"I am taking a shower."

Translation: Biorę prysznic.

[Chubbchubbzza007]

Is there an actual word for "to have a shower" in Polish like ducharse in Spanish?

[Jellei]

No. We can only, literally, take a shower.

[Chubbchubbzza007]

Thanks

[RenataTuch1]

I have a shower

[whitakbt]

I recall from French that they often use "faire" (to do / to make) where in English we say Take. A shower, nap, walk, break,... Does this exercise mean that Polish is more similar to English regarding this verb?

[Jellei]

Rather not, all the other examples you gave wouldn't translate literally. This one just happens to work though.

[Erik787431]

I misspelled prysznic and was given the correction of "prosznic". Glitch?

[Jellei]

Typo. Fixed, thanks for spotting it.

[Tuman88]

Why is "Stoję pod prysznicem" wrong?
I know this literally means "I'm standing under the shower" but the meaning is the same.

[Jellei]

The natural equivalent of this sentence in English is probably "I'm in the shower" (Jestem pod prysznicem).

[chb0lingo]

Thats how I would express it in pl: pod prysznicem. Would it be allowed here?

[Jellei]

It's not, and I think that maybe we'd better keep "I am in the shower" and "I am taking a shower" separate, as they use different verbs.

EDIT: After a second thought, let's allow it after all.

[BenPaloAlto]

why doesn't "jestem pod presznicem" work?

[Jellei]

I don't see a reason to reject it. Added now.

Note a typo though, it should be "prysznicem".

[BenPaloAlto]

Hi Jellei, thanks. I did see the typo. I think I can write prysznicem 7 times with 8 different typos!