At our wedding we will have Polish and English speaking guests. Most of Ewa's family doesn't speak English and Jeff's doesn't speak Polish, which means they will get along well :) The best solution to the language barrier is to have more vodka.
Polish language is rather difficult. The grammar is complex, and has some features, which do not appear in English.
Like many languages, Polish has grammatical gender. A table (stól) is masculine, a book (ksiazka) is feminine, and a window (okno) is neuter. Nouns and adjectives and verbs have many endings, depending on their role in a sentence. There are 7 cases or roles which a noun can have in a Polish sentence, each with its own ending. The endings also depend on the gender of the noun. Word order is more free in Polish, partly because the noun endings help people understand the role of the word. In English, "The boy bites the dog" is quite different from "The dog bites the boy", but in Polish people could use either order without confusion.
Good morning or Good afternoon - Dzien dobry (Gin dob ray)
Good evening - Dobry wieczór (Dobry vieshur)
Good bye - Do widzenia (doh vee-JEN-yah)
Thank you - Dziekuje (Gin Koo Ya)
Please - po prosze (Po Proshe)
Your'e welcome - prosze bardzo (Proshe Bardzo)
Hi, Hello! or Bye - Czesc! (Chest)
Yes - Tak (tack)
Exactly - dokladnie (Doquadnie)
No or Not - Nie (kneeya)
How are you? - Jak sie masz? (Yak she mash)
What's your name? - Jak masz na imie? (YAHK mahsh nah
EE-myeng)
My name is... Mam na imie... (mahm nah EE-myeng)
I don't speak Polish - Nie mówie po polsku (nyeh
MOW-vyeng poh POL-skoo)
I like you - Lubie Cie (loo-bee-EH tsee-eh)
I love you - Kocham Cie (cOham tsee-eh)
Breakfast - sniadanie ()
Lunch - lunch ()
Dinner - Obiad
Supper - Kolacja
I do not understand - Nie rozumiem
Do you speak English? - Mówisz po angielsku?
Nice to meet you - Milo mi cie / Pana / Pania poznac
Can I have a ticket? - Jeden bilet prosze
Good - Dobrze (Dobje)
Bad - Zle
So so - Tak sobie; Jako tako
Tourist Information - Informacja Turystyczna
How much does this cost? - Ile to kosztuje?
What is this? - Co to jest?
I'll buy it - Poprosze (przy zakupie)
Please bring the bill - Rachunek poprosze ()
Tea - Herbata ()
Water - Woda ()
Vodka - Vodka ()
Coffee - Kawa ()
Juice - Sok ()
Beer - Piwo ()
What time is it? - Która godzina? ()
Wedding - Slub ()
Wedding reception - Wesele ()
Guests - Goscie ()
Cheers (toast) - Na zdrowie ()
Last updated: 2008-01-02