Law / legal question - how to close a company in Poland? [9]

as far as I know you just have to go to where you registered the company and let them know you want to close the firm (this is if the company is not a spółka zoo. (limited liability company)

UK, Ireland / Polish Beer in Ireland! [13]

that's close enough :)

Language / The verb "Piec" to bake [12]

upiec is a perfective (perfect) form of piec

piec is imperfective

you can 'piec' and 'piec' and 'nie upiec' - bake, bake and have anything really baked (properly)

Language / Dates in Polish ( examples ) [21]

sobota, 23 maja, 2009

maj - nominative

23 maja - short for 23 dzień maja (just like in English I suppose)

23th day of May

maja is genetive in this case (of maj obviously)

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

Seanus - there is already no issues that hold the NATO countries together or the issues are far from being priorities for most European states - it does tell a thing or two

there are issues shared by some of NATO countries though
for example France and Germany

there are agendas shared by some parts of the elites of European countries which are not btw necesarily shared by the nations themselves

History / Territories of eastern Germany should rightfully belong to Poland? [161]

you think quite superficial shopgirl - the human psyche has bigger depths than you think and they do not allways follow apparent logic - many parts act mechanically

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

I can imagine NATO without France and Germany

but not based on the attitudes presented so far

no ideas for NATO are viable without Germany's support at the moment (and they aligned themselves with the French on many issues)

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

Seanus - what can Poles do against wills of say France Germany if they are not interested in any significant role of the pact in the future

Polish initiatives for Georgia membership were played down easy by Germany and France to give you an example
Germany and France do not wish the pact to be a defence against possible Russian aggressive policies

and what I see is a steady decline of importance of NATO in the future cause it's in no interest of German and French elites and nowhere near their political vision

what is going on now is some desperate attempts at lending some new spirit to NATO
which are quite faint

History / Territories of eastern Germany should rightfully belong to Poland? [161]


instilling fears (and outrage) in German nation that their neighbours dream of wiping it out man

are you that blind???

I have seen many times how easy is to cause outrage in Germans (at least some including many educated) - internet forums show that no so many Germans hold balanced views

and appear to be that civilized they would like to be perceived

well I should mention Polish idiots for the balance as well - balanced views are not promoted that much in Poland at all

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

I don't get you Seanus - what popularity of NATO in Poland has to do with the future of the pact?

Well, people sometimes have visions, but it takes lot's of other people to follow the vision to make it true - at least as for political visions (or social)

This said I have no idea what was Mr's Robertson vision for NATO - (i.e. it didn't reach popular circulation in Poland)

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

War in Afghanistan will end up abruptly by western forces fleeing from there - this is my view of it Seanus and it can happen sooner than two years - the whole thing is ill-doomed - many signs show it

Americans withdraw much of financial support for NATO already or in coming months say next year (they were funding most of NATO activities from the very beginning)

where do you think NATO stands in this scenario

methinks in the middle of nowhere

History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]

what you do is calling people names

if you hate those who have some grieves or even rants and call their names and attribute some intentions or feelings they do not hold - who you are then

if you moan about moaners are you any better

what positive there is in your stance - you being jugdemental?

History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]

What I can see shopgirl you really hate to see people going about their post-war grieves

And are very keen to quickly coin it as hate.

Look for the beam in your own eye sometimes.

History / "Shafting the Poles" [44]

Seanus - if in a couple of years NATO looses its importance considerably standing on the brink of being not operational - wouldn't calling it temporary be somehow justified?

Life / Polish men in shorts with sandals and socks.. [63]

no but they don't sweat as much as we do in their climate (I guess) - I have been there for almost a month and did not manage to acclimatize

Life / Polish men in shorts with sandals and socks.. [63]

well women dress up cause their like to, why should men bother to do the same if it's against their instincts

socks with sandals are often more practical - there are sorts of sandals (like the guy is wearing in the picture somewhere above - well they are not really sandals - they are called 'laczki' in Polish which comes from German Latsche(n)) that get quite slippery and dangerous when your feet sweat considerably.

and in certain weather conditions socks and sandals are more practical (which someone already mentioned above) - it's not always hot during summer

this said I actually don't wear sandals at all - I am not used to - i really like walking bare foot though
when you are going out in the wild sandals are simply impractical - it's not really nice to have your feet cut by thorns or burned with nettle or the like.

I would however agree (from my own experience too) then in hot climate (say southern Italy, not to mention anything further south) it is really more comfortable to wear sandals (and no socks) haven't been there much but when your whole body is covered with sweat regardless of in sunlight or in shade your feet tend to soak with sweat and no socks in shoes can last long in these circumstances

and ladies you can turn a blind or can't you :P

News / Kaliningrad. Problem, Threat or Opportunity for Poland? [185]

well if the citizens of Kaliningrad oblast' wish to have things as they are what is the problem

btw I find it nice to have a direct border with Russian Federation no matter how not so much Russian history the area has. it just gives more flavour

perheps the custom police would disagree though

btw do citizens of the area have any say as to their future

or is held in fast grip of some military originated 'mafias'

Language / Polish etymology [8]

well osiol they were once thought of as having Polish etymologies (the two months) or some Polish, Slavic etymologies have been attributed to them - it is easy to understand when you notice that they look much luck Polish/Slavic words (in Polish spelling)

on the other hand Polish literate spheres where much influenced by Latin during 17th and say first half of the 18th centuries (because the sort of education they received)

Travel / Train journey Ostrava _ Wroclaw [4]

there is no direct connection between the two
the simplest and cheapest connection is to change trains in Kędzierzyn Koźle
but the thing is there is only one train from Kędzierzyn-Koźle to Ostrava so it may turn quite impractical
you can go for changing trains in Katowice (many more options)

will do some more research on that

oh and the duration of the jurney hmm maybe hmm quite long (the Kędzierzyn connection is the shortest one)

Language / difference among jechać, pojechać, and jeździć? [14]

Marek - ptaki do latają ;)

its just planes and similar (baloons) that don't fruwają ;)


it's planes that never do fruwają

living creatures can perfectly well latać ;)

Language / Difference between zbyt and za [11]

niezbyt is one word meaning not so much, not really etc

niezbyt is roughly the same as 'nie za..'

Zna pan niemiecki?
Niezbyt dobrze/ Nie za dobrze. (Za dobrze means too good)

Do you know German?
Not really good.

Life / Playing loud music in Poland. What are the laws? [6]

there are no kolegiums any more

Language / SLANG FOR INEBRIATION IN POLISH? [32]

najebany not pojebany is wasted (drunk)
pojebany is sick, fucked-up, mad

Love / Help, Polish men are very complicated! [51]

Angielski - I think the guy's got a crush on you too, at least a bit. You just have to make sure he is really single.

Life / Good Polish Music: disco polo, rock, and club music [33]

May 12, 09, 10:32 - Thread attached on merging:
a nice Polish tune - one of my favourits

a tune by Elektryczne Gitary group :)
the title is Przewróciło się :)

enjoy

if you like the tune i recommend many other Elektryczne Gitary tunes

Language / Collective numbers - dwoje, troje, czworo [38]

czworo studentów - means there are students of both sexes in question
czterech studentów - just four male students

Travel / Places to visit near Czech border, help please. [27]

Kłodzko Duszniki Wambierzyce - all just miles from Czech border

Kłodzko has an impressive 18th century fortress with huge underground labyrinth that can be seen by tourists. And it is a nice old city. Duszniki is a spa and has some pretty parks, pavilions and tasty waters. Wambierzyce is rather small village with and old church which features a chapel of skulls. (a perfect photo thing - to scare your friends :P) They all lie within 30 kms and Kłodzko is about 40 km from Nachod in Czech Republic. Duszniki and Wambierzyce are even closer.

Not far from Nachod and just next to Czech-Polish border (on the Czech side) there is The Stone or Rock City near Adrśpach (and Adrśpaśske steny - I don't know how to insert Czech fonts so used Polish) - it is quite unique, quite famous and a sight to see.

All these lie in quite hilly/mountainous region so appart from seeing towns you can have a trip to the mountains - for example Śnieżnik mountain which lies on Czech Polish border - from the Polish side best approached from Międzygórze. The mountain is the highest Sudety hill outside Karkonosze range (almost 1500 meters high) (or you can go to the Karkonosze and Śnieżka mountain the highest mountain in Sudetes and the highest point in Czech Republic)

oh and these places are rather devoid of English tourists though there can be plenty of older Germans in some of these (especially the Stone/Rock City in Czech Republic)

Language / SŁUCHAĆ, or PRZYSŁUCHIWAĆ SIĘ? [53]

przesłuchiwać is different from przysłuchiwać

przesłuchiwać - to interrogate; to listen through (a record, a recording and similar); also to interview someone as for an acting role and similar;

przysłuchiwać always comes with się

przysłuchiwać się rozmowie - to listen to a conversation (not taking part in it) ( suggests focusing on the conversation)

both verbs come from słuchać/słuchiwać - one is formed by adding przez preposition the other by adding przy preposition
the most important meaning of przez is through while przy suggests nearness, following and similar - they can be translated differently into English as is often the case with prepositions

przez pięć lat nie spadła tu kropla deszczu - a single raindrop hasn't fallen here for five years

Language / Polish for look and see [13]

patrzeć-widzieć
to look - to see

as in they look but they don't see

popatrz - look!

spójrz means quite the same as popatrz (spojrzeć - to take a look, to take a glance)

spojrzeć komuś w oczy - look somebody in the eyes

UK, Ireland / POLES SUPERIOR TO BRITS? [260]


funny how you say things without any closer examination - using your prejudice as jugdement tool does no good to the quality of your jugdement (quite contrary)

Polish navy stood no chance of defending itself and the Polish coast in a conflict with Germany - which was realised by Polish command - the main threat was German airforce - Germans had Polish coast on a plate as for strikes from the air. That was the idea behind Operation Peking. What I say was proven in September 1939 btw - the two bigger ships that remained on Polish waters were disabled by German air strikes early in the war. (ORP Wicher, ORP Gryf)