The words people actually say
Everything in this lesson is COLLOQUIAL: fine with friends, out of place in an email to your boss. Each has a neutral partner you already know.
— to chat, to talk (neutral: rozmawiać); its perfective to chat, to talk (colloquial; = rozmawiać) gadać — to have a chat: musimy pogadać.to have a chat (perfective of gadać) pogadać
| We need to have a chat about your grades. | Musimy pogadać o twoich ocenach. |
— guy, dude (neutral: facet, mężczyzna); guy, dude (colloquial) koleś — kid (neutral: dziecko). Plural dzieciaki.kid (colloquial; = dziecko) dzieciak
| The kids are playing in the yard. | Dzieciaki bawią się na podwórku. |
Reacting
— great, awesome — indeclinable, so it never changes form: super koncert, super pogoda, or alone: Super!great, awesome (indeclinable) super
— not bad, pretty good — Polish understatement: niezły film is praise.not bad, pretty good niezły
| Not bad weather, is it? | Niezła pogoda, prawda? |
— oh! — surprise, pain, admiration or apology, depending on the tone.oh! (surprise, pain, admiration) och
