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informować półsłówkami

English translation: communicate/speak in single words, provide/utter one-word responses

22:05 Oct 30, 2022
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters /
Polish term or phrase: informować półsłówkami
Widzę dziecko smutne, mało kontaktowe, mało rozmowne, a nawet można powiedzieć, że tylko informuje półsłówkami albo gestami.
makawa
Local time: 05:03
English translation:communicate/speak in single words, provide/utter one-word responses
Explanation:
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Note added at 22 hrs (2022-10-31 20:10:43 GMT)
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Pre-Admission Application - McGuire Memorial
http://www.mcguirememorial.org › referralquestio...
Does the consumer have a court appointed legal guardian? Name of Legal Guardian: ... Speaks in single words only. Uses gestures and sounds.

Spink, R (on the application of) v Wandsworth Borough Council
https:www.casemine.com › ... › 2004 › October
His most recent statement of special educational needs records that he usually speaks in single words. ... That, however, is not the issue before the court.
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 23:03
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3communicate/speak in monosyllables
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 +2communicate/speak in single words, provide/utter one-word responses
Darius Saczuk
1to talk in unclear words / half-words / incomplete sentences
geopiet


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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
communicate/speak in monosyllables


Explanation:
Propozycja


Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 580

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  magdadh: I think this reflects the emotional vibe I get from the sentence quoted.
22 hrs
  -> Thank you, magdah. I trust your intuition.
agree  Swift Translation
2 days 11 hrs
  -> Dziękuję whole grain.
agree  legato
2 days 12 hrs
  -> Dziękuję legato.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
to talk in unclear words / half-words / incomplete sentences


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2022-10-31 00:38:47 GMT)
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In other instances, the patient mutilates words in various ways, pronouncing half-words only, or giving words some uniform artificial ending - www.t.ly/3lWt

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Get half words and sentences muddled constantly. - https://www.hormonesmatter.com/thought-aphasia-normal-langua...

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... volunteers also watched clips of meaningless hand and arm movements and a jumble of half-words that made no sense. - https://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-...

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 301
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
communicate/speak in single words, provide/utter one-word responses


Explanation:
P

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Note added at 22 hrs (2022-10-31 20:10:43 GMT)
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Pre-Admission Application - McGuire Memorial
http://www.mcguirememorial.org › referralquestio...
Does the consumer have a court appointed legal guardian? Name of Legal Guardian: ... Speaks in single words only. Uses gestures and sounds.

Spink, R (on the application of) v Wandsworth Borough Council
https:www.casemine.com › ... › 2004 › October
His most recent statement of special educational needs records that he usually speaks in single words. ... That, however, is not the issue before the court.


Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 23:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2141

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Mike.
agree  magdadh: tak też można
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Magdadh.
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