Dać radę
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What it means
“To manage it / to be able to handle it.” One of the most common everyday expressions in Polish — to cope, to succeed, to pull it off. Also used as a question: “Dasz radę?” (Can you manage? / Will you be okay?)
Vocabulary
- dać — to give
- rada — advice; council; (idiom) a way, a means
Grammar note
'Radę' is accusative of 'rada'. In this idiom, 'rada' means something like 'a solution' or 'a way through.'
Cultural context
Arguably one of the most useful phrases for everyday Polish. 'Dasz radę?' is heard constantly.
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