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Joined: 3 Jun 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 19 Aug 2009
Threads: Total: 2 / In This Archive: 2
Posts: Total: 228 / In This Archive: 193
From: Poland, Poznan
Speaks Polish?: Native Polish speaker
Interests: IT stuff, people, English language, mountain biking, other things...

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esek   
3 Jun 2008
Life / Polish people start families at early age-how true is this? [20]

I'm 23yr male from Poland and I'm not going to get married until 30 :D No way.... career is more important for me. Ok, but I have to say that it is nothing unusual when you see a couple - 30yr old guy with 20yr old girl, but it is (rather) unusual to see 20yr old guy with 30yr old woman :D What can I say.... that's the way it is :)
esek   
5 Jun 2008
Life / Poland's youth & their way of living [16]

such as young girls pregnant,

My cousin get pregnant a year or two ago.... she was 16. As you see it happens even in Poland ;)

should be 'got pregnant', sorry - my English isn't perfect.
esek   
6 Jun 2008
Travel / Is train travel recommended for tourists in Poland [14]

comfortable

omg, if our trains are comfortable then I don't want to see these in UK :D

IMHO our trains are in bad condition, they're old, veeeeery slow and toilets.. I wouldn't use them ... Thanks god I don't have to travel by train very often....:)
esek   
7 Jun 2008
Life / What is there to do in Warsaw?? [37]

Very pleasant and enough places on the way to stop and have a cold beer :)

just keep in mind that you aren't allowed to drink alcohol and ride a bike in Poland - your (car) driving license can be taken away....
esek   
7 Jun 2008
Work / IT jobs in Poland - easy to get? [17]

pracuj.pl
jobpilot.pl
jobrapido.pl (collect job ads from many Polish sites)

nothing more to add.. just look around.
esek   
7 Jun 2008
Life / To all of you who are Polish - where did you learn English? [64]

I've been learning English for 3 or 4 years and still I do many mistakes... I hope that I will improve my English here - at least written :D well, i have to... I want to move to the UK for a year next year - lol does it make any sense? :)
esek   
8 Jun 2008
Study / Confused about the different universities having the same name [6]

as you already know these are three different schools... if you want to study computer science you should consider going to Warsaw university of Technology or The university of Warsaw.

eng.pw.edu.pl
uw.edu.pl/en

there is also quite good private school:

pjwstk.edu.pl/en
esek   
8 Jun 2008
Life / Street racing in Poland [15]

[Moved from]: The culture of street racing in Poland

Well, watch this (probably most of Polish guys have seen this already):



what do you think? is it stupid? impressive? you like that? :-)
esek   
9 Jun 2008
Language / SLANG FOR INEBRIATION IN POLISH? [32]

describe the state one reaches after a couple of beers

Oh, i have a nice word - podchmielony :-)
esek   
10 Jun 2008
Study / Spanish student in Olsztyn the next year has couple of questions [13]

jail?????????' fffffffffffffffffff as a murderer...... for smoke a ganja joint? ffffffffffffff INCREDIBLE!!!!! Anybody cuold tell me where I can find the polish laws about cannabis in english????? if it is possible....... I think this is not sh*it..... is my choose..... respect man...... I never drink alcohol.... for example.... this is a real sh*it that kills people.... ganja is...... my way of life

lol, i'm totally serious man.... ganja = jail in Poland.... but if you smoke at home then I think you're safe :P but... you have to buy it somewhere.. and when the Police will see you're buying it then you can be arrested... trust me, there is no reason for me to lie to you.
esek   
19 Jun 2008
Life / How do you Poles feel about the fact that so many Poles work abroad? [145]

My point of view.....

I'm 23 now.... work in IT field.

One week ago I moved to Warsaw where I work now... in one year time I will move to UK/London to make good money (~50k GBP gross salary/yr). One year in UK and I will back to Poland and try to make some business with friends... 2 years later i will go to Australia to live there .... I think also about Dubai..... but i don't know... Sydnay seems to be more civilised place to live in. What I think about emigration? Nothing... if we have possibility then we should do everything we can to make our lifes better.
esek   
18 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Average salary in UK [6]

Hi people....

I'd like to know how much native speakers in the UK earn... let's say we are talking about big cities like London....

how much will earn guy in some hypermarket (like Tesco)? What about accountants, school teachers, nurses others?

We are talking about gross salary per year....

Is 50k GBP / yr good or very good salary in London for average English guy?

Thanks in advance :> Any links with statistics also appreciated...
esek   
18 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Average salary in UK [6]

School Teachers...30k - 60k

wow, teachers make good money then..... nothing compared to Polish ones :) 60k... wow, is it PhD's salary at the University?
esek   
26 Jul 2008
Language / Panowie, panie [4]

Am I correct in thinking thst 'panowie' is the plural of 'pan'?
'Panie' is the plural of 'pani'?

correct

And 'państwo' translates as 'family'?

not correct - depends on context, examples:

Panstwo Kowalscy - Mr and Mrs Kowalscy
Prosze Panstwa (jakis wystep) - Ladies and gentlemen (some show)
Panstwo - country

... and probably some others ...

family = rodzina
esek   
2 Aug 2008
Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

That's a really good site!

I know :D I also use it sometimes when I don't know how to pronounce some English words... it reads quite ok.

Ok.. and when I'm too lazy to read news then I also use it, for example here:

wiadomosci.onet.pl/1800057,11,item.html

(right corner - 'Odsłuchaj' button) ;-)
esek   
2 Aug 2008
Life / The way of life of young Poles in Poland [8]

They do seem to be popular

No they aren't... just local hip-hop group from Lublin city which made a quite proffessional looking videoclip.
esek   
3 Aug 2008
Life / What nation Poles like the most? [56]

For many Poles, the US is seen as the land of opportunity

_was_ - it is the past now... - it's the past since the moment we joined EU and can work in places like UK, IE etc.

I don't know anybody who would even consider moving to the US nowadays.
esek   
23 Aug 2008
Travel / Wot? No beer allowed on Polish PKP? [30]

Poland - public transport - drinking isn't allowed - it's a law. btw, it's veeeery good law. Unfortunately there are still many places in trains where you can smoke - this also shouldn't be allowed :/