Short Polish<->English translations

burke899

25 Jan 2020 #691

Merged:

Odebrać = To pick up

Can i say "odbiorą nas" in terms of "they picking us up with a car (transport)"... Or does the word Odebrać only regard picking something up with your hand?

Torq

25 Jan 2020 #692

Yes, you can say that. You can pick your children up from school ("odebrać dzieci ze szkoły") or pick somebody up from the airport ("odebrać kogoś z lotniska"), just like in English.

burke899

25 Jan 2020 #693

Thanks! Very helpful!

Torq

25 Jan 2020 #694

Anytime! :)

ForumUser

29 Feb 2020 #695

Are the colloquial terms "Couch Potato" and "Lazybones" etc used in Poland? What are some Polish-language equivalents of those? (for both male & female genders?)

mafketis 45 | 12191

29 Feb 2020 #696

"Couch Potato" and "Lazybones" etc

Those are different things.... a couch potato is someone who watches tv too much (they might even be a hard worker on the job but at home they just flop down on the couch with the remote in hand....)

lazybones sounds very dated.... like the 1940s or so... I can't remember the last time I've heard it used

but off the top of my head for Polish obibok and nierób leniuch come to mind... but these are all masculine leniuszka is possible for a woman but the others?

lazy women aren't really a stereotype in Poland the way lazy men are...

Lyzko 48 | 10634

29 Feb 2020 #697

Curious as to how we would translate "lajdak".

pawian 226 | 27246

29 Feb 2020 #698

Simple. Whyduck.

ForumUser

29 Feb 2020 #699

lazy women aren't really a stereotype in Poland

Welcome to America & Canada LOL. Would the words "Obiboczka" and/or "Nieróbka" be grammatically correct terms for a lazy female, according to rules of Polish grammar? And is the Polish literal translation of "Couch Potato" ("Kanapowy Ziemniak/Kartofel", or dialectal "Kanapowa Pyra") ever used in Poland? What are some common Polish masculine & feminine words for someone who's on the couch hours & hours of watching TV?

pawian 226 | 27246

1 Mar 2020 #700

Would the words "Obiboczka" and/or "Nieróbka" be grammatically correct terms

Yes, they would and they will one day, it is just a matter of time. :)

And is the Polish literal translation of "Couch Potato" ever used in Poland?

Not yet. The closest is kanapowiec.

What are some common Polish

telemaniak.

Logos - | 8

1 Mar 2020 #701

Merged:

Translation Please!

Would someone pretty please translate this short interview for me...

youtu.be/sB1UQSt8KK8?t=77

ForumUser

2 Mar 2020 #702

How to say in Polish "attached earlobe(s)" and "detached earlobe(s)"? Proszę i dziękuję bardzo.

rozumiemnic 8 | 3895

2 Mar 2020 #703

i dont think 'detached earlobe' is the English for what you mean...:D

Lyzko 48 | 10634

2 Mar 2020 #704

I was being serious, pawian.

ForumUser

2 Mar 2020 #705

How to say in Polish "attached earlobe(s)" and "detached earlobe(s)"? (In the "genetic trait" sense?) Proszę i dziękuję bardzo

pawian 226 | 27246

2 Mar 2020 #706

Zwisające swobodnie i przyrośnięte.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%82atek_ludzkiej_ma%C5%82%C5%BCowiny_usznej

I was being serious, pawian.

good-for-nothing nasty piece of work rascal rogue scoundrel villain

ForunUser

3 Mar 2020 #707

How to say in Polish "attached earlobe(s)" and "detached earlobe(s)"? (In the "genetic trait" sense?) Proszę i dziękuję bardzo

Ziemowit 14 | 3942

3 Mar 2020 #708

telemaniak.

The female would be 'telemaniaczka'? :-)

kaprys 3 | 2074

4 Mar 2020 #709

@ForunUser
Pawian has already answered your question. There's even a link :)

ForumUser

4 Mar 2020 #710

@kaprys
OK thank you

pawian 226 | 27246

4 Mar 2020 #711

Pawian has already answered your question.

I thought he/she was stuttering.

The female would be 'telemaniaczka'? :-)

Exactly. I see nothing unusual in it. Time to take care of our dear females at last. :):)

Ziemowit 14 | 3942

4 Mar 2020 #712

But 'teleportacja' is female and we don't have a masculione form here,

pawian 226 | 27246

5 Mar 2020 #713

But we have thousands of other expressions/words which have masculine connotations. E.g., Mr God.

Ziemowit 14 | 3942

6 Mar 2020 #714

So you've never thought of God in terms of Mrs God?

johnny reb 48 | 8035

6 Mar 2020 #715

God is masculine.
Goddess is feminine.

pawian 226 | 27246

6 Mar 2020 #716

@Ziemowit
Hmm, never. It is hard to think of Mrs God if Mr God has been instilled in you for a few decades.

Logos - | 8

8 Mar 2020 #717

Will no one translate this for me??

youtu.be/sB1UQSt8KK8?t=77

pawian 226 | 27246

8 Mar 2020 #718

There is sth wrong with the address. E.g., why is there a dot between youtu and be? I think it is a fake site with a virus. These numbers not with me, Mr Brunner.

Logos - | 8

8 Mar 2020 #719

That's just how YouTube formats the links if you set the video to start somewhere other than from the beginning. I cued it up the interview with the right person in the middle. So that's how the link came out.

Just try cutting and pasting it into your browser, please. I promise the view won't hurt your eyes, either. ;)

johnny reb 48 | 8035

8 Mar 2020 #720

I think it is a fake site with a virus

That was my first thought too and why I didn't go to it on my personal computer.
When I had access to a public computer I went to it and it came up fine.
It was about some Bimbo's claiming they wanted some Canadian bacon to the best of my recollection.