Thursday, September 24, 2009

Polish words I have learned

Well, let's say Polish words I think I have learned.
Tak = yes
Lody = ice cream
Gofry = waffle
piwo = beer
Now those are probably the only 4 that I will remember after leaving Poland until I return. Hopefully I will return because it is a beautiful country and very historic and now also very dynamic.
A lot of words are surprisingly Latin based since it is not a Latin based language. But I'm thinking that these words are more recent into the lexicon, like computer and engineering terms.
Ulica = street or boulevard or something like that
Restauranjca = is pretty recognizable as restaurant
Jana Pawla II = I think, John Paul II in honor of the Polish man who became Pope
Stare Miastro = old city

I could go on but mostly I can't spell any of them but can figure out what they mean when I see them such as exit (usually also has an arrow thank goodness).
Still, I'm not such an expert that I could get around without a map or directions or the kindness of local people. When are we going to get the universal translators from Star Trek? I need mine now.

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