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Polish: rajskie kurki

English translation: dwarf hens



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Polish term or phrase:rajskie kurki
English translation:dwarf hens
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1:44pm Jul 20, 2006Login or register (free) for more options.
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / gatunki zwierząt
Polish term or phrase: rajskie kurki
kobieta opowiada, jak wykonuje pisanki, i zaleca, że "jajka muszą być małe, od rajskich kurek".
genre
Poland
Clarification request(s) and response
genre: 2:03pm Jul 20, 2006: Się zastanawiam, - W tych dwóch linkach Caryl jest mowa o egzotycznych ptakach, a kobieta wykonuje pisanki na wsi na Suwalszczyźnie...:-/
Caryl Swift: 2:16pm Jul 20, 2006: Well,if she's been talking about exotic birds then could she be talking about paradise birds?Then there would be a kind of humour or irony I guess-either hers,or the portrayal of her-does the text have that kind of tone?If not,then maybe it's a kind of
Caryl Swift: 2:17pm Jul 20, 2006: of domestic fowl, as MrMarDar suggests?
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar): 2:26pm Jul 20, 2006: Caryl, that's what my grandma called some of her fowl; I really don't think there is a Polish folk tradition to use eggs from New Guinea :-))
genre: 2:30pm Jul 20, 2006: yes, -
genre: 2:32pm Jul 20, 2006: that must be a kind of domestc fowl, MrMarDar is right.
Caryl Swift: 2:47pm Jul 20, 2006: MrMarDar,I really don't think so either.But I can think of a hundred situations in which someone might say something like that-ironic,self-irony,humourous,in anger,in implied criticism of someone else's & graces etc. etc.,which is exactly why I asked
Caryl Swift: 2:47pm Jul 20, 2006: the question above! :-)

dwarf hens
Explanation:
gdybym musiał to tak bym powiedział

http://images.google.pl/images?svnum=10&hl=pl&lr=&q=%22dwarf...
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Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Poland
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Summary of answers provided
1 +1dwarf hensMarek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
2(bird of) paradise hen
Caryl Swift


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
(bird of) paradise hen

Explanation:
http://tinyurl.com/r8y3u
http://tinyurl.com/o6o78

Low level of confidence in case I've missed the point or lost the plot in some way :-/

Caryl Swift
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for all your ideas!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar): rajskie kurki - as far as I can remember - are a species of domestic fowl
12 mins
  -> Well,only put 2 because I'm really not certain.Please see the note to asker I've added :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dwarf hens

Explanation:
gdybym musiał to tak bym powiedział

http://images.google.pl/images?svnum=10&hl=pl&lr=&q=%22dwarf...


Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Znalazłam zdjęcie, rzeczywiście wygląda jak kury, które znam z podwórka u babci. PS:B. podoba mi się Twój komentarz ;-)))))


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree A.G.: działa je kurka liliputka. Wykluły. się młode... Całe stadko.
2 hrs
  -> dzięki :-)
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