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
June 16, 2008 at 12:28 pm
You missed out “Dobriz Malkowski” – “I dropped it”.
December 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Great site, however you’ve missed out another crucial Polish phrase – shame on you!!!
Artur Boruc – Clumsy Goalkeeper
February 14, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Also forgot: Fakavsky sentralbeltski