Piatek
28 Feb 2015
Language / How are names in Polish " nicknamed "? [10]
My boyfriend is from Russia and just explained to me how names would be "nicknamed", like for example, his name is Ivan but we call him Vanya, and if we had a son, we would name him Victor, but call him Vitya.
How are names in Polish nicknamed? I sort of understand how it works, my friend Katarzyna is Kasia, and her mother Dorota would be Dosia (right? or wrong?) Her brothers "Americanized" their names, so I don't know how male names are nicknamed.
Could names in other languages be nicknamed in a Polish way and still make sense? We can use my boyfriend's name, Ivan, and my name, Caitlin, as examples, if that'll make it easier.
My boyfriend is from Russia and just explained to me how names would be "nicknamed", like for example, his name is Ivan but we call him Vanya, and if we had a son, we would name him Victor, but call him Vitya.
How are names in Polish nicknamed? I sort of understand how it works, my friend Katarzyna is Kasia, and her mother Dorota would be Dosia (right? or wrong?) Her brothers "Americanized" their names, so I don't know how male names are nicknamed.
Could names in other languages be nicknamed in a Polish way and still make sense? We can use my boyfriend's name, Ivan, and my name, Caitlin, as examples, if that'll make it easier.