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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 5 10 November 2011 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
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I know it will be a difficult question, but... In Polish we have a phrase "nie za dobrze wam?" (as much literally as I can translate into English: "isn't you (pl., dativus) to good?", which is used as a reply when the other person talks how many pleasant things currently happens in his or her life, used in a slightly ironical meaning, but not exactly with a negative intention. It can also refer to only one positive thing happens in other's life, but being so amazing that we're softly jealous about it.
Do you know any equivalent of this phrase in English? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6783 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 2 of 5 10 November 2011 at 11:42pm | IP Logged |
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We also have "nie jest ci za wygodnie?" (aren't you too comfortable) which is complete
nonsense. There's comfortable and uncomfortable, no such thing as too comfortable. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6105 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 3 of 5 11 November 2011 at 1:15pm | IP Logged |
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In English we might say 'Well, good for you' or 'How nice for you'
It can be said as a genuinely interested response or an ironical one. Speaker 1: 'My son won a scholarship to Oxford, so we celebrated by driving my new Jaguar to the Golden Tree restaurant where we enjoyed a fantastic meal. Oh, and did I mention that we're flying to Mustique for our winter holiday? etc....etc...' Speaker 2: 'Well good for you' [Heavy Irony] 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 4 of 5 11 November 2011 at 3:22pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you very much for your answer.
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| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 5 of 5 11 November 2011 at 3:37pm | IP Logged |
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More jealous and negative answers -
"Well, it's alright for some." "Well, aren't you the lucky one." 1 person has voted this message useful |
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