The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 Dark 🦇 Horror 🔪 Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPolish Halloween media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down10
arrow-up1358arrow-down1imagePolish Halloween media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 Dark 🦇 Horror 🔪 Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 months agoThen why is it in plural? Checkmate.
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoWhat’s the singular? Is it pierogus? Please say it’s pierogus!
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt’s pieróg, Polish tends to use a -y or -i ending to form the plural
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s way less funny than my shenanigans, but I appreciate the info!
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agopierogus does actually have a meaning in polish, it’s pieróg and the -us suffix, making derogatory nouns It would mean something kind of like “someone who eats too many pierogi” or “someone who eats pierogi (derogatory)”
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSomeone who eats too many pierogi? Looks like I’ve got a new nickname!
minus-squareRVGamer06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoTIL pierogi fall into the same grammar conundrum as Seadas
Then why is it in plural? Checkmate.
What’s the singular? Is it pierogus?
Please say it’s pierogus!
Pieróg
It’s pierogus.
It’s pieróg, Polish tends to use a -y or -i ending to form the plural
That’s way less funny than my shenanigans, but I appreciate the info!
pierogus does actually have a meaning in polish, it’s pieróg and the -us suffix, making derogatory nouns
It would mean something kind of like “someone who eats too many pierogi” or “someone who eats pierogi (derogatory)”
Someone who eats too many pierogi? Looks like I’ve got a new nickname!
TIL pierogi fall into the same grammar conundrum as Seadas