Useful Terms
As an initiation to Polish, it's useful to know a few common expressions:
- Dzień dobry - Good morning (or good afternoon)(Jen DOH-brih) pronunciation
- Dobry wieczór - Good evening (DOH-brih VEE-etch-OO-r) pronunciation
- Dobranoc - Good night (doh-BRAH-nots) pronunciation
- Cześć - Hi (Cheshch) pronunciation
- Do widzenia - Good bye (d-oh veedzenia) pronunciation
- Proszę - Please/ here you are (prosh-eh) pronunciation
- Dziękuję - Thank you (Jen KOO yeh) pronunciation
- Dzięki - Thanks (less formal) (JEN kee) pronunciation
- Przepraszam - I'm sorry / excuse me (psheh-prasham) pronunciation
- Tak - Yes (t-ah-k) pronunciation
- No - Yeah (n-oh softer o) pronunciation
- Nie - No / not (Nee-eh) pronunciation
- Nie zawracaj mi głowy, nie widzisz, że jestem zajęty/zajęta? - Don't disturb me, don't you see I'm busy ? (speaker: male/female) (lit. Don't turn my head, don't you see, that I am busy) (Nee-eh zaf-rah-tsai me gh-wh-oh-vih, nee-eh vi-tsish, sh-eh yea-stem zah-yea-th-ih/zah-yea-th-ah)
- Jak się masz? - How are you? (lit. How do you have yourself?) (Yah-k sheh mahsh) pronunciation
- Jak leci? - What's up? (lit. how's it flying?) (Yah-k l-eh-chee) pronunciation
- Co/Jak tam u ciebie? - How is it going? (tso / yah-k tahm oo cheh-bee-eh) pronunciation
- Nie mówię po polsku. - I don't speak Polish (nee-eh moov-ee-eh po polskoo) pronunciation
- Nie rozumiem - I don't understand pronunciation
- Na zdrowie! - Cheers! (nah zdroh-vee-eh) pronunciation
