Szybko wyzdrowiej / Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia

[elroy]

Szybko wyzdrowiej / Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia

Are there any differences between the two expressions with regard to usage/formality/register/etc.?

Is one more common than the other?
Are they used in different situations?
Or are they totally interchangeable?

 

[zaffy]

Szybko wyzdrowiej

Where did you find this? It sounds kind of unidiomatic to me.

Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia

This sounds quite formal. I would expect to read it in a get-well-soon card.

 

[elroy]

Where did you find this?

Lots of results on Google Images.

What would you use in everyday/informal communication?

 

[zaffy]

Don't know why, but I don't like "Szybko wyzdrowiej", but maybe it's just me. I would say "Zdrowiej szybko!"

What would you use in everyday/informal communication?

No to zdrowiej!
Wracaj do zdrowia.

 

[zaffy]

 

[zaffy]

This sounds casual and very friendly.

No to zdrówka życzę!

 

[PA_System]

What would you use in everyday/informal communication?

(No to) zdrówka (życzę)!
(part in parentheses is optional in any possible combination)
(Actually I just saw zaffy's last post after I wrote the sentence above )

Szybko wyzdrowiej

For some reason I find this one a bit unnatural too. Maybe because of the perfective aspect. Imperfective would sound better in my opinion: "Szybko zdrowiej!" or better yet "Zdrowiej szybko!", as zaffy put it.

 

[Ben Jamin]

I would have no problem with saying "Życzę szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia" to an acquaintance.

 

[zaffy]

I would have no problem with saying "Życzę szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia" to an acquaintance.

That's why I said "quite" formal, which makes a difference. I could say it to an acquantance, like my friend's mother, but not really to a friend of mine.

 

[Ben Jamin]

That's why I said "quite" formal, which makes a difference. I could say it to an acquantance, like my friend's mother, but not really to a friend of mine.

I could.

 

[PA_System]

I wouldn't.

 

[PA_System]

Another possibility that -- I think -- hasn't been mentioned here, "Kurować się". It has a slightly informal ring to it, but if you throw in 'proszę', i guess you could use it in a formal context too.

 

[zaffy]

Another possibility that -- I think -- hasn't been mentioned here, "Kurować się". It has a slightly informal ring to it, but if you throw in 'proszę', i guess you could use it in a formal context too.

Oh, I forgot about it. I use a lot!!

"Kuruj się!"

However, it sounds only informal too me.

 

[PA_System]

However, it sounds only informal too me.

Or rather semi-formal.

 

[zaffy]

Or rather semi-formal.

Actually, you might be right. After all "kuracjusz" isn't an informal word and I can imagine a TV/radio news report talking about
people "kurujących się" somewhere nice.

 

[PA_System]

And I can imagine saying, "Proszę się kurować." Or "Niech się pan/pani kuruje." to, for instance, a student of mine who I'm not on a first-name basis with.