10 Comments

• Basia Lomnicka commented on December 18, 2008 at 11:36 am |Permalink

  Aniu:
  Thanks so much for addressing the word “relationship”. This is one word that I wish the polish language had a direct all encompassing equivalent for. Sure would make life easier, and I would avoid making huge social gaffes. Unfortunately, I still sometimes translate directly from english when I am writing or speaking polish and this is where I run into the most trouble.
  Wesolych Swiat.
  Basia

• Anna O. commented on December 18, 2008 at 1:20 pm |Permalink

  Hi Anna
  “I can say that I have a good relationship with my dad, and everybody knows it means we get along. I can say that I have a good relationship with my neighbor, and everybody knows it means”.
  Of course everybody knows it means..me too. You can say this only in one way in Polish : Ja jestem w dobrych “stosunkach” (plural) z moim tatą and Jestem w dobrych “stosunkach” z moim sąsiadem. But if I try to translate the word “stosunek”(singular) or “stosunki”(plural) into English I am in big trouble too You can see:
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  What are you thinking about?

• Anna commented on December 18, 2008 at 1:57 pm |Permalink

  yeah Anna O., but if I say that “jestem w dobrych stosunkach z moim tatą” it sounds VERY official and stiff, not to mention ungrammatical. I’d rather say something like “z tatą dogadujemy się wspaniale” or “jesteśmy na dobrej stopie” and while more casual than “I have a good relationship with my dad” it means more or less the same - “my dad and I get along great.”

  Right?

  PS. Updated to add - Psze put me back on the straight and narrow, it IS grammatically correct. Mea culpa. And thanks! I shall be counting on you, Psze, to be my not-so-secret grammar overseer.

• Pszetfurnia commented on December 18, 2008 at 4:29 pm |Permalink

  There is nothing ungrammatical in “jestem w dobrych stosunkach z moim tatą”.

  Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego PWN:
  Być z kimś w bliskich, dobrych, poprawnych, przyjaznych, złych stosunkach.

  Merry Christmas!

• Anna commented on December 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm |Permalink

  Thanks psze!
  Though it just doesn’t SOUND right, now does it? Weird. But at least it’s grammatically correct then.

• Anna commented on December 18, 2008 at 5:28 pm |Permalink

  Psze,
  sorry to bother you, but could you be so kind and recommend your favorite top three Polish dictionaries? Poprawna polszczyzna and the like? I’d be really grateful! And you seem to know this stuff! Thanks!
  And Happy Holidays to you too!

• Anna O. commented on December 18, 2008 at 6:52 pm |Permalink

  Well, I woulde like only help you to understand Polish and Polish culture if you like to write about
  “Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego PWN”
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