Life / Who's thinking of moving to Poland? [67]

Im an Irish person looking to live in Krakow and gain experience working as an engineer. I am currently learning polish in an intensive course and i have been to krakow 5 times already. My girlfriend is polish and i am looking to buy an apartment in krakow. Anybody in a similar situation as myself

Study / Study Polish Full Time [12]

I'm a native english speaker and i find the trick to learning polish is the grammer

It will explain the "random" word ending changes that i found so strange

If learn the endings for the Genative, Dative cases etc... it will start to make sense
the adjetives also change so learn the endings for each case also. The tables for the endings can be found in the collins dictionary Pages xxvii for the nouns and page xxviii for the adjectives

It will take a little time but believe me its worth it

If you ever ask a polish person "why does a word change its ending?" they start saying "Kto, co, Kogo, Czego etc" these are the question words that change the case for each word or sentence.

When u learn these endings u will begin to recognise them when u see them written or spoken and language wont appear so random and difficult.

Life / Irish man wanna move to Poland [60]

Im Irish and im hoping to move to Krakow at the end of January, coz herself is Polish and im mad about her and i want to learn the language also. I have taken Polish lessons so i have a basis in the language I have been to Poland a number of times at this stage.

Just wondering do u have any tips?

Life / Irish man wanna move to Poland [60]

Yeap i was looking into that, im a qualified civil engineer with over 2 years experience so i was hoping to get work in this area,but the job opertunities in this area seem only to be in Warsaw. Its very frustrating. Is nice to hear an Irish person is hanging around the place and is not in Krakow just for a stag party

Life / Irish man wanna move to Poland [60]

In Kraków at the moment, its so much easier to learn the language when you can hear everybody speaking it, however it does get a little depressing when i see very young kids who can speak it better then me. Is there much of an Irish community over hear? never really heard much about it. GAA club perhaps? seeing as there is one of those in every other major city around the world.

Real Estate / I want to buy a 2 bedroom apartment in Krakow - suggestions and advice. [20]

Im looking to buy in Krakow also :) where are the best places in the city? any advice?
Whats the rental market like?

Life / Irish man wanna move to Poland [60]

Trevorisimo

Im irish and also lucky enough to have a Polish girlfriend :) I hoping to move there soon (i have being trying to move there for the past year) but i would like to get a job first. Im a civil engineer but like most engineers in Ireland at the moment im now out of work :( i was in Krakow recently completing a 2 week intensive language course so my polish isnt so bad now. I have been to Poland maybe 16/17 times now so there is nothing too new now with regard to the country itself.

I see some similarities with Ireland but in other ways i see big differences, but any advice with regard to everyday life in poland?

Life / Irish man wanna move to Poland [60]

vndunne

Vincent,

Im just wondering how everyday life goes in Poland e.g is it better to have a car or not? i have one and its only when i moved to Poland for the 2.5 weeks i found that i depended alot. I also found the whole "not really understanding" what was going on in the TV very frustrating (not that i watch too much TV) but i usually watch some when im relaxing.

did you come across these issues?