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Let us start a new series on the group, where we discuss some stuff.
False friends are words from languages that sound very similar, yet have a different meaning. Let us start:
Actually - Naprawdę - ex. naprawdę jest to tak, że/in reality it is so that
Aktualnie - Current - ex. aktualnie robię kawę/currently, I am making coffee
Lunatic - someone who is crazy, not mentally good
Lunatyk - sleep walker, someone who moves while being in sleep
Ordinary - something that is good, well done
Ordynarny - something vulgar, bad or a jerk
Promotion - you get a level up, rank higher
Promocja - discount, something is cheaper
Pasta - food, noodles for spaghetti
Pasta - cream like toothpaste or hummus
Chef - cook, high ranked cook
Szef - boss, someone above you who you must obey
Baton - policeman weapon to beat the criminal
Baton - a delicious bar, like Mars
Here go to to a little bonus:
Polish-Czech:
Kwiecień - April
Kveten - May(month)
Sklep - shop
Sklep - basement
Szukać - to find
Szukać(in czech) - {willing:1} - be careful lol
Languages can be tricky as you noticed :)
Be careful with the use of terms, maybe you mistake a word and your conversation might be uncomfortable ;)
False friends are words from languages that sound very similar, yet have a different meaning. Let us start:
Actually - Naprawdę - ex. naprawdę jest to tak, że/in reality it is so that
Aktualnie - Current - ex. aktualnie robię kawę/currently, I am making coffee
Lunatic - someone who is crazy, not mentally good
Lunatyk - sleep walker, someone who moves while being in sleep
Ordinary - something that is good, well done
Ordynarny - something vulgar, bad or a jerk
Promotion - you get a level up, rank higher
Promocja - discount, something is cheaper
Pasta - food, noodles for spaghetti
Pasta - cream like toothpaste or hummus
Chef - cook, high ranked cook
Szef - boss, someone above you who you must obey
Baton - policeman weapon to beat the criminal
Baton - a delicious bar, like Mars
Here go to to a little bonus:
Polish-Czech:
Kwiecień - April
Kveten - May(month)
Sklep - shop
Sklep - basement
Szukać - to find
Szukać(in czech) - {willing:1} - be careful lol
Languages can be tricky as you noticed :)
Be careful with the use of terms, maybe you mistake a word and your conversation might be uncomfortable ;)
Credit | Some help from https://www.jezykiobce.pl/blog/jezyk-angielski/false-friends-w-jezyku-angielskim-lista-najpopularniejszych-slow, my own knowledge |
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