Language / Share Perfective and Imperfective Polish verbs [105]

And you can have perfective future and perfective past (but not present as it's a done thing)

Iść - to go is a wonderful verb in all it's shapes.

Love / Why Polish girls are awesome? [141]


Hmmm - it's THE woman who makes the language exotic......

Love / Why Polish girls are awesome? [141]

I know a Polish woman who's awesome ;D
...it's the language, adds a touch of the exotic.

Study / Summer courses in Kraków 5596PLN - your thoughts? [17]

Let us know how you get on with the course

Food / Polish National Dish [54]


LOL - a friend of mine, Gosia (Polish btw...) doesn't do the Carp thing either, on account of her childhood memories of her mum getting live carp, getting to know them as, er pets, and then having to eat them at christmas time....

Language / Learnign Polish...any tips!? [33]

Hmmm, I have been studying Polish for a couple of years now. I use many different courses. Polish is tough. To learn Polish, you have to put in the work. Every day. Study. (Rather like being at school I suppose)

But Polish is such a cool language!

You will find a good coruse, free to download here:

There are also other links to free stuff on this thread: polishforums.com/language-17/learning-links-8328/

Food / Polish National Dish [54]

Carp?

UK, Ireland / Trinity college Dublin research project [3]

Um, might I suggest that you make a few "useful" posts...

...or email the forum's admin by using the "contact us" link at the bottom of the main entry page

UK, Ireland / Three more Polish males lose lives on Irish roads [18]

I think it is largely the left hand / right hand driving issue - there have been a few accidents like the Kerry one.
A momentary lapse of concentration.

I've done it myself, driving on the continent - I went the wrong way round a roundabout once.
And through the wrong side of a junction on another occasion.

Can never be careful enough on the road.

RIP

UK, Ireland / Multiple wives will mean multiple benefits in Britain (not only for Polish married couples) [29]


...to get the extra welfare payments... ;)

Language / Share Perfective and Imperfective Polish verbs [105]


Ah, but i'm used to the English verbs, lol

Włożyć - wkładać (To put on)
Zdjąć - zdejmować (To take off)

These unsimilar perfective/imperfective verbs are melting my brain!
There are so many of them...

Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]

lol, not any more it would appear!

Language / The only polish word a foreigner won't ever say correctly :P [113]


... I can pronounce that :D - dunno what it means though, I'd better look it up

Language / Parallel texts - a useful learning resource? [7]

Here's one i found a while back: odur.let.rug.nl/~houtzage/poldownloadsmp3.html

It has a few readings in Polish downloadable as mp3 files and parallel texts of the readings in English and Polish. I think that the sounds recordings make this quite useful.

Language / Accusative Case [44]


Lol, thanks - this is a word I always spell in correctly!

Language / A good learning book for Polish [44]

You can download for free and print out the course from here: polish.slavic.pitt.edu

It includes a polish dictionary, grammar book and a course for beginners.

Language / Who wants a Linguaphone Polish Course...? [30]

I bought a PL Linguaphone a while back and transferred the tapes into mp3 format

Language / Who wants a Linguaphone Polish Course...? [30]

The courses are very well put together and include comprehensive sounds recordings - the idea being that you learn to speak with a correct accent from the start and soak up the language then as you go along...

... that's the theory anyway!

Language / Accusative Case [44]

Dziękie - now i know my donkeys in Polish...

Language / Accusative Case [44]


Hmm, a bit of both really :)
Osioł is not listed in my grammar book. so it must be reasonably regular in it's declension, (hence my suggestions above)

what we need is...., a polish person to assist us!

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland, are they second class citizens? [90]

Quite right Deise

Language / Accusative Case [44]


Hm, would it not maybe be (Acc sing) Osioł, (Acc pl) Ośły?
er, I'll have to go and look this up now lol, homework

Language / Share Perfective and Imperfective Polish verbs [105]

Heh heh, my favourite perfective/imperfective verb pairs are the ones that bear no resemblence to each other at all, at least not to my non-polish senses,

for example:
kłaść (imp) włożyć (pf) = to put.
brać, wziąć

go polish, go :) gives us something to study....

Language / Petition for Pimsleur Polish II and III? [10]

Hmm, for anyone who's interested there happens to be a Polish Linguaphone course on offer on ebay right now..., 4 days to go.

Language / Polish Soaps? & They Really do use Rosetta Stone [13]

You can find Polish subtitles at this web site for many current tv programs and also some movies.

hatak.pl/index2.php?page=42

They are all directly downloadable.
We can pretend we're studying then by watching something with PL subtitles :)

Language / Best learning Polish CD/DVD set? [11]

Hi.
Rosetta Stone is quite a good place to start - it is composed of basic words, moving onto simple sentences all in polish.
There are pictures to indicate what is happening and the user learns by trial and error, like real life! It should give him a good start in Polish, and he will be able to start speaking early on. It is however a basic course and should be considered as a starting point. Being speak and repeat lessons he will acquire correct pronounciation also.

Worth considering.

Language / Polish Grammar In A Nutshell [19]


Master it? heh - I'll just be happy to be able to get by...

UK, Ireland / Polish citizen working as British/Irish policeman? [9]

In Ireland definitely yes.

Language / Polish Grammar In A Nutshell [19]


LOL - I printed two copies of this big one. I use it all the time for reference.

The grammar in a nutshell is a smaller friendlier grammar book - good for light reading...