Pinoys In Poland

The most important rule is to use formal greetings and Pan/Pani forms to: 1. people that you don't know 2. older than you 3. on a higher position. Of course if you're young you can be informal with people in the same age. But the older you get you should avoid saying "Cześć" to strangers. In shops, restaurants or any kind of services we always use formal versions. Informal both hello and goodbye: Cześć - hard to pronounce but a nice word - it also means "honour". Siema - abbreviation of "Jak się masz?" ("How are you?"), used by young people Hej Formal hello: Dzień dobry - Good day, morning, afternoon Dobry wieczór - Good evening Half formal half informal hello: Witam - I welcome you, only the host uses it, very popular also in e-mails Witaj - Welcome Formal goodbye: Do widzenia Half formal half informal goodbye: Do zobaczenia - See you! We assume that we will meet soon. Do usłyszenia - the same but u...