"No tak"; The Oddest Phrase In Polish For This American

Kamisha, as usual, there's NOTHING "wrong" with your or Ziemowit's explanation! Certain people or persons here in PF are merely dyed-in-the-wool contrarians, and you'll never, ever change them:-)

No worries, believe me! It's all too common to typically pick on the perceived weakest link in the chainLOL

So tell me mister know it all -in what way everything or nothing is an explanation.You are just full of it.

You mean, Ironside, "How are you able to judge?" Well now, I have more than a passing knowledge of Polish, certainly as much an academic knowledge of the grammar as you of English, and therefore (on occasion) think to myself, "Why don't I contribute some meaningful commentary?" At least the Poles out there can avail themselves of the chance of reading correct English, if nothing else:-) ^^

No. I mean you are full of it.

Full of what, pray tell?? Full of sense, full of self-appointed arrogance, full of...??? Or do you in all likelihood mean "full of it" in that overused, typically vulgar parlance of your drugged out generation? I want proof, evidence of such (..if it's not too much to ask)!

Cheers,

Tell you something you already know.
When I pray and I think, I think and pray.
Seldom I have time for empty words.
wherein you take pride in a plum
with air of vanity from your empty soul
to wrench awe from fools, easy prey.
Pray, prattle, bristle as you will
all this mean nothing to me.

Pray tell = Uprzejmie poproszę opowiedzieć = Please tell (a little sarcasm on my part, that's allLOL)
So sorry you missed my point, Ironside. Just trying to be lighthearded, that's all:-)

It's really laughable how you try to be a smart ass and argue with the native Polish speakers and yet you can't even write one simple sentence in Polish correctly.

Stop personal attacks and focus on the topic- Lenka

I've observed that even among Polish native speakers, there seems to be debate as to what is correct and what isn't ^....^

Ok, I'll explain it.

"No." - yes
"No!" - a reminder, a pressure
"No, no!" - a warning
"No, no!" - an admiration [different accent]
"Byłam wczoraj u Aśki, no i wyobraź sobie..." - nothing, a spacer
"No?" - a question
"No i?" - a question, a pressure
"No co ty sobie myślisz!" - an intensification

...and another 982374623659287 uses of word 'no'. In fact, "no" never means English "no" :)

An interesting remark. I think I've often come across this expression while reading Sherlock Holmes, but it seems that at the end of the 18th century it was used in a rather normal sense.


You may feel well free to continue as such.For me, your Polish presents an interesting insight into how Polish or, in the broader sense, the foreign language may "operate" in the minds of those who are not native speakers of it. On the other hand, your almost every utterance in English has always seemed to me a sort of a carefully elaborated piece which is aimed at inspiring people to think of English as a language which has much deeper levels than those suggested by its thoroughly simplified basic grammar.

Ziemowit, kudos to your wisdom! May it serve you long and well. Indeed, if but only the later shall remain my legacy on PF, then I shall not have died in vain (..typos and allLOL)

^...^

Yeah, I noticed how Polish people sometimes write the infamous 'no' as 'niom' or 'nio' in online chat. Prolly other versions exist as well :)

When I first encountered this, I was at a loss, but I quickly figured it out what they meant and started using it myself :))

Slight regional differences too.


It's addictive, isn't it.

It's one of my favourite words in PL :)

Not advised to used for beginners, tho, 'cause of its informal tone, and different meanings, depending on context.