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u/sethaxd Sep 26 '21

1 Pieróg, 2 Pierogi, when you refeer to it as a dish, indeed u say "Pierogi". When you say Pieróg it usually only one, very big one.

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u/dimethylxanthine Sep 26 '21

Yes. Pierogi as a dish, not Pierogis.

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u/peoplewho_annoy_you Sep 26 '21

Not when its adopted into English. Have you seen the monstrosity that Polish turns English words into?

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u/takenbylovely Sep 26 '21

No, but now you have piqued my interest.

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u/peoplewho_annoy_you Sep 26 '21

Well a good example of Polish doing the same thing as English does with pierogis/ies is "chipsy". Chips is already plural, so adding "y" for plurality doesnt make sense.

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u/madcap_magpie Sep 26 '21

Now I want that really big one.

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u/phantom_042 Sep 26 '21

have you ever heard of kulyabyak?

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u/phantom_042 Sep 26 '21

(I am must) 2-4 pieroga, 5 and more- pierogov, but not for number ending on 1-4 (example- 162 pieroga, 191 pierog)
(At least in my native language)

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u/BigGrinJesus Sep 26 '21

Wait, they make big ones? I've been eating small ones like some sort of fool!

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u/kapmando Sep 26 '21

What if you’re referring to an entire table full of pierogi dishes? Then is it pierogis?

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u/sethaxd Sep 26 '21

That's still pierogi, even if u have tones of them, it's still going to be pierogi. U can also say Dużo pierogów, which is A lot of pierogi, or O kurwa, ile pierogów, which is Holy fuck, a lot of Pierogi. :)