Ładnych parę lat
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What it means
Literally “a nice few years.” Means quite a few years — a significant amount of time, more than just a couple. “A good few years,” “quite some years.”
Vocabulary
- ładny — nice; here: quite a, a good (intensifier)
- parę — a few, several
- lat — years (genitive plural of rok)
Grammar note
'Ładnych parę' — 'ładnych' is genitive plural of 'ładny' used as an intensifier. 'Lat' is genitive plural after 'parę'.
Cultural context
'Ładny' as an intensifier meaning 'quite a' is a distinctly Polish usage — 'ładna suma' (quite a sum), 'ładny kawałek drogi' (quite a stretch of road).
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