Glossary
If you want to enjoy the respect of Silesians, you must master the Silesian dialect.
We have prepared a glossary of basic phrases for you that will definitely come in handy when communicating with the natives.
- Kaj - where
- Ja - yes
- Tyj - tea
- Maszkety - sweets
- Mosz - you have
- Bajtlik – a purse, wallet
- Klapsznita – a sandwich consisting of two slices (sznit) of bread
- Krojcung – an intersection
- Kyjza - cheese
- Narychtować – prepare
- Oblyczka- bed linen
- Po wiela? – for how much?
- Rajzefiber - excitement before travel, wanderlust
- Ajnfart - an entrance gate, passage, e.g. through a yard to a tenement house
- Ajntopf - a one-course soup, as a one-course dinner
- Ashinebecher -an ashtray
- Bryle - glasses
- Epa - a bag, e.g. a shopping bag from the discount supermarket Biedronka
- Tasza - a bag
- Cajtung - a newspaper
- Ciućmok - a clumsy, incapable person
- Cufal - a coincidence, a happy accident
- Frela, Frelka - a girl
- Gorol - not a Silesian
- Hasiok - a dumpster