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gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

you can have such a politician in a bigger block of righteous people - for me it was sheer irresponsibility for Marek Jurek to leave PiS - I presume some personal ambitions or mislead mission are in question - Marek Jurek haven't achieved anything starting a new political movement - there were similar movement before btw like ZChN - look where one of the leaders of ZChN is now -

and he won't achieve anything in the future Torq - there won't be any more strict anti-abortion law in Poland in any foreseable future - what he managed to achieve is splitting and weakening the block of righteous and those who care

look for that which we share not what divides us

Kaczynski use this rhetoric all the time and unfortunately still many people cannot see anything else.

I can see much more than this

- I can also see many mistakes made by PiS and Kaczynskis themselves - I can see many flaws in PiS - but I can see no real alternative to it at the moment - I can see Kaczynskis being sometimes dishonest, trying to play PR games (especially the president pretending somebody who he is not - being true to oneself is much better in the end) - but others are either idealogically blinded, egoisticly motivated or just mislead (focused on some issues that are not the most important ones)

and maybe I am stupidly naive but I truely believe Kaczynskis are really those who care for the nation - it doesn't make anything they do pure - the goal does not justify the means -

if you name some figures from Kaczynskis entourage that served communist system before - Mr Kryże (the jugde you mentioned) remained loyal to Kaczynskis as does Mr Wassermann or Mr Jasiński - to my mind if they are loyal to Kaczynskis they are loyal to their cause as well - at least this is what I think is quite obvious in case of Mr Zbigniew Wassermann -

btw Mr Kryże did not do that much harm and he could have changed his views don't you think - why are there so many lawyers, jugdes who opposed the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość and why Mr Kryże did not go with the flow, didn't side with those who sided with their own egoistic interests

there was so much injustice in Polish courts during the 20 last years one can easily think the whole system was largely corrupt - and there was no verification of say judges in postcommunist Poland - those who would sentence anti-communist opposition would not lose their jobs - why did not Mr Kryże follow suit and joined those who served themselves
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

Torq it is about democracy - and raising the issues antagonises many - polarises political spectre - you just create more enemies in the populace - you perhaps don't see outside your own environment but there are plenty already antagonised against the catholic church and they can be quite easily manipulated into voting for more liberal abortion laws if it is the main agenda - the problem of polish anti-abortion laws is not in the marginal things like conception due to rape, or pregnancy being dangerous to life and health of a woman -

if the majority vote in Poland would be for liberal abortion laws would you fight for it shedding blood of those who oppose your views??? - I don't think it is wise to raise the issue politically now when there are very reasonable laws in place at the moment
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

I don't agree with that 'wise' - he can have strong views ok he can be personally righteous and still politically irresponsible focusing on too narrow a field

and I think there is quite wise compromise on anti-abortion laws in Poland at the moment - and raising the issue politcally can lead actually to liberalizing the laws which I think you would see as quite a shame
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
Language / Jest/To jest - to jest is often abbreviated to just to [24]

yes Darek but it is such an unusual context and such a colloquial one one should not actually feed it to foreigners learning Polish - it would just cause confusion

anyway I have to admit I didn't think of such a context while writing that message
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

plenty Sean if you just closely follow the news - Mr Palikot is one clear example - only those who don't want to see do not

You're wrong. Marek Jurek left PiS because they were too eager to give up the fight for the lives of unborn children

Torq - they did not have to start a new political movement - noone in PiS would have thrown them out - they could have manifested their views without leaving - their voice wouldn't have been any less powerful then - and I have reasons to think Marek Jurek is not a responsible politician - his fraction voted populistically just before the 2007 election just to get to the headlines
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

lesser - PO are a bunch who are there wholeheartedly for money except the very top of them - they are there to corrupt power - as seen in many examples - they have quite unpleasant forces behind them - namely former secret service branches - the last thing PO cares for is the well-being of the nation - there are so many hints to think like I do - you just need to look for it and not judge by some apperances - I don't believe you are an admirer of Mr Palikot - a corrupt hypocritic figure that bears a banner for PO - do any righteous people take such a figure for their representative??

and there is place for everybody who really cares for Poland is honest and not completely blinded by some ideaology in Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - there is a place for UPR they just didn't really care to form an alliance but many former UPR members are now in PiS - and I don't believe they have cast away their ideals - there is a place for Marek Jurek supporters - didn't he leave PiS on his own mind? - there is a place for LPR members and supporters in PiS - it is mostly mr Giertychs leadership ambitions that they didn't join PiS

and those who you don't want to see to run the country will love to see all those divided

united on some essential issues and not trying to differ just for the purpose of having a leadership of a political movement (there is a thing called responsibility too) the patriotic block can beat anyone on Polish political scene
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
Language / SŁUCHAĆ, or PRZYSŁUCHIWAĆ SIĘ? [53]

very poor translation - it is a sad thing those who run things in Poland have such little knowlegde of English themselves and they hire people who are no professionals

gosh I would have translated it much better

it seems there are too many people in Poland who believe or claim they know English while they sure have just gulped a couple of phrases and that's all
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / How to register in wp.pl email account? [16]

you should contact the admin/supervisor of the mail server (they should have previous login data)

it is not that rare that wp.pl mail is being hacked - I have heard stories about that - I often go to wp.pl chat rooms
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

Torq - why does not PR form an alliance with PiS??

methinks because of Marek Jurek's personal ambitions read the ego

if they formed an election block more of those lost votes will count for the righteous side
gumishu   
6 Jun 2009
News / Euro Elections 4th June - Who will you vote for ? [110]

I'll vote for Marek Jurek's Prawica Rzeczypospolitej - the only
true Catholic-conservative party in Poland.

it is a vote lost Torq - your vote will go mostly for PO consider this

sometimes you need to choose a lesser evil to stop the major evil
gumishu   
2 Jun 2009
Language / What does changing this name ending mean? [6]

well actually her entirely formal name is I guess Dobrochna

Dobrusia is a diminutive of that

and Dobrucha is sort of augmentative of that diminutive ;) (sort of this bad or not so nice Dobrusia)
gumishu   
2 Jun 2009
Language / Impersonal verb form [3]

the difference comes from such notions

to learn - uczyć się (i.e. siebie) - it can also be rendered as to teach oneself (this is actually a litteral translation)

I learn - uczę się ( uczę siebie) - I am the object (as well as the subject) (so I teach myself)

he learns - uczy się (uczy siebie) - he is the object in the sentence as well as the subject (in other words he teaches himself)

while

dzieci uczy się.. (one teaches children.. or children are taught...)

in this case dzieci/children are the object of the action but they are not the subject

the subject is not determined (not in focus) and it is exatly się that indicates it is noone particular that teaches the children whatever they are supposed be taught

(otherwise the subject is missing in this sentence (lexiacally))

dzieci uczy się is completely different to dzieci uczą się:
one teaches children.. vs children learn (literally children teach themselves)

dzieci in both of these are in different grammatical cases

dzieci uczy się - here dzieci are in genitive (because they are the object of to teach)
(kogo/czego? - dzieci)
dzieci uczą się - here dzieci are in nominative (because they are the subject of to learn (to teach oneself) (kto/co? - dzieci)

it is not that rare that polish nouns have the same forms in two cases ( like say ta pani (Nom.) and tej pani (Dat. and Gen.))

or sometimes two forms of different words look the same ( for example szal can either be Nom. of masculine noun for scarf or a Gen. of szala - which is cage (the one that goes with the scales)

sometimes even forms of a noun and a verb can look the same (even not semanticly close one):
duma - can be a noun in Nom (pride) or a present tense 3rd person of singular of dumać - to ponder, to think, to contemplate ( can be translated as 's/he contemplates')
gumishu   
2 Jun 2009
Language / Jest/To jest - to jest is often abbreviated to just to [24]

seems quite obvious

Somochód to jest biały does not make sense

to jest (in this case) can be translated also as equals (or implies)

Kolokwium = dużo pracy

Kolokwium jest dużo pracy - does not make sense in Polish as well

it could if you would put a dot inbetween - Kolokwium. Jest dużo pracy. - but it is not the way the language is spoken everyday - this would work only as some specific literary style

Samochód does not equal biały - it just is white - an that's it ;)

what follows is (or another form of verb be) here is some quality of the subject
gumishu   
30 May 2009
Law / Civil Wedding in Gdansk - office / documents? [8]

oh thank you Polonius :)

I am just reading info on civil wedding

it says what you need to do is to visit Registrar's Office (USC - Urząd Stanu Cywilnego)
at least 30 days before the date you want the wedding to take place bringing with you your passport, birth cirtificate (official short form of it not necessarily the original) from the country of your origin as well as some paper to certify that you are elligible to get married (i.e you aren't married elsewhere ) - the latter needs to be from the country you are citizen of - it should be issued by the office which is the counterpart of Polish Urząd Stanu Cywilnego in your country/

you also need to sign a declaration that there are no obstacles for you to get married (i.e. you are free), decide whose surname you (and your offspring from the marriage) are gonna carry and finally pay fee for the wedding which is under 100 zl)

then you can appoint for the wedding ceremony (usually takes place in the same office)

USC in Gdańsk is located in city hall in the city centre - Nowe Ogrody 8/12 - the office is open 8am til 4pm on working days
gumishu   
30 May 2009
Language / Dual language books..SUGGESTIONS? [10]

instrumental as you probably already no often translates as with (the use of) something or by (car, train) as you have put

btw are you an English speaker Paul - I ask cause your nick might suggest that you come from one of the Baltic states
gumishu   
30 May 2009
Language / The Dative Case [62]

well actually you know more than I do - need to take time considering it Paul

and yes it is often that verbs that have a notion of lack or as you stated negative emotion - need the genetive case
gumishu   
30 May 2009
Language / The Dative Case [62]

the logic here is quite elusive Paul (if there is any :) )

you simply need to know (memorize) which verbs demand what cases of objects (nouns, adjectives, participles)
you have to remember that some verbs can take two kinds of objects at the same time - direct and indirect and these are different in case then

it is not only verbs that demand certain noun case(or whatever that is subject to declination) but also prepositions
gumishu   
30 May 2009
Law / Civil Wedding in Gdansk - office / documents? [8]

the office is called Urząd Stanu Cywilnego - I don't know any meaningful translation of the name into English or any possible English counterpart to it

I also don't know answers to your other questions
gumishu   
30 May 2009
News / The Emperor is naked. Lech Walesa, fool or hero ? [34]

Not so long ago Wałęsa has pledged he will leave the country (this was on occasion of publishing a next book about him by Paweł Zyzak) - I really liked the idea as many people who posted on political forums :)

this topic has been by a post here

anyway blueenigma thanks for posting

many people from outside of Poland don't know this or that.
gumishu   
30 May 2009
News / Polish media and journalists: plain incompetent or just unreliable? [7]

oh and for the icompetence - yeah there are plenty of examples actually - it happens very often recently that journalist make many ortographical blunders - on the internet editing level factual blunders are not that uncommon as well - I am talking about internet editions of serious titles - btw I don't buy printed press for quite some time

and I am not talking of deliberate manipulation
gumishu   
30 May 2009
News / Polish media and journalists: plain incompetent or just unreliable? [7]

unreliable for the most part - the younger ones following herd instincts

the star level ones unobjective, manipulative (not all of course)

there are of course many who are honest, strive to be objective, don't join those who would manipulate

as for the moral qualities of some Polish media and journalists there is a fresh example of dealings of the Dziennik newspaper with a blogger under the nickname Kataryna

btw most media in Poland have their agendas - the most obvious example is Gazeta Wyborcza
gumishu   
29 May 2009
Law / legal question - how to close a company in Poland? [9]

if it is a privately owned firm yes it is possible to suspend its activity

don't know weather this is the case with spółka z o.o. - but I guess it's not - though it would not be agaisnt logic - no liabilities vanish if you suspend a personally owned firm and the same could also be true for spółka z o.o.

legal services are quite expensive for Polish standards - I would expect the price to be over 1000 zl (perhaps even twice as much) in all - but I am not an insider
gumishu   
28 May 2009
News / Poland and Germany - Germany unhappy with the present border with Poland? [88]

Ironside:
Harry:
That in 1951 Poland claimed territory which had been Polish before WWII.
who and where?

The Polish government and the area around Ustrzyki Dolne.

Ironside:
Harry:
That in 1951 Poland claimed territory which had been Polish before WWII.
who and where?

The Polish government and the area around Ustrzyki Dolne.

This was a territory exchange with the SU - Poland gave away the area of Sokal and were given Ustrzyki vicinity - soon the Soviets developed coal mining industry around Sokal (Wladymir Volynski) - don't know if it still in operation now

so the exchange was rather favourable to the Soviets
gumishu   
28 May 2009
News / Poland and Germany - Germany unhappy with the present border with Poland? [88]

Would a declaration against paedophiles also make you ask about a hidden agenda???

declaration against expulsions is just as badly needed as one against pedophiles

and yes I am very suspicious - our prime minister used to bash on pedophiles a couple of months ago - called for harsh treatment etc (obligatory chemical castration or the like) - and no it was not because it was really in urgent need - it was beacause our prime minister (the present one) needed to bolster his Public Relation image (I should add that nothing he proposed found way to real legislation)

post-war Poland never made claims to any lands previously within Polish borders

yes these infringement rights are somehow hmmm necessary???
gumishu   
28 May 2009
News / Poland and Germany - Germany unhappy with the present border with Poland? [88]

noone in his good mind plans any expulsions in these times (in civilised parts of world) so what is the aim of the declaration??

some hidden agendas?

some trying to pass as victims while being perpetrators?

btw German sorry European administration of Kosovo had not much against Kosovars expelling Serbs (well it was not as organised as it used to be in the WWII of course) - say it was exerting pressure on Serbs to leave

I know this is a game to get the votes by German political parties - but hey they have fed this thing called expelees associations - German constitution used to state that Germany is a state with borders as they were in 1937 (I don't know what it is now - is it any different)?
gumishu   
28 May 2009
Language / Parę - two or a few? [26]

totally different in meaning - though it appears that 'parę' was originally a declination form of 'para'