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Episode 148: Not You Stuff Me Into Bottle!
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Nie nabijaj mnie w butelkę.
English Phonemes: “nyeh nah-BEE-yahy mnyeh v boo-TEHL-k[ę]”
Literal Translation: Not you stuff me into bottle!
Elegant Translation: Don’t stuff me into a bottle!
English Equivalent: Stop pulling my leg.
This is the perfect Polish phrase to encompass the mischief of trying to pull a fast one on someone or in any way trying to pull someone’s leg.
Nie = not/no [negating word]
Nabijaj = (you) stuff [verb, s. imperative, informal]
Mnie = me [obj. form]
W = into/in [preposition]
Butelkę = bottle [noun, fem. s. obj. form]
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Manage episode 278736624 series 1756847
Nie nabijaj mnie w butelkę.
English Phonemes: “nyeh nah-BEE-yahy mnyeh v boo-TEHL-k[ę]”
Literal Translation: Not you stuff me into bottle!
Elegant Translation: Don’t stuff me into a bottle!
English Equivalent: Stop pulling my leg.
This is the perfect Polish phrase to encompass the mischief of trying to pull a fast one on someone or in any way trying to pull someone’s leg.
Nie = not/no [negating word]
Nabijaj = (you) stuff [verb, s. imperative, informal]
Mnie = me [obj. form]
W = into/in [preposition]
Butelkę = bottle [noun, fem. s. obj. form]
Support the show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/howyousayfm
Email us! mailbag@howyousay.fm
Tweet us! @HowYouSayFM
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Rate the show!
Visit the website! www.howyousay.fm
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