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Questions & Answers about Dziękuję. Do widzenia!
Why isn't there a word for "I" before Dziękuję?
In Polish, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. The -ę ending on Dziękuję specifically means "I thank" or "I am thanking." Because of this, the pronoun ja (I) is almost always left out unless you really need to emphasize it.
How do you pronounce the ę at the end of Dziękuję?
The letter ę is a nasal vowel. However, when it comes at the very end of a word in everyday speech, Polish speakers usually drop the nasal sound and just pronounce it like a regular "e" (as in the English word "pet"). Pronouncing it with a heavy nasal twang at the end of this word can actually sound a bit unnatural.
What does Do widzenia literally mean?
The word do means "to" or "until," and widzenia means "seeing." So, the phrase literally translates to "until the seeing" or "until we see each other again." It works just like "au revoir" in French or "auf Wiedersehen" in German!
Why does widzenia end in an -a instead of an -e?