Giving directions in Polish

Dzien dobry, pani! Jestes ladna dziewczyna.

Like that?

ohh. not really :(

I've corrected myself (see above).

ha, better, better!

and now something more advanced like:

Ah, Wyspianska, jestes cudowna :D

Sorry, I'm better at saying bad things than I am at saying good things.


I ought to know what this means before I say it.

cudowna (y) = wonderful :P

u can call me ur teacher now hehe

Yes, miss. I'll have my homework ready for tomorrow.

oh yes i always wanted be dominant side lol

love it hehe :P

ah btw do u use myspace osiol?

Not yet. Maybe one day.

As I said, you can also use the expression omina fabryke which comes from the word objazd. Remember that I never use Polish and do not learn it as I have no future use of it really. However, there are a few expressions which I do remember such as 'kto pyta nie bladzi'-he who asks will not loose his way and I think that I am right in saying there is an expression you could use with your friends looking for their way 'koniec jezyka za przewodnika', I learned it from a girl from Bochnia a long time ago and it means, in other words, use your tongue and it will be your guide.


My wife uses it to me in the car all the time!

morèe (Czech) :-)

In Dutch it is proefkonijn

Wow Michal, you were a bit a devil in your day then or I am I the only one with a dirty mind here lol

I suppose that we all learn thing along the way in different ways and I used to write things down on a piece of paper. I can always remember when at college my lecturer taught me to remember the formula for capacitance as Q=V x C, that is, the Queen awards the Victoria Cross and it has always stuck with me even from 1972! Hence, bit by bit, my head is full of useless information such as the Polish for a concrete mixer-'betoniarka'! As for the expression about 'koniec jezyka...' I do not know if it is used very often. In Russian the expression 'your mouth will lead you to Kijev'.


W pierwsza przecznice na lewo w druga przecznice na prawo.

Not "mouth", but "jezyk" as well. Sounds "Jazyk do Kijewa dowedet" :)


In Russian it sounds very similar - morskaya swinka. In Ukrainian mors'ka swynka.

In Russian, if I remember rightly it was something like 'jazyk perewediot w Kiejev', using language or using your tongue to make sounds-the noun is the same, will lead to Kiejev.

przecznica isn't a typical word for directions, actually I think it's mostly (90%) used for New York streets only

I thought they spoke English in New York?

I'm sure some people in New York have asked for directions in Polish.

Is that New York City or New York State?

Baden Baden, so good they named it twice.

I meant NYC that's the only situation I hear the word "przecznica" (in news or Polish translation of movies related to NYC) - it means the streets crossing the big streets/avenues (like Broadway)

(I guess "przecznica" comes from the word "poprzeczny" = cross, transversal)

Well, przecznica is 'poprzeczna ulica', often smaller than the one it crosses.