Useful Phrases

1. Stworzyłem/Stworzyłam tę aplikację

   I made this app

   Usage

   Used when introducing an app you created

   Grammar Note

   "Stworzyłem" (masculine) and "stworzyłam" (feminine) are the past tense of "stworzyć" (to create); choose by the speaker's gender

2. Ta aplikacja jest bezpłatna

   This app is free

   Usage

   Used to inform someone the app is free of charge

   Grammar Note

   "Bezpłatna" means without payment, opposite of "płatna" (paid)

3. Spróbuj ją pobrać

   Please try downloading it

   Usage

   Used to encourage someone to download the app

   Grammar Note

   "Spróbuj" is the imperative of "spróbować" (to try)

4. Jestem Japończykiem/Japonką

   I'm Japanese

   Usage

   Basic phrase for introducing your nationality

   Grammar Note

   "Japończykiem" is instrumental case, used after "jestem" (I am)

5. Jestem podróżnikiem/podróżniczką

   I'm a traveler

   Usage

   Used to identify yourself as a tourist/traveler

   Grammar Note

   "Podróżnik" is derived from "podróż" (journey/travel)

6. Podróżuję samotnie

   I'm traveling alone

   Usage

   Used to say you are traveling by yourself

   Grammar Note

   "Samotnie" means alone/solitary in Polish

7. To mój pierwszy raz tutaj

   It's my first time here

   Usage

   Common phrase when visiting a place for the first time

   Grammar Note

   "Pierwszy raz" means the first time/occasion

8. Czy mogę zrobić zdjęcie?

   May I take a photo?

   Usage

   Used when asking permission to take a photo

   Grammar Note

   "Mogę" is the first-person present of "móc" (to be able to)

9. Możemy zrobić zdjęcie razem?

   Shall we take a photo together?

   Usage

   Used to suggest taking a photo together

   Grammar Note

   "Razem" means together in Polish

10. Proszę zeskanować kod QR

    Please scan the QR code

    Usage

    Used when asking someone to scan a QR code

    Grammar Note

    "Proszę" means please in Polish

11. Nie oszukuj mnie / Przestań ze mnie zdzierać

    Don't cheat me / Stop ripping me off

    Usage

    Strong protest used when being overcharged or scammed at markets or tourist spots

    Grammar Note

    "Oszukiwać" takes the accusative, so "oszukuj mnie" is right; but "zdzierać" in the sense of overcharging comes from "zdzierać skórę z kogoś" and marks the victim with the preposition "z" + genitive. The former "Przestań mnie zdzierać" wrongly put the person in the accusative

12. Nie lekceważ mnie / Nie patrz na mnie z góry

    Don't underestimate me / Don't look down on me

    Usage

    Used when someone belittles or disrespects you

    Grammar Note

    "Z góry" (from above) is idiomatic for condescendingly. "Patrzeć z góry na kogoś" = to look down on someone

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