Michal
22 Jul 2007
Language / what is the difference between prosze and poprosze? [39]
Where do I come in to this conversation?
Where do I come in to this conversation?
Michal
22 Jul 2007
UK, Ireland / Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK [35]
This is strange for someone who knows nothing of Poland or the Polish language so thank you for your comment but keep it all to yourself. I have now gained planning permission to convert your little semi in to a swimming pool to put against my house.
Actually, yes. I suppose that you have caught me out. I do indeed watch M jak Milosc on Saturdays and Sundays though it is not so good as it used to be. Mind you, it is only forty minutes a day in the afternoon twice a week and not the same thing as sitting glued to the bloody thing all day long like the Poles in Poland.
I always suspected Michal was full of s**t
This is strange for someone who knows nothing of Poland or the Polish language so thank you for your comment but keep it all to yourself. I have now gained planning permission to convert your little semi in to a swimming pool to put against my house.
You said on another thread that you do watch Polish TV. You said that you watch one of the Polish soaps to keep in contact with the language.
Actually, yes. I suppose that you have caught me out. I do indeed watch M jak Milosc on Saturdays and Sundays though it is not so good as it used to be. Mind you, it is only forty minutes a day in the afternoon twice a week and not the same thing as sitting glued to the bloody thing all day long like the Poles in Poland.
Michal
22 Jul 2007
UK, Ireland / Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK [35]
I have no experience of the Poles in England but I have been in so many flats in Poland for breakfast and they all do the same thing. They make breakfast and produce the same horrible black coffee with the powder at the bottom and the same disgusting kanapki- bread, butter, salami meat and then of course to finish off the table display is the God forsaken Polish television. I never listen to any of it, it disgusts me!
Excuse me but I have seen a lot more of Poland than you have and I was there during Communism when I had to stand in a line to buy meat at the butchers shop with a little white war time like coupon from the State. People waited for hours to buy petrol and waited in lines for hours pushing their cars to the State Petrol Stations. Little old ladies waiting all day to buy disgusting pink toilet rolls, I could never know why they were always pink. I remember that after the new Airport was built I was returning to the U.K. and I alway carried a spare roll of nice white toilet paper. Old habits die hard. I was stopped coming through customs. They asked me "what have you got in there?" looking through my hand luggage. I explained to them that "to jest tylko moja wlasna srajtasma" and she looked bemused. "oh, she said, panska srajtasma" and then they all laughed as I disappeared around the corner. I do not think that even until recently the Polish Nation has ever seen white tiolet paper or would even know what to do with the staff.
They are far from funny if you have to live in one!
So how long did it take for you to survey all the Poles in the UK - or are you just
guessing ?
guessing ?
I have no experience of the Poles in England but I have been in so many flats in Poland for breakfast and they all do the same thing. They make breakfast and produce the same horrible black coffee with the powder at the bottom and the same disgusting kanapki- bread, butter, salami meat and then of course to finish off the table display is the God forsaken Polish television. I never listen to any of it, it disgusts me!
ou are very naive.
Excuse me but I have seen a lot more of Poland than you have and I was there during Communism when I had to stand in a line to buy meat at the butchers shop with a little white war time like coupon from the State. People waited for hours to buy petrol and waited in lines for hours pushing their cars to the State Petrol Stations. Little old ladies waiting all day to buy disgusting pink toilet rolls, I could never know why they were always pink. I remember that after the new Airport was built I was returning to the U.K. and I alway carried a spare roll of nice white toilet paper. Old habits die hard. I was stopped coming through customs. They asked me "what have you got in there?" looking through my hand luggage. I explained to them that "to jest tylko moja wlasna srajtasma" and she looked bemused. "oh, she said, panska srajtasma" and then they all laughed as I disappeared around the corner. I do not think that even until recently the Polish Nation has ever seen white tiolet paper or would even know what to do with the staff.
hat I find funny is the comment about concrete blocks..
They are far from funny if you have to live in one!
Michal
22 Jul 2007
Travel / Air Line Tickets - the best way to buy one to Poland in summer? [13]
The cheapest tickets to Poland from England are generally with Central Wings but I am sure there are LOT flights from the U.S.A. Best advice, go on to the internet and buy well in advance.
The cheapest tickets to Poland from England are generally with Central Wings but I am sure there are LOT flights from the U.S.A. Best advice, go on to the internet and buy well in advance.
Michal
21 Jul 2007
Language / what is the difference between prosze and poprosze? [39]
I think that we are simply making 'heavy weather' of something here! I will never go in to a restaurant and poprosic something nigdy!
I think that we are simply making 'heavy weather' of something here! I will never go in to a restaurant and poprosic something nigdy!
Michal
21 Jul 2007
Travel / How really cheap is in Poland? [37]
Poland used to be very cheap but then a lot of things were imported from the former Soviet Union. I have heard that petrol, gas and electricity are as expensive in Poland as they are in the U.K. Prices are not really important as they mean very little in themselves-if you live and work in that particular country it is the spending power of your wages that counts. Now, in Poland, if you earn £100 per month, you have serious problems.
Poland used to be very cheap but then a lot of things were imported from the former Soviet Union. I have heard that petrol, gas and electricity are as expensive in Poland as they are in the U.K. Prices are not really important as they mean very little in themselves-if you live and work in that particular country it is the spending power of your wages that counts. Now, in Poland, if you earn £100 per month, you have serious problems.
Michal
21 Jul 2007
History / Are irregulars necessary in former communist states? [14]
There is always a big difference between a war and terrorism. We had the same situation in Northern Ireland for generations. Winning a war at the outset is always easy for countries like England had in the Falklands War in the mid 1980's or even for the USA in Iraq when there is a common enemy and the result you are looking for is simply a quick military surrender. You see the opposition and you kill them-it is as simple as that! It is during occupation that things actually become difficult as forces start to regroup and the enemy is one you can not see in uniform. Resistance in France and Yugoslavia against the Germans are good examples during World War 2. America used high tech to defeat Iraq with rockets driven and controlled by computer aided control, it looks easy on the television seeing buildings just disappearing-very simple, but when you have troops actually on the ground they are beginning to take serious numbers of casualties once the enemy regroups as bandits.
I can't agree with that. Modern operational forces have huge abilities to fight other regular armies but also have huge problems with irregular forces. Look at Iraq. How easily Americans crushed Saddam's army and how many problems they have with hardly armed "terrorists". I think that optimal
There is always a big difference between a war and terrorism. We had the same situation in Northern Ireland for generations. Winning a war at the outset is always easy for countries like England had in the Falklands War in the mid 1980's or even for the USA in Iraq when there is a common enemy and the result you are looking for is simply a quick military surrender. You see the opposition and you kill them-it is as simple as that! It is during occupation that things actually become difficult as forces start to regroup and the enemy is one you can not see in uniform. Resistance in France and Yugoslavia against the Germans are good examples during World War 2. America used high tech to defeat Iraq with rockets driven and controlled by computer aided control, it looks easy on the television seeing buildings just disappearing-very simple, but when you have troops actually on the ground they are beginning to take serious numbers of casualties once the enemy regroups as bandits.
Michal
20 Jul 2007
UK, Ireland / Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK [35]
Has it never occurred to you that the Poles do not really want to integrate much with the English as they have very little in common.
Has it never occurred to you that the Poles do not really want to integrate much with the English as they have very little in common.
Michal
20 Jul 2007
Language / what is the difference between prosze and poprosze? [39]
Yes it is used now asking for something in the near future as I think you said, using examples in a restaurant. Czy ja moge poprosic cos, na przyklad. However, to differentiate prosic and poprosic it has to be done somehow.
technically speaking, czy ja moge cos poprosic is not a present tense.
Yes it is used now asking for something in the near future as I think you said, using examples in a restaurant. Czy ja moge poprosic cos, na przyklad. However, to differentiate prosic and poprosic it has to be done somehow.
technically speaking, czy ja moge cos poprosic is not a present tense.
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Language / what is the difference between prosze and poprosze? [39]
IS THAT NOT WHAT i HAVE JUST SAID?
but prosze and poprosze could have the same meaning, for example in a shop when we are asking for some products:
IS THAT NOT WHAT i HAVE JUST SAID?
Michal
19 Jul 2007
UK, Ireland / Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK [35]
To tell you the truth, I always find the Polish a strange lazy lot. I could never understand how Poles can sit in concrete blocks eating breakfast with the television on. The first thing they do in the morning is to turn the television on and watch it for hours-very strange habit and one which I hate myself.
sually lock themselves in Polish communities, living usually with Polish people, and socializing only with th
To tell you the truth, I always find the Polish a strange lazy lot. I could never understand how Poles can sit in concrete blocks eating breakfast with the television on. The first thing they do in the morning is to turn the television on and watch it for hours-very strange habit and one which I hate myself.
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Real Estate / Investing in TriCity Sopot [10]
Many years ago, I went by train from Gdansk to Wejherowa on my way to Wicko. The train was an old steam engine in those day though I imagine that they have electrified th line by now.
Check out Orlex.pl they have flats in Weijherowa which is about 25 minutes from Sopot,
Many years ago, I went by train from Gdansk to Wejherowa on my way to Wicko. The train was an old steam engine in those day though I imagine that they have electrified th line by now.
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Language / what is the difference between prosze and poprosze? [39]
No, slucham is the present form for the first person ja slucham from the imperfective dictionary form therefore I am listening from the verb to listen
same with prosze I am requesting something now and poprosze I will request-this is the future perfective case
ja slucham, ty sluchasz, my sluchamy, wy sluchacie, on/ona/ono slucha, oni /one sluchaja i tak dalej
No, slucham is the present form for the first person ja slucham from the imperfective dictionary form therefore I am listening from the verb to listen
same with prosze I am requesting something now and poprosze I will request-this is the future perfective case
ja slucham, ty sluchasz, my sluchamy, wy sluchacie, on/ona/ono slucha, oni /one sluchaja i tak dalej
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Travel / Trips and Nights in Gdansk / Sopot [30]
That is a beautiful picture of Sopot, so you have been there!
That is a beautiful picture of Sopot, so you have been there!
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Travel / Trips and Nights in Gdansk / Sopot [30]
As well as I can remember, the Molo was nice and if you walk back towards the town there was the 'High Street' to give it a name and turning somewhere to the left was the little English Bar, I visited but as I say it was rather like a small English Littlehampton sized place.
Now that I think about it there was a McDonalds and a Pizza Hut neat to the railway station but it was hardly Las Vegas.
As well as I can remember, the Molo was nice and if you walk back towards the town there was the 'High Street' to give it a name and turning somewhere to the left was the little English Bar, I visited but as I say it was rather like a small English Littlehampton sized place.
Now that I think about it there was a McDonalds and a Pizza Hut neat to the railway station but it was hardly Las Vegas.
Michal
19 Jul 2007
Travel / Trips and Nights in Gdansk / Sopot [30]
I do not know how much Sopot has changed in the last few years but when you write that Papryka is now the hippest place to get into the grove you make it sound as if Sopot is another Manhatten. I found it nice and quiet, rather like a small Scandinavian town or maybe something like Littlehampton in Sussex by the sea but 'sleepy' is the word for it. I would have thought that down town Gdansk was more the place for action.
I do not know how much Sopot has changed in the last few years but when you write that Papryka is now the hippest place to get into the grove you make it sound as if Sopot is another Manhatten. I found it nice and quiet, rather like a small Scandinavian town or maybe something like Littlehampton in Sussex by the sea but 'sleepy' is the word for it. I would have thought that down town Gdansk was more the place for action.
Michal
17 Jul 2007
Michal
17 Jul 2007
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]
German, Polish and Turkish are phonetic languages, to an extent, and I would have thought that the printed page would be of help. How did you get on with Turkish? The words seem so easy in their dictionary form but the grammar of verbs is not so simple adding bits in the middle, rather like German.
German, Polish and Turkish are phonetic languages, to an extent, and I would have thought that the printed page would be of help. How did you get on with Turkish? The words seem so easy in their dictionary form but the grammar of verbs is not so simple adding bits in the middle, rather like German.
Michal
17 Jul 2007
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]
I would have thought that a local library would be able to lend you a book of the sounds and basics of Polish. There is a free download service to I think that it is called byte.com or something similar. Type in basic free Polish Language courses on line and it is bound to come up. Learning songs seems to be too difficult a way of learning a language from scratch, especially if you do not know even the basics.
I would have thought that a local library would be able to lend you a book of the sounds and basics of Polish. There is a free download service to I think that it is called byte.com or something similar. Type in basic free Polish Language courses on line and it is bound to come up. Learning songs seems to be too difficult a way of learning a language from scratch, especially if you do not know even the basics.
Michal
17 Jul 2007
UK, Ireland / Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK [35]
In our household my wife does a lot of ice skating and tries to get our daughter to do ballet classes and soon even swimming in after school classes. I would think that the Poles would not spend a lot of time in English bars as the beer would be too expensive in their country but do not think that they do not drink and drink in their own country! Near Guildford we have some farms and huge quantities of Polish and other Eastern Europeans are employed on these farms. We see them from time to time as they come in to out local Tesco to do their shopping but what they do in the evenings in their caravans, God only knows! They can be quite religious and a lot go to church at least once a week. In London it would be a different story as London gives rise to meetings on a large scale and there are many special Polish shops, clubs and societies, which a small place like Guildford could not support. The most important thing for a Polish woman is to talk and meet up as often as they can-they simply love to gossip about everything and everybody, watch out for a Polish woman's phone bill!
In our household my wife does a lot of ice skating and tries to get our daughter to do ballet classes and soon even swimming in after school classes. I would think that the Poles would not spend a lot of time in English bars as the beer would be too expensive in their country but do not think that they do not drink and drink in their own country! Near Guildford we have some farms and huge quantities of Polish and other Eastern Europeans are employed on these farms. We see them from time to time as they come in to out local Tesco to do their shopping but what they do in the evenings in their caravans, God only knows! They can be quite religious and a lot go to church at least once a week. In London it would be a different story as London gives rise to meetings on a large scale and there are many special Polish shops, clubs and societies, which a small place like Guildford could not support. The most important thing for a Polish woman is to talk and meet up as often as they can-they simply love to gossip about everything and everybody, watch out for a Polish woman's phone bill!
Michal
17 Jul 2007
Travel / Trips and Nights in Gdansk / Sopot [30]
Try to take someone who is Polish then who knows how to barter well.
Try to take someone who is Polish then who knows how to barter well.
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Language / REGON PODMIOTU [23]
It certainly has nothing to do with gospodarczego, it is certainly a grammar term lol lol lol
It certainly has nothing to do with gospodarczego, it is certainly a grammar term lol lol lol
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Language / REGON PODMIOTU [23]
That is exactly what I have just said. You are the kmiot! I never said anything about region.
Podmiot i orzeczenie
Podmiot i orzeczenie to jakby dwa filary, na ktorych wspiera sie cala konstrukcja zdania. Inne czesci zdania lacza sie albo z podmiotem, albo z orzeczeniem.
Kmiot, It's REGON, not region and
That is exactly what I have just said. You are the kmiot! I never said anything about region.
Podmiot i orzeczenie
Podmiot i orzeczenie to jakby dwa filary, na ktorych wspiera sie cala konstrukcja zdania. Inne czesci zdania lacza sie albo z podmiotem, albo z orzeczeniem.
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Language / REGON PODMIOTU [23]
I have no idea. I have not seen the text. It means almost nothing on its own.
of subjectivity?
I have no idea. I have not seen the text. It means almost nothing on its own.
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Travel / Trips and Nights in Gdansk / Sopot [30]
Be very careful as Polish taxi drivers are notorious for ripping people off especially when they know that you are foreign. Better to avoid them if you can.
axi from sopot to gdansk shouldnt be more than a tenner... but saying that, its a while since i did this journey by cab
Be very careful as Polish taxi drivers are notorious for ripping people off especially when they know that you are foreign. Better to avoid them if you can.
Michal
16 Jul 2007
Language / REGON PODMIOTU [23]
No, it simply means the 'area of subjectivity' in which context I do not know as I have not seen the whole text.
No, it simply means the 'area of subjectivity' in which context I do not know as I have not seen the whole text.
Michal
14 Jul 2007
Travel / Free shops at Warsaw airlines? [3]
I think that you will be aloud out for your four hour wait. If it is in the day time you could take the bus 175 too the Old Town and back to see a little of Warsaw. The buses run frequently and cost almost nothing and you would see a lot of Warsaw as the bus runs right through the heart of the city past the main Railway Station and on as far as the Old Town. Mind you you only have four hours so I do not know. There is not very much to do at the airport except to look at the old one next door, if it is still standing! Gule gule!
I think that you will be aloud out for your four hour wait. If it is in the day time you could take the bus 175 too the Old Town and back to see a little of Warsaw. The buses run frequently and cost almost nothing and you would see a lot of Warsaw as the bus runs right through the heart of the city past the main Railway Station and on as far as the Old Town. Mind you you only have four hours so I do not know. There is not very much to do at the airport except to look at the old one next door, if it is still standing! Gule gule!
Michal
14 Jul 2007
Work / Moving to Gdynia - prospects of finding a job in sales/marketing? [5]
With 600,000 poles now in the U.K. you would have to have exceptional qualifications, experience or good contacts to beat a native Pole at gaining a job, except of course, for English Language teaching but who wants to do that for long?
With 600,000 poles now in the U.K. you would have to have exceptional qualifications, experience or good contacts to beat a native Pole at gaining a job, except of course, for English Language teaching but who wants to do that for long?
Michal
13 Jul 2007
Work / Moving to Gdynia - prospects of finding a job in sales/marketing? [5]
I would have thought that most of these jobs would go to native Poles. Try English Language teaching-'it is all the rave'.
I would have thought that most of these jobs would go to native Poles. Try English Language teaching-'it is all the rave'.