Polish lessons by ania

Lesson 1

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:12:46 UTC

10 Polish and English words that look the same but have different meaning :)

But

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:14:16 UTC

In Polish, but is pronounced “boot” and means simply, “shoe.”

Pan (female- Pani

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:17:55 UTC

In Polish, you can say, for example, Pan Kowalski or Pan Nowak. In this language, it simply means “mister.”

Most

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:21:14 UTC

In English, this word is used to form superlatives (the most important thing, for example). In Polish,most is “bridge.” Just keep in mind that the “O” is pronounced like “aw” in “awesome.”

Brat

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:23:01 UTC

We all know who “brat” is: an unruly, loud, badly behaved child. In Polish, brat means “brother.”

Fart

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:26:28 UTC

In Polish, mam fart doesn’t mean what you think it means. In fact when someone tells you that, you should be either happy for them because in Polish, fart simply means “good luck.”

Windy

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:28:11 UTC

In Polish, this word has nothing to do with the weather. The Polish word for “elevator” is winda, pronounced “veenda.” The plural form is windy, making it look similar to the English word describing a certain kind of weather.

Prom

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:30:17 UTC

There is no connection whatsoever between the “prom” that all American secondary school children are looking forward to and the Polish word prom, which is actually a ferry.

List

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:33:13 UTC

In Polish it is simply a ''letter'

Pilot

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:35:37 UTC

In English it someone who flies a plane but in Polish this word has two meaning. The first one is the same as in English and the second one is a "remote control''

Dres

a_kujawska — 2015-10-25 12:43:29 UTC

A dress in English is something that girls wear to a party. In Polish ''dres'' written with 1 ''s'' is a tracksuit :)