"Często tu pływasz?"

Translation: Do you swim here often?

[Euhan1]

Typical pick-up line at a beaver night club.

[chce_polski]

Or a nude beach.

[Kulink]

The first time I heard this, I didn't hear it as a question. Could it also be valid to say 'czy często tu pływasz'?

[mihxal]

yes

[va-diim]

In Russian, ,Часто тут плаваешь? Ciasto tut plawajesz?

(I know, it sounds like "Cake, you swim here?" for Poles.)

[Jellei]

Doesn't it sound more like "Czasto"?

[va-diim]

Technically, it sounds more like "ciasta." A Russian Ч sounds more like Ć than "cz," not quite as palatalized but not retroflex either. It's pretty much the same as English "ch."

Ukrainian and Belarusian Ч are retroflex exactly like Polish "cz" when not palatalized by a soft vowel or ь. Probably because Ruthenians were under Poland for 400 years.

[vanessa1960]

does this sentence also mean "do you sail here often?" and if so, how do you know which one someone means??

[Jellei]

I think the context will make it perfectly obvious ;) If you're on a boat, then it's probably "sail". Yes, it's accepted.