Language / Common neuter case nouns please [12]

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The teach is a city boy, huh? :)
I'm sure others will contribute

C'mon people!!!
The lady needs some good nouns!


yes


skip the "n"

(welcome)

Language / Genetive, "jej" and "jego" [8]


Not a biggie at all. I help when I can. I used to teach years ago. It was ESL though :)


Yeah, if that weren't for French, then Polish would be much easier ;)
Good luck.

Language / Genetive, "jej" and "jego" [8]


Actually, with these examples it's the other way around :)

Look at hese axamples again:

Masculine possessor:

To jest jego dom - the thing possessed is masculine
To jest jego mama - the thing possessed is feminine

Feminine possessor:

To jest jej dom - This is her house, the thing possessed is masculine
To jest jej mama - This is her mom, the thing possessed is feminine

Language / Genetive, "jej" and "jego" [8]

The only change depends on whose object it is. If it's female's then we us "jej" (her, hers), otherwise we use "jego" (his) for both male and neutral. These pronouns do not change their form regardless of the object's gender:

jego - its, his (takes no case forms)
jej - her, hers jej (takes no case forms)

Examples:

male:

To jest jego dom (This is his house)
Chodzmy do jego domu (Let's go to his house)
Spojrz na jego dom (Look at his house)

To jest jego mama (This is his mom)
Chodzmy do jego mamy (Let's go to his mom)
Spojrz na jego mame (Look at his mom)

and the same ones (respectively) for female possessive pronoun:

To jest jej dom (This is her house)
Chodzmy do jej domu (Let's go to her house)
Spojrz na jej dom (Look at her house)

To jest jej mama (This is her mom)
Chodzmy do jej mamy (Let's go to her mom)
Spojrz na jej mame (Look at her mom)

For once, something easy, eh? ;)

Language / Common neuter case nouns please [12]

here are some:

koło (wheel)
czoło (forehead)
słonko (diminutive for sun)
ciasto (dough, cake)
błoto (mud)
cielę (calf)
dziecię (child)

UK, Ireland / Polish and Foreign Drivers in the UK [28]


And here is a road in one of those countries.
Are you sure the drive on the left there? ;)


I got my first driver's license in Poland and at the time I felt pretty comfy driving there. After about 5 years in the US I went back to Poland and I was supposed to drive. I refused. It was safer for my dad whith his heart condition to drive the car. It was just the same in Paris, only there they honk in French.

I don't thinkdrivers in Poland in general are any better or any worse than elsewhere, but I thought that if Americans were to drive as aggressively as they do in some European countries the US would be depopulated in a matter of a decade.

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Law / Organised Crime - Mafia Business in Poland [21]


Ever been to China Town in NYC? When you have a chance, take a stroll along Canal Street.

Love / How do Polish girls like to be approached? [66]

Polish women are suckers for walks. And they expect to be taken care of and defended (within reason of course):

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]


I wouldn't spent time on that. So what if someone is a Jew, half-Jew or 73.6% Jew? Polish ant-isemites often gather around an organization started by a Jew - the Roman Catholic Church. Loosers will always find a scapegoat for their own impotence and failures.

The irony is that, Poland having been a destination of Jewish immigration for centuries prior to late 19th century, some of the anti-semites here are likely to have a few drops of Jewish blood in them anyway.

Polish kings invited and encouraged Jews to come to Poland, and then consistently upheld the laws giving Jews privileges (Statute of Kalisz). When you consider that, then suddently Polish kings Boleslaus the Pious, Casimir III (Kazimierz Wielki) and Sigismund I were all Jews conspiring against Poland. It then follows that Jadwiga (Casimir's daughter )was Jewish. Hence, the first Polish university (in Cracow) was founded by a Jewess. Oh wait, as Poles we pride ourselves with having one of the oldest universities in Europe. Is it ours, or is it Jewish though?

While abhorrnt, anti-whatever has a hilarious property - it comes back to bite its own as.s.

Language / Polish Grammar In A Nutshell [19]

I gotta say I admire anybody deciding to and then following through with the learning of Polish. Reading all these Polish grammar textbooks I wonder, how is it even possible to master all that stuff :)

Food / Is lamb big in Poland? [53]


I wonder if anyone read that aloud :)

Love / Polish girls are OK but Hungarian girls are the best.. [24]


Sure.
We do too.

History / Armenian Genocide 1915-1917 and Poland [22]


I'm have some background in psychology, albeit not clinical, so I won't be able to help you.

Life / Old Polish Song~ Possibly children's [36]


That is Ukrainian.
The fact that your father claimed to be Polish is not unusual. Many Poles and Ukrainins had geuinly doutle identity. Born in the East but under Polish rule they were in a position to claim either nationality. I personally know at least half a dozen Ukrainian-Poles who speak both languages perfectly. They are Ukrainians when they go to a Ukrainian Hall, but Polish when there is a dance in the Polish Legion.

Note:

Rosvaseli Rode nu should be really Rosveseli Rodinu i.e. cheer up the family

USA, Canada / VISA TRAVEL TO USA [32]


There are no guarantees with those US of A people, but 6 years indicates a degree of commitment, and if there is also a personal commmitment that only helps.

And definitely get the visa before renting that private jet ;)

USA, Canada / VISA TRAVEL TO USA [32]


My sister applied in France. At the time she had lived there for about 2 years. She had no French citizenship, worked as a secretary, no big money involved.

She applied in Paris. They gave her that multiple visits thing on her visa so she can pop in pretty much any time she wants. She visited me here in Canada a couple time and we took a ride to NY and some neighboring States. No issues at the border at all.

USA, Canada / VISA TRAVEL TO USA [32]


Not true. Applying in the UK is just fine.

USA, Canada / VISA TRAVEL TO USA [32]


Canada may be easier, but I wouldn't count on getting a US visa there and trying to get to the US. Not impossible, but hard.

Genealogy / Rostki - Rostkach [4]


yes


you may need full postal address, although in some smaller towns, villages etc they know people by name.

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]

Whoever laughed was simply an ignorant ****.

I read a while ago about the purpose of kosher food, and it appears that following it diminishes the effect of some genetic abberations (occuring not only in Jews) that have to do how proteins are processed when milk and meat are mixed.

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]

Apologies.
Fixed.

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]


German women?
Kinder (kids)
Küche (kitchen)
Kirche (kirk, church)

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]


Of course it doesn't. Otherwise all Jews would look exactly the same and be of one gender. Oh, wait! They wouldn't be even able to procreate!

I find it fascinating though from the biological historical point of view. Nothing more nothing less. It is really interesting how some of Jewish laws and rules that go back thousands of years (for instance kosher cuisine and Kreutzfeld-Jacobs disease) are interrelated with actual medical findings of modern age.

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]


Actually, there is a list of some of those at Mt Sinai Hospital in NYC, NY. The hospital specializes in just that: jewish genetic diseaes. Some other ethnic groups have also certain genetic predispositions which will occur among them more often than among other ethnic group, so just for the record: all I'm supplying is a link FYI:

mssm.edu/jewish_genetics/genetic_diseases.shtml

News / Things you might not know about Poland [76]


That is when you speak with a lady.
Here are the rules for ladies with class:

no means maybe
maybe means yes
yes means the lady has no class ;)

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]

I know him as a linguist, and much better than Stalin :)

Feedback / Today's Polish Name Day - New Feature [41]


Oh, I've been generically called "geezer" since my daughter was capable of understanding the word, so the age really lost its meaning :)

Feedback / Today's Polish Name Day - New Feature [41]

I think it's got to do with Latin renatus - reborn

Feedback / Today's Polish Name Day - New Feature [41]


women like it too because they can cellebrate something personal each year without having to reveal their age (which everybody knows anyway cuz the kids talk a lot)

Feedback / Today's Polish Name Day - New Feature [41]


see wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day#Poland