Seems as I've just returned from the old capital of Poland, I thought I'd share with you guys the (very few - but useful) phrases and interesting facts I learnt while I was there :)
Everywhere I looked for a translation, I found it very hard to get pronunciation correct so I'll try and help out and type how you say it phonetically!!
English Polish Phonetic
Hello Cześć Chesht
Good day! Dzień dobry! Jin dob-ray!
Good bye Do widzenia Do vi-zenya
Thank you Dziękuję Ji-coy-ye
Excuse me Przepraszam Je-prow-sham
Please Proszę Prosh-ow
Good Dobre Dob-ray
Bad Zły Z-way
How are you? Jak się masz? Yak shew mash
I love you Kocham Cię Ko-ham chow
The bill, please Rachunek proszę Rosh-oo-nek prosh-ow
How much? Ile Ee-la
Zloty (Currency) Złotych Z-lot-egh
- On Easter Sunday/Monday it's tradition to have water sprayed at you by others.
- Children start school and leave school earlier than us in England (8am-2pm).
- 'Bigos' is one of the most traditional meals served here. It's a big cabbage and meat stew, sometimes served in stale bread.
- A popular street food in the city is a bagel-like pretzel, sometimes covered in poppy seeds called 'Obwarzanek'.
- Hot chocolate isn't as runny as English! It's similar to thick cacao!
Thanks for reading :)
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