Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

in (almost) all latin-based (or developped from latin, in other words) languages - if before letter 'G' (or 'C') exist an consonant - than this letter is pronunciated in 'hard way' (so its 'gie' or 'ka' ;p)- if a vowel follow it, than its pronuncieted 'softly' (dżi, ći/czi)..

easy :>

History / Who were European natives? What happened to them? Where they are? [79]


well...
as far I know, christianity was know (in the ground of modern poland) before 'official' baptisation... and also pagan religions were alive after baptisation....

UK, Ireland / What is in Poland that England doesn't have? [142]

poland has nice food - a lot better than fish&chips or old-english meal- chicken tikka masala ;p

Language / One-stroke Polish letters on 214 keyboard [3]

you forget to add- klawiatura maszynistki /typewriter keyboard/ is really rare in poland.
despite i've lived there ca. 20 years, i saw it maybe 10times. everyone (ok, almost everyone ~99.99%) uses qwerty keyboard.
not to mention, that switching from qwerty to qwertz (when someone wants to write some text with polish letters) isn't really nice :)

Love / DO POLISH GAYS ALSO DIE YOUNG? [56]

@Polonius3: could you prove that?

Life / Is Poland cold? [40]

........ but the last 'winters' were quite warm... :>

Food / Polish pig's knuckles (golonka) [11]

there is nothing better than golonka + majonez (mayo) or chrzan (horse-radish) and piwo (beer) or cydr (cider)

eh, i'd eat one or two

Language / Polish desire phrases [12]

"girl, start thinking and leave this broken d*ck" - it sounds much better in polish than after translation :/

Language / Polish desire phrases [12]

:> :>

Language / Polish desire phrases [12]

O_O i wouldnt say it better :)

Language / How do people mispronounce your Polish names? [60]

from my experience: the only solution (if someone doesnt wanna to change its surname) is to explain it to every person who try to pronounce polish surname.

Genealogy / Darrah, polish name?? [6]

hm... DARIA :?

////// edit
i forgot to add: polish name, but with latin ethymology (or, more accurate: persian --> greek --> latin --> polish)

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]

exactly.

btw
sjp.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=czy

Life / JERZY OWSIAK - PRO AND CON? [8]


where are parents of those children?

but, more seriously: i've been on Przystanek Woodstock twice, it was really nice. about drugs: i dont think that there ware more drugs than on any concerts/festival for youths.

Life / Goth scene in Poland [30]

switezianka :

closterkeller, artrosis or moonlight doesnt play goth metal :> (ok, ok, young artrosis played it, but it doesnt play it anymore :/)

btw, its my favourite movie from CP

Language / Polish Onomateopia [26]

szurać (to shuffle) - it sounds similar to me

Language / example for "bronić" [12]


ależ proszę bardzo :>


ta rzecz - rodzaj żeński


right

pozdrawiam,
Rumcajs

Language / example for "bronić" [12]


hm... i wouldnt like to be a carpy (?) person, but i would like to correct you (i hope it will be useful)

czy uzywamy "bronic" za zla rzeczy?
should be (i think)
czy uważamy 'bronienie się' za złą rzecz?
(in this case noun should be used instead of verb)

czy musimy używać bronić z przezem czy z przedem?
bronić się przed kimś - to defend from somebody
bronię się przed wrogami - i defend myself against/from foes

pozdrawiam

Language / Talking about the weather [22]

you can also use form

Piździ jak za chuja Cara - its similar to 'pizdzi jak w kieleckim' but stronger (a bit).

News / OUR MOTHER -- POLAND [6]

Polonius3 - hm... did you took your pills today :?

News / 14 year old rape victim from Warsaw denied abortion! [348]

terrorised by anti-abortion campaigners 14years old girl was taken to the hospital with haemorrhage - 'Newsweek' found out. But even there she is still being intrude and harassed.

great. those f*****g 'pro-life' KATholics will never give up.

btw, i found this: their are pathetic. and stupid. Einstein was right :<

News / 14 year old rape victim from Warsaw denied abortion! [348]


everyone* has different genes

*with exception of twins (like Bracia Kaczynscy /aka Duck Brothers ;p/)

News / Gadu Gadu for Mac [18]

btw, why you wanna to use GG? there are better communicators than this c*ap....
as forsakenone said, you can use one of multicommunicators like psi, kopete, pidgin.... afaik all of them may 'talk' with gg network...

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

$10

;p

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

ekhm,. what do you mean under 'imperative form' :? in polish there is, afaik, only imperative mood (tryb rozkazujący),
its like : do it! (= 'zrób to' or 'zróbże to')

Language / Things Polish people who speak English language say [180]


it sounds perfectly OK for me

:>

UK, Ireland / WHY DO POLISH PEOPLE THAT COME TO ENGLAND CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH? [118]

marek_ : hehe, better hospitals and education system? (ok, i agree in the last one, but only partially- UK has a better higher-education. low and midlevel isn't better than in poland).

UK, Ireland / Statistics: How many Polish people in the UK? [23]

yeah... maybe 5 milion...
but seriously: i doubt that it would be more than 800 000 poles in UK simultaneously

Language / Computer terms in Polish [11]

computer - komputer
operating system - system operacyjny
computer crash (turning off) - (komputer) wywala się, kraszuje, ma awarię
(state when computer is on, but its not responding) - zawieszenie, zawiesza się
hibernation, s2disk - hibernacja
suspend to ram, s2ram - uśpienie
memory cards (ram) - ram, pamięć, karty pamięci
flash memory cards - flasz, flesz, pamięć fleszowa, karty pamięci
ethernet card (wired) - karta sieciowa, sieciówka
wi-fi card - karta bezprzewodowa, wi-fi, bezprzewodówka
memory card reader - czytnik kart pamięci
modem - modem
desktop - pulpit
screen - ekran
keyboard - klawiatura
touchpad - gładzik
mouse - mysz
joystick - dżojstik
firewall - ściana ogniowa, ogniomurek, zapora sieciowa, fajrełol (on IT ircs, not in real life)
software bug - bład w oprogramowaniu, bug

Life / Are Polish People Racist? [1037]

RockyMason : her parents are idiots probably.
on the other hand: telling that whole nation is a racist, when you know only few members of it, is stupid.