As promised in my previous polish your Polish post, time now to learn how to say ‘Goodbye’ in Polish.
The most popular phrase is probably
Do widzenia!
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which is the equivalent of ‘Goodbye’. This is a bit formal, but also one of the most common phrases, apart from
Cześć
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which is the same as the word for ‘Hi’ I introduced in the very first post on this blog. ‘Cześć’ used to say ‘Bye’ is obviously very informal, and is probably only used among friends and/or relatives, but probably not in, say, a Polish bank.
Another informal alternative is
Narazie
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“See ya!’ Should you wish to use a closer equivalent of ‘See you later’ you can always say:
Do zobaczenia!
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which probably closer to the initial phrase ‘Do widzenia’. Now, there’s also a whole plethora of informal and slang phrases for ‘Goodbye’. From
Naraźka
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(a variation of ‘Narazie’)
Buźka
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(a diminutive of ‘buzia’ – mouth or face; it’s a shorter form of and comes from the phrase ‘dać buzi’ – ‘to give a kiss’; probably not one for the red-bloodied males among you, I’d say)
to the shortest and sweetest of them all:
Pa!
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(often doubled, as in ‘Pa, pa!’). Say it to your gradma, say it to your girlfriend, say it to your close friend. Whenever you do you indicate that you care for them. Awwww.
Pa, pa!
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