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Dóbrý dębiec!

Hello (dóbrý dudek) and welcome (dóbrý dębiec) to Inversnecky’s indispensible Polish phrasebook.

Spoken by an estimated 98.4% of Church Street Coop customers, Polish is now more widely spoken in the town city than English and Gaelic combined, and a grasp of at least the basic phrases of the language is essential to surviving life in the Highland Capital.

Regularly updated, this page will have all the phrases you need to try out on your Polish neighbours and colleagues.

Good luck, or as the Poles would say, dóbrý załuska!

Basic phrases

Dóbra kuszczak – good morning
Dóbrý dudek – good day
Dóbro boruc – good evening

Kmita zabierzów? – how are you?
Browar, żywiec – fine, thank you.
Dóbrý michalkula – merry Christmas
Dóbrý załuska – good luck
Dóbrý dębiec – welcome
Szamotulski! – cheers!
Piłki nożnej – goodbye
Dóbrý wojciech – happy birthday
Gdynia Andrzej Bledzewski – Happy St Andrew’s Day

Directions

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-biała? – where is the nearest Polish delicatessen?
Invrnesz – Inverness