Casual talk (gadać, koleś, super)

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 (colloquial; = rozmawiać)

gadaćto chat, to talk (neutral: rozmawiać); its perfective to have a chat (perfective of gadać)
pogadać
to have a chat: musimy pogadać.

We need to have a chat about your grades.
Musimy pogadać o twoich ocenach.

guy, dude (colloquial)

koleśguy, dude (neutral: facet, mężczyzna); kid (colloquial; = dziecko)
dzieciak
kid (neutral: dziecko). Plural dzieciaki.

The kids are playing in the yard.
Dzieciaki bawią się na podwórku.

Reacting

great, awesome (indeclinable)

supergreat, awesome — indeclinable, so it never changes form: super koncert, super pogoda, or alone: Super!

not bad, pretty good

niezłynot bad, pretty good — Polish understatement: niezły film is praise.

Not bad weather, is it?
Niezła pogoda, prawda?

oh! (surprise, pain, admiration)

ochoh! — surprise, pain, admiration or apology, depending on the tone.

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