Emocje i wymówki
How to complain, hedge and back out.
chyba
particle · adverb
- EN
- probably, I think
- RU
- наверное, кажется
Chyba nie zdążę na ostatni autobus.
I probably won't make the last bus.
The hedging particle. Poles use it constantly, and leaving it out makes a sentence sound blunt.
niestety
adverb
- EN
- unfortunately
- RU
- к сожалению
Niestety, nie mogę dziś przyjść.
Unfortunately, I can't come today.
Goes at the front and is slightly formal. In speech szkoda does the same work more warmly.
wstyd
noun · masculine
- EN
- shame, embarrassment
- RU
- стыд
Wstyd mi, że zapomniałem o twoich urodzinach.
I'm ashamed I forgot your birthday.
Used predicatively with the dative: wstyd mi, literally 'shame to me'. No verb required.
olać
verb · perfective, colloquial, + acc.
- EN
- to blow off, to not bother with
- RU
- забить (на что-то), наплевать
Olałem dzisiaj siłownię.
I blew off the gym today.
Literally 'to pour over'. Crude enough that it does not belong in a work message.
ziomek
noun · masculine, slang
- EN
- buddy, homie
- RU
- братан, кореш
Co słychać, ziomek?
What's up, bro?
From ziemia — someone from your patch. Street register: use it only with people who used it first.
wyluzować się
verb · reflexive, perfective, colloquial
- EN
- to chill out, to loosen up
- RU
- расслабиться
Wyluzuj się, to tylko gra.
Chill out, it's just a game.
Built straight off luz. The imperative wyluzuj is one word and does the whole job.
masakra
noun · feminine, colloquial
- EN
- a disaster, a nightmare
- RU
- жесть, кошмар
Ten egzamin to była prawdziwa masakra.
That exam was a real disaster.
Pure hyperbole, applied to anything mildly bad. Casual register despite the violent literal sense.
dorwać się
verb · reflexive, perfective, + do + gen.
- EN
- to get one's hands on
- RU
- дорваться (до чего-то)
Wreszcie dorwałem się do komputera.
I finally got my hands on a computer.
Takes do + genitive, and carries the sense that you had been waiting for it.
daj spokój
phrase · colloquial
- EN
- come on; give it a rest
- RU
- да ладно, брось
Daj spokój, to nie twoja wina.
Come on, it's not your fault.
Literally 'give peace'. Covers disbelief, protest and comfort — tone decides which.
zajęty
adjective
- EN
- busy; occupied
- RU
- занятый
Jestem teraz bardzo zajęty.
I'm very busy right now.
Also 'taken' of a seat and 'engaged' of a toilet, which is the version you meet first in a restaurant.
Drill these ten · earlier morning · later morning
Drill these ten