odległości/distances

Something about distances. If you are in Poland for holidays, you might need something ;). 

• TU/TUTAJ [too/tootay]- here

Chodź tu. Come here.

• STĄD [stont] - from here

Stąd zaczniemy. We will start from here. 

• TAM [tam] - there

Idź tam. Go there.

• STAMTĄD [stamtont] - from there

Zaczniemy stamtąd. We will start from there.

• BLISKO [blisko] - close

Jesteśmy blisko siebie. We are very close.

• OBOK [obok] - next to

Stań obok mnie. Stand next to me.

• NIEDALEKO [nyedaleko] - not so far away

To niedaleko. This is not so far away.

• DALEKO [daleko] - far away

To daleko. That's far away.


Idiomy/Idioms

• RZUT BERETEM  [goot beretem] - stone's throw away.

• O WŁOS [o vwos] - lit. by a hair. In the meaning that something was very close.

• WYBIERAĆ SIĘ JAK SÓJKA ZA MORZE [vibyerati sye yak sooyka sa moje] - lit. to go away like a bird over the sea. In the meaning when somebody wants to go somewhere but it is not leaving at the end; somebody is preparing the leaving for a long time, but at the end stays at home.