(Fwd) Re: query about Polish vocab & verbs

[Neil Bermel]

Here are some answers to Dr Christianson's queries, from a colleague
here at Sheffield.

Neil Bermel

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From:          "N.Gotteri" <N.Gotteri at sheffield.ac.uk>
To:            n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk
Date:          Thu, 18 Dec 1997 17:15:49 +0000
Subject:       Re: query about Polish vocab & verbs
Priority:      normal

> > I can't find the word "gencjana" in any of my dictionaries: Na takie rozbite
> > kolona pomaga woda utleniona albo gencjana i opatrunek, oznajmia mama.

Gentian or gentian violet.  It's in PWN's S-lownik wyraz'ow obcych.

> > 2. I have trouble knowing when to use ciagle and zawsze. Ciagle is
 translated
> > as "constantly" but it is used in contexts in Polish where in English we
 would
> > use "always" and I often hear ciagle used more frequently than zawsze

Ci,agle is often used where English would use 'still'.  The same
might be said of w dalszym ci'agu.

> > 3. I also have trouble knowing which Polish word to use for "only" and
 "just."

Only (exclusively, no more than): tylko.
Only just a moment ago, only (no further along the road than):
dopiero (dopiero co)

Nigel Gotteri
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