaj
whore - kurwa, dziwka
Well I think thats it. Have fun

Thank you!

Now I just have to work on pronouncing that action...

Ryan Saari · 02-25-2009, 08:28 AM

here ya go:
Useful Polish phrases

has pronunciations

AzureNight** · 02-25-2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will Jacobs

Thank you!

Now I just have to work on pronouncing that action...

I can help you with that.

Czesc: tch (kinda like ch in choke, but more harsh) - e (like in pen) - sh (like in wash) - ch (again like in choke)
dzień dobry: this ones a bit harder. dz is kind of like the J in Jew, ien is like "yien" with the n like in January. Dobry is simple: dobr and then the y like the I in tit.
dobry wieczór: again dobry, then veh-choor.
jak się masz: yak shye mash. Kind of like what Borat says.