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Context of 'Mów dalej'


Mufasa 19 | 357  
1 Mar 2008 /  #1
According to my Polish teacher, Mów dalej = go on!

Is it in the context of speaking, like when you encourage or prompt someone to speak on, eg when someone's telling you an interesting story and you were interrupted? The person who interrupted goes away, and you prompt your friend: Mów dalej!

Or is it go on in general?
Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
1 Mar 2008 /  #2
eg when someone's telling you an interesting story and you were interrupted? The person who interrupted goes away, and you prompt your friend: Mów dalej!

Yes...
OP Mufasa 19 | 357  
1 Mar 2008 /  #3
thanx G

Edit: If you just give a command: 'Dalej!'

Can it be pretty much any context where you can move forward, or is it used specifically?
Marek 4 | 867  
1 Mar 2008 /  #4
....or perhaps even "Proszę dalej!" = Please go on!, without even using "Mów.." in the phrase.
plk123 8 | 4,142  
1 Mar 2008 /  #5
Mów dalej = go on!

keep talking..

tell me (us) more..
OP Mufasa 19 | 357  
1 Mar 2008 /  #6
thank you, and if you just say 'dalej', could it be used in any context of moving forward, like prompting a shy child on stage, na przykład, or still only in the tell me more context?
plk123 8 | 4,142  
1 Mar 2008 /  #7
dalej means further so yes, on stage or sports or whatever.

powiedz wjęcej - tell me/us more
dalej gadaj - chat further (v. informal)
OP Mufasa 19 | 357  
1 Mar 2008 /  #8
dzięki bardzo :)
plk123 8 | 4,142  
1 Mar 2008 /  #9
proszę bardzo
rafik 18 | 589  
1 Mar 2008 /  #10
powiedz wjęcej - tell me/us more
dalej gadaj - chat further (v. informal)

no i co bylo dalej?-what's happened next.
Krzysztof 2 | 973  
1 Mar 2008 /  #11
If you just give a command: 'Dalej!'

this word alone wouldn't be too polite, it would be rather insisting, hurrying someone, with a verb it loses its rudeness and becomes (like your teacher said) "go on", "please continue"
OP Mufasa 19 | 357  
2 Mar 2008 /  #12
thought so - wouldn't use it - was just wondering :)
Michal - | 1,865  
2 Mar 2008 /  #13
I powiedz mi, co się stało dalej? Dalej can be used in all sorts of situations. But the imperative form mów dalej, mów głośniej, mów szybciej i tak dalej!

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