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“Jak się masz” the Polish phrase is the English equivalent of “how are you”.

I bet most of you know this phrase and it is probably one of the first ones to learn while studying Polish!

However, I have to tell you, that it is not a really popular phrase in Poland. People usually say phrases like: Hello – “cześć”, Good morning – “dzień dobry” or Hw is your day – “Jak Ci dzień mija?”.

Some phrases mean basically the same, an informal hello. “Co u ciebie” means ‘what is up with you’. “Jak tam” is basically ‘how are you there’. “Jak leci” is literally ‘how is it flying’, or more generally, ‘what is going on’.

“Jak sie pani ma?”, might be the formal equivalent.  In Polish you usually speak a formal language to people you do not know.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)