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Aug 11 Last Updated on 20 December 2011
Aug 11 Last Updated on 20 December 2011
How do you say that
The Polish language is classified as belonging to the Indo-European, West Slavic family of languages. It is estimated that between 42.7– 52 million people speak Polish and is ranked as 27th most spoken language.
Polish is a phonetic language that once understood is quite simple to read and pronounce.
Here are some useful words/phrases and how to pronounce them:
| English | Polish (pronunciation) |
| Merry Christmas | Wesołych świąt (visowih svongt) |
| Happy New Year | Szczęśliwego nowego roku (shcheng-slivego novego rocku) |
| Hello/goodbye | Cześć (cheshch) informal |
| Good morning / afternoon | Dzień dobry (jen-dow-bree) |
| Good evening | Dobry wieczór (dobree viechoor) |
| Yes | Tak (tuck) |
| No | Nie (nye) |
| Thank you | Dziękuję (jen-koo-yeah) |
| Please | Proszę (pro-share) |
| I like that | Ja to lubię (ya-toe-loob-yeah) |
| Good / bad | Dobre (doe-bre)/zle (z-leh) |
| Tastes good | Smaczne (sma-ch-ne) |
| One | Jeden (ye-den) |
| Two | Dwa (d-va) |
| Three | Trzy (chee) |
| Four | Cztery (ch-tare-ee) |
| What is the price? | Jaka cena? (yaka-tsena) |
| I do not understand | Nie rozumiem (nye-rozum-yem) |
| I understand | Rozumiem (roz-oo-miem) |
| I'm looking for… | Szukam (shookahm) |
| Sorry | Przepraszam (psheh-prah-shahm) |
| Excuse me (to get attention) | Przepraszam (psheh-prah-shahm) |
| Excuse me (to get past) | Przepraszam (psheh-prah-shahm) |
| I do not speak Polish | Ja nie mowię po Polsku ( ya nyeh mooveh po polskoo) |
| How are you? | Jak się masz (yahk syeh mash) informal |
| I don’t know | Nie wiem (nyee vyem) |