przyśpiewka

English translation: a folk ditty

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Polish term or phrase:przyśpiewka
English translation:a folk ditty
Entered by: benstoik

18:10 Jan 13, 2016
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Polish term or phrase: przyśpiewka
Przyśpiewka - według wikipedii: krótka piosenka ludowa o treści okolicznościowej, często rubaszna, w Polsce śpiewana na zabawach, weselach, w czasie obrzędów dożynkowych itp.
benstoik
Germany
a folk ditty
Explanation:
IMO

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ditty a short simple song.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ditty

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ditty rzeczownik
▸piosenka, śpiewka, pioseneczka, wierszowanka, piosenkowy
http://translatica.pl/szukaj/ditty.html
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śpiewka
https://pl.glosbe.com/en/pl/ditty

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a short and simple song
an especially simple and unaffected song

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditty
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Gonet published this text as a folk ditty (spiewka), perhaps not realizing..
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41036958?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...
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A folk ditty recorded by Obratil Protivin has an analogous plot: "Kdyz jsem selhttps://books.google.com/books?id=BXGDw1aqJ8EC&pg=PA771&lpg=...
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Poland's return to Eurovision is with a song that has been a viral hit in its .... A folk ditty, performed by four people trying far too hard to look like

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Most Polish folk songs have a strophic structure, with melodies consisting of two four-bar phrases. The most popular type is the przyspiewka 'ditty', with a two-line text, often improvised, that refers to the performance context or contains playfully malicious remarks about other participants. - https://goo.gl/dP4Q2R
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3a folk ditty
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 +2short folk song
Darius Saczuk
Summary of reference entries provided
przyśpiewki
geopiet

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
short folk song


Explanation:
one option

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www.collegemagazine.com/clean-boots-st-mikulas-coming-town/
Dec 8, 2015 - ... St. Mikulas asks with a glimmer in his eye if you've been naughty or nice. Children reply yes and recite their favorite poem or short folk song.

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God provides in Open Window's 'Lilies of the Field ...
thecatholicspirit.com/featured/god-provides-open-windows-lilies-field/
Apr 25, 2014 - A folksinger, played by Christopher Erickson, sings a short folk song at the beginning of each of the play's three acts. “Christopher's musical

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DITTY as a synonym

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 11:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LilianNekipelov
14 hrs

agree  mike23
15 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a folk ditty


Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-01-14 01:08:11 GMT)
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ditty a short simple song.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ditty

ccccccccccccc

ditty rzeczownik
▸piosenka, śpiewka, pioseneczka, wierszowanka, piosenkowy
http://translatica.pl/szukaj/ditty.html
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

śpiewka
https://pl.glosbe.com/en/pl/ditty

ccccccccccccccccc

a short and simple song
an especially simple and unaffected song

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditty
cccccccccccccccccccccc

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-01-14 01:12:01 GMT)
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Gonet published this text as a folk ditty (spiewka), perhaps not realizing..
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41036958?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...
ccccccccccccccccc
A folk ditty recorded by Obratil Protivin has an analogous plot: "Kdyz jsem selhttps://books.google.com/books?id=BXGDw1aqJ8EC&pg=PA771&lpg=...
cccccccccccccccccccccccc
Poland's return to Eurovision is with a song that has been a viral hit in its .... A folk ditty, performed by four people trying far too hard to look like

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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2016-01-15 01:54:01 GMT)
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Most Polish folk songs have a strophic structure, with melodies consisting of two four-bar phrases. The most popular type is the przyspiewka 'ditty', with a two-line text, often improvised, that refers to the performance context or contains playfully malicious remarks about other participants. - https://goo.gl/dP4Q2R

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 11:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 107
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23
14 hrs
  -> Dziękuję Michale. Pozdrawiam serdecznie.

agree  Tomasz Poplawski
1 day 23 mins
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agree  Khanda
1 day 1 hr
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Reference comments


6 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: przyśpiewki

Reference information:
Most Polish folk songs have a strophic structure, with melodies consisting of two four-bar phrases. The most popular type is the przyspiewka 'ditty', with a two-line text, often improvised, that refers to the performance context or contains playfully malicious remarks about other participants. - https://goo.gl/dP4Q2R

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: I "borrowed" this gem for a little while. You have great future in intelligence services.
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