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How to say, "let's go!" in Polish


Elizabeth23  1 | 2  
29 Aug 2012 /  #1
Hello. I was wondering how you would say "let's go!" in Polish. As in if you were at a sports match and cheering for someone like, "let's go Piotr!". If there are any other similar phrases that could be used at sports games/matches I would be interested in learning those too. Dziękuję!
gumishu  15 | 6183  
29 Aug 2012 /  #2
"let's go Piotr!"

'dawaj Piotrek' or 'naprzód Piotrek' or simply 'Piotrek, Piotrek,...'
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
29 Aug 2012 /  #3
thats * Dav Eye* for the phonetically challenged :)
Same as russian....had no idea how to spell it in Polish though :)
p3undone  7 | 1098  
29 Aug 2012 /  #4
Isthatu2, this phonetically challenged person thanks you for the phonetic pronunciation.
OP Elizabeth23  1 | 2  
29 Aug 2012 /  #5
Thank you everyone for your help. I really appreciate it!
Lyzko  
29 Aug 2012 /  #6
I've also heard plain "Chodźmy!", "Idź!"
boletus  30 | 1356  
29 Aug 2012 /  #7
You can say "Chodźmy do kina" (Let's go to the theater), or "Chodźmy już stąd!" (Let's get out of here now), but this cannot be used in the cheering sense. The previous suggestions are correct, even though the Russianism "dawaj" hearts my ear.

But check these cheer leader expressions:

chodziarz macie fajne gadzie z nami nigdy nie wygracie

cola pepsi pepsi cola nasi chłopcy szczelą gola!
peter_olsztyn  6 | 1082  
29 Aug 2012 /  #8
I was wondering how you would say "let's go!" in Polish.

chodźmy
pójdźmy
idźmy
idziemy
chodźcie
zbierajcie się
ruszamy

idziemy, nikt nie woła ;)
boletus  30 | 1356  
29 Aug 2012 /  #9
But check these cheer leader expressions:

P.S. I am aware of the orthographic errors in the examples I posted, such as "chodziarz", "gadzie" and "szczelą". This is why I posted them in the first place.
Szlachcic  - | 36  
31 Aug 2012 /  #10
let's go Piotr!"

idziemy, Piotruś!

or

chodź(my), Piotruś!
pawian  221 | 25379  
31 Aug 2012 /  #11
You`d better spend a dozen years in Poland with natives before you speak up in such threads. :):):):)
Simply speaking, don`t be a ciul. :):):)
strzyga  2 | 990  
9 Sep 2012 /  #14
Fine, but it's not for cheering in sports, and this was the original question.
boletus  30 | 1356  
9 Sep 2012 /  #15
If Piotrek is a volleyball player I might cheer him "Asa, Piotrek, asa!", where "as" stands for "ace". And the cheers are most often rhymed - as entire schools try come with new original cheers for a class, a school or a town team.

I liked this one, which appeared in one banner in London Olympic: "Wio, Myszata!" - a private cheer of family of Iwona Matkowska, a wrestler in 48 kg category. All Poles know what "wio!" means; "myszata" might mean "a girl with mousie hair colour", or something. A private joke. The effect was comical. She loved it! :-)
chrzaszczbrzmii  - | 4  
9 Sep 2012 /  #16
chrzaszczbrzmii:
Idziemy. My polish mate said this.

Fine, but it's not for cheering in sports, and this was the original question.

oops - you're right.

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