jak się masz
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “how do you have [yourself]?”, or more loosely translated as “how do you fare?”. Compare Czech jak se máš, Danish hvordan har du det, Latin quōmodo tē habēs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (normal speech) /jak ɕɛ ˈmaʂ/, (careful speech) /jak ɕɛw̃ ˈmaʂ/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) - Syllabification: jak się masz
Phrase
[edit]- (colloquial, idiomatic) how are you?, how's it going?, what's up? (what's happening?; what are you doing?)
- Synonyms: co słychać, co tam, jak leci, jak tam
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Descendants
[edit]- → Belarusian: як ма́ешся (jak máješsja)
- → Ukrainian: як ся ма́єш (jak sja máješ)
Further reading
[edit]- jak się masz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jak się masz in Polish dictionaries at PWN