How You Say?

Ale Mu/Jej/Im Się Udało

English Phonemes: “AH-leh moo yehy eem shyeh oo-DAH-woh”

Literal Translation: How to him/her/them itself it did succeed.

Elegant Translation: How did that work out for him/her/th…

Może Mi Się Uda

English Phonemes: “MOH-[ż]eh mee shyeh OO-dah”

Literal Translation: Maybe to me itself it will succeed. 

Elegant Translation: Maybe it will succeed for me.

English Equivalent: I hope this…

To ostatni dzwonek.

English Phonemes: “toh ohs-TAHT-nee DZWOH-nehk”

Literal Translation: This last little bell.

Elegant Translation: This is the final little bell.

English Equivalent: Last call!

This phra…

Gdzies tu sie kręci.

English Phonemes: “gjyehsh tooh shyeh KR[Ę]-chee”

Literal Translation: Somewhere here itself it is spinning.

Elegant Translation: He/she/it is spinning around here somewhere.

English…

Same dobre!

English Phonemes: “SAH-meh DOH-breh”

Literal Translation: Only good.

Elegant Translation: All good. 

English Equivalent: Only the good stuff.

This phrase can refer to something being decadent…

Zjeżdżaj z tąd!

English Phonemes: “ZYEH[Ż]-d[ż]ahy s t[ą]t”

Literal Translation: Slide down from of here!

Elegant Translation: Slide down away from here!

English Equivalent: Get out of here!

Another char…

Ogólnie rzecz biorąc...

English Phonemes: “oh-GOOL-nyeh [rz]eh[cz] BYOH-r[ą]c”

Literal Translation: Generally thing taking...

Elegant Translation: Generally taking a thing...

English Equivalent: Overall.…

To temat rzeka!

English Phonemes: “toh TEH-maht [Ż]EH-kah”

Literal Translation: This topic river.

Elegant Translation: This is a topic like a river.

English Equivalent: It’s a long story.

This phrase is …

O mały włos! 

English Phonemes: “oh MAH-wih vwohs”
Literal Translation: By little hair.
Elegant Translation: By a tiny hair.
English Equivalent: By the skin of their teeth.

This phrase is used to describe…

Czasami!

English Phonemes: “[cz]ah-SAH-mee”
Literal Translation: Sometimes.

Short lesson this week!
Spring-boarding off of last week’s episode, this word shares a common root with the word “czas” (time).

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Raz Na Jakiś Czas

English Phonemes: “rahs nah YAH-keesh [cz]ahs”
Literal Translation: Once on some time.
Elegant Translation: Once in some time.
English Equivalent: Once in a while.

This is a great phrase…

Nabijasz mnie w butelkę!

English Phonemes: “nah-BEE-yah[sz] mnyeh v boo-TEHL-keh”
Literal Translation: You are stuffing me into bottle.
Elegant Translation: You are stuffing me into a bottle.
English Equ…

Zapałkę na cztery, pół litra na raz.

English Phonemes: “zah-POW-keh nah [CZ]TEH-rih poow LEE-trah nah rahs”
Literal Translation: Match into four, half liter into once.
Elegant Translation: A match into …

Kapitalna robota!

English Phonemes: “kah-pee-TAHL-nyeh”
Literal Translation: Capital work!
Elegant Translation: Capital job!
English Equivalent: Great job!

This is a nice way to encourage someone and let …

Nie bierz mnie pod włos! 

English Phonemes: “nyeh byeh[sz] mnyeh pohd vwohs”

Literal Translation: Not take me under hair!

Elegant Translation: Don’t take me under the hair!

English Equivalent: I’m not bu…

Można podskoczyć!

English Phonemes: “MOH[Ż]-nah pod-SKOH-[cz]ich”
Literal Translation: One can to jump.
Elegant Translation: One can jump!

This phrase can be — with equal validity — used in the literal s…

Kombinuj pan, kombinuj!

English Phonemes: “kohm-BEE-nooyh pahn kohm-BEE-nooyh”
Literal Translation: Combine man, combine.
Elegant Translation: Combine it, sir, combine it.
English Equivalent: Put it toge…

Od Nowa!

English Phonemes: “ohd NOH-vah”
Literal Translation: From new!
Elegant Translation: From the beginning!
English Equivalent: From the top!

To celebrate the new year, I’m giving you a phrase to hel…

Odwróć się od ceny.

English Phonemes: “OHD-vrooch shyeh ohd TSEH-nih”
Literal Translation: Turn away self from price.
Elegant Translation: Turn yourself away from the price.
English Equivalent: Try not …

Spadaj!

English Phonemes: “SPAH-dahy”
Literal Translation: Fall off!
English Equivalent: Get lost!

This is a simple way to tell someone to buzz off, get lost, beat it, get out of here... You get the ide…