How would you say it in English?

[Gość: Lily]

Could you tell me how to say "Nie wiedziałam, że mam u ciebie takie chody..."
in English?

[Gość: sleepy]

the polish idiom 'mam u ciebie takie chody' cannot be translated word-for-word
into english, as u probably know. have u thought of 'i didn't know u favorite
me so much'?

[Gość: wannabekiwi]

favour, not favourite, unless you say "I didn't know I'm your favourite"

[Gość: wacko jacko]

"I didn't know I'm your favourite" - not in English.

I didn't know I was your favorite".

[Gość: wannabekiwi]

in what language then? Chinese?

colloquial English, how about that?

[Gość: Insect]

Gość portalu: wannabekiwi napisał(a):

> in what language then? Chinese?
>
> colloquial English, how about that?

colloquial, right, but there are a lot of mistakes, and that`s not correct form

[Gość: Lily]

Gość portalu: wacko jacko napisał(a):

> I didn't know I was your favorite".


Wouldn't it sound strange if a woman said it to a man?

[etbl]

How about

I didn't know I was that popular with you!


Moze to jest wyjscie.

No, bo "...I was your favourite" znaczy "...ze jestem twoim ulubiencem?
ulubienica".

A tak nawiasem mowiac, to co znaczy "miec chody" u kogos? Za moich czasow w
Polsce znaczylo to miec mozliwosci "zalatwienia" czegos korzystnie. Czy takie
znaczenie masz na mysli, Lily?

Pozdrowienia

etbl

[Gość: Lily]

etbl napisała:

> A tak nawiasem mowiac, to co znaczy "miec chody" u kogos? Za moich czasow w
> Polsce znaczylo to miec mozliwosci "zalatwienia" czegos korzystnie. Czy
takie
> znaczenie masz na mysli, Lily?


Here's the situation:

I asked someone to do something for me (something important) and he said: "For
you everything" :-)

I wanted to answer "Nie wiedziałam, że mam u ciebie takie chody", but I just
smiled... And now I'm just curious how to say it...

[etbl]

Well, how about something like that:

"Oh, I knew I could count on you!"

or:

"You've been/You are being so helpfull! How did I manage to earn that much
attention?"

That's my bid. Anyone with a more elegant answer?

kind regards

etbl

[Gość: Lily]

etbl napisała:

> Well, how about something like that:
>
> "Oh, I knew I could count on you!"
>
> or:
>
> "You've been/You are being so helpfull! How did I manage to earn that much
> attention?"

Thanks for your help. I like these ideas and if I had a similar situation now
I'd use one of them. But there must be something better... Any ideas?

[Gość: Talker]

Sure:
That's why I ask you to help me.

[Gość: Lily]

Gość portalu: Talker napisał(a):

> That's why I ask you to help me.


That's a good one and could be used in this situation, but it is not what I
wanted to say... I'm that kind of person who will try and try until she finds
the perfect answer :-) Can anyone help me? :-)

[Gość: wannabekiwi]

How about "Thank you, I didn't know I was so high on your list."

[Gość: Lily]

Gość portalu: wannabekiwi napisał(a):

> How about "Thank you, I didn't know I was so high on your list."


That is a really good one... But still sounds strange - I think he might not
understand me (what I mean by saying "your list"). Any more ideas?

[venus22]

I didn't know you had such a soft spot for me??
Venus

[Gość: pet]

he was wrong if he said "for you everything",its not in english, I would
say "anything for you" :)

[Gość: Lily]

Gość portalu: pet napisał(a):

> he was wrong if he said "for you everything",its not in english, I would
> say "anything for you" :)

He's English :-)

By the way, I'd like to thank everyone who tries to help me find the perfect
sentence :-)))

[wannabekiwi]

> By the way, I'd like to thank everyone who tries to help me find the perfect
> sentence :-)))

There is no perfect sentence. Everything will depend on the context, the
situation, the speaker, the relationship between the speaker and you, etc.
When he said to you "for you - everything", he was flirting with you a bit.
Did he wink at you too?

[Gość: Lily]

wannabekiwi napisała:

> There is no perfect sentence.

I meant the perfect sentence in my opinion :-)))


> When he said to you "for you - everything", he was flirting with you a bit.
> Did he wink at you too?

He didn't wink, but he smiled :-) Yes... he could have been flirting with me a
little...

[Gość: Another]

Pet: right!

[wannabekiwi]

For you - anything & everything :)

[Gość: cass]

ja bym po prostu powiedział :
I don't know what I've done to deserve this.

[Gość: Lily]

Recently I've been thinking about this situation and suddenly a very simple
sentence came to my mind: "Wow, I didn't know you like me that much..." Do you
think it's OK to use it in this situation? (I mean like, not LIKE - they often
use "I like you" as "I'm attracted to you"... do you think an English person
would understand it like I do?).

[Gość: salmotrutta]

...yes, an English person would...however by adding "wow" you sound very enthusiastic about it...still, if that's what you want:-)...