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Greetings This is true survival polish, and also a good place to start intruding yourself to the Polish language in a most practical way. Zuzia: Cześć Kuba!
Kuba: Cześć Zuzia! Jak się masz?
Zuzia: Dobrze, a ty?
Kuba: Dobrze, dziękuję.
Zuzia: Do zobaczenia.
Kuba: Pa pa.
Zuzia: Hi Kuba! Kuba: Hi Zuzia! How are you? Zuzia: Good, and you? Kuba: Good, thank you. Zuzia: See you! Kuba: Bye bye. | INFORMAL GREETINGS
Cześć Hello / Hi
Siema Hi
Hej Hey
FORMAL GREETINGS
Dzień dobry Good morning
Dobry wieczór Good evening
Witam Welcome
Witam serdecznie Kindly welcome
INFORMAL FAREWELL
Cześć Bye
Pa pa Bye Bye
Do zobaczenia See you
Do jutra Till tomorrow
Na razie lit. For now
Trzymaj się lit. Keep yourself
FORMAL FAREWALL
Do widzenia Goodbye
Dobranoc Goodnight
Greetings are an important part of a conversation in Poland, they are not just a simple ritual with no specific answer. The greeting questions are used to ask for information. Very often, the answers are negative. There is an implied expectation to listen about a person’s mood, worries, problems and then sympathize and offer help, if possible.
| QUESTIONS USED IN GREETING
Formal
Jak się pan / pani ma? How are you mr / ms?
Co u pana / pani słychać? How are you mr / ms? (lit. how does everything sound?)
Informal
Jak się masz? How are you?
Co u ciebie? What is up with you?
Co słychać? How are you?
Co nowego? What’s new?
Jak leci? How is it going?
Co tam? What’s up?
Jak żyjesz? How’s life?
ANSWERS
Świetnie, Super, Wspaniale + + + + + Excellent
Bardzo dobrze + + + + Very good
(Wszystko) w porządku + + + (Everything) is in order
(Wszystko) Dobrze + + (Everything) is well
(Wszystko) O.K., + O.K.
Nic nowego, Po staremu + / - Nothing new, Just as it was
Tak sobie, Jako-Tako - / + So-so
Niespecjalnie - Nothing special, not great
(Wszystko) Niedobrze, Źle - - Not good, bad
Bardzo źle - - - Very bad
Okropnie, Fatalnie - - - - Terrible
Beznadziejnie, Strasznie - - - - - Hopeless
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