Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
bywać szczęśliwym
English translation:
Generally I am not a happy person, but I have my moments...
Added to glossary by
Marcelina Haftka
Aug 8, 2006 07:33
17 yrs ago
Polish term
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bywać
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Jakoś nie za bardzo podobają mi się wersje typu "be often", czy "tend to be"...
Jak przetłumaczyć zdanie "Nie jestem szczęśliwy, ale bywam szczęśliwy"?
Z góry dziękuję za oświecenie mnie ;-)
Jak przetłumaczyć zdanie "Nie jestem szczęśliwy, ale bywam szczęśliwy"?
Z góry dziękuję za oświecenie mnie ;-)
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Generally I am not a happy person, but I have my moments...
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Comment: "Dziękuję wszystkim za propozycje, a zwłaszcza SlawkowiW, Jaroslawowi Rutkowskiemu oraz Caryl Swift (kolejność chronologiczna). :-)"
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Maciej Andrzejczak
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Poland
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Poland
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Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, German to Polish, French to Polish, and 9 more.
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use to be
Today is friday, I use to be happy when friday arrive, means no school, but now it means that I have to study? Which sucks because I hate studying? ...
weee.wordpress.com/2006/03/ - 22k - 6 Sie 2006
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I use to be happy to get my morning newspaper. Now, I just get angry. I see briefs from New Britain, Plainville and Southington. I don't mind that they're ...
blogs.courant.com/news_opinion_hunter/2005/11/looking_for_the.html - 24k
weee.wordpress.com/2006/03/ - 22k - 6 Sie 2006
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I use to be happy to get my morning newspaper. Now, I just get angry. I see briefs from New Britain, Plainville and Southington. I don't mind that they're ...
blogs.courant.com/news_opinion_hunter/2005/11/looking_for_the.html - 24k
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Ensor
: did you mean: used to be?
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Jolanta Konowalczyk
: "used to" nie ma formy terażniejszej...http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/065.html
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34 mins
... happy (save of those rare moments)
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36 mins
tu: there are times (when I am happy)
propo;
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Grzegorz Mysiński
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dzieki;
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Ewa Dabrowska
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dzieki;
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Przemysław Szkodziński
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generally I'm unhappy...(niżej)
generally I'm unhappy but every now and again I go through a period of feeling good / better
coś w tym kierunku może? Bo chodzi tutaj o coś więcej niż moment, prawda?
coś w tym kierunku może? Bo chodzi tutaj o coś więcej niż moment, prawda?
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16 mins
Astro Jaroslaw Rutkowski
Native in Polish
Polish-Canadian translator
Native in: Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
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feel happy now and then
By the way, it's not that pessimists can't feel happy now and then ....
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-08-08 12:52:48 GMT)
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you can FEEL happy at the given moment but you don't have to BE happy in general
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-08-08 12:52:48 GMT)
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you can FEEL happy at the given moment but you don't have to BE happy in general
11 hrs
(tu): there are times when happiness happens
'I am not happy, but there times when happiness happens'
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