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