Life / is there wireless internet in poland [19]


Well... you could if you're lucky...I live in Warsaw in one of those ugly concrete buildings and some of my neighbours have wireless routers... I think they don't like to bother with security... so out of three different networks there are two without a password...

Work / praca magisterska (master's degree) - any impact on career in Poland [13]

praca magisterska... I still need some 6 or 8 pages ... and I have only 2 days left... wish me luck...

Genealogy / Last name Natkaniec [14]

I think it should be: IWANOWICE

Language / Polish Leter Confusion [13]

Wroclaw you're right it's wołyńskie so it must be województwo

I think I got it...

Województwo Wołyńskie (Voivodeship)
Powiat Kowelski (County)
?Urząd? pocztowy Maniewicze (Post office)
Tartak Czerewacha

Ruciński Antoni

this must be the address of the sender

Anyway google is a great tool, here is what I found:

wolyn.ovh.org/wdw/kowel.htm

Language / Polish Leter Confusion [13]

I googled "Tartak Czerewacha" :) and that is what I got

I'm not sure what the website is ... I found there a list of different locations in Koweski (or Kowel) county (in Wołyń Voivodeship- a part of Poland before WWII)

I just had to match what I was able to read from your letter whith the names on the list...

this is how I got the address...

Language / Polish Leter Confusion [13]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovel

Language / Cases: What is Nominative or Accusative and when do I use those? [14]


This is how we are taught at school... each case is a response to a specific set of questions...
It was almost like the multiplication table:

Mianownik: Kto? Co?
Dopełniacz: Kogo? Czego?
Celownik: Komu? Czemu?.... (i tak dalej)

However this is for Polish speaker learning Polish grammar...

History / Was there a polish Stasi? [13]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82u%C5%BCba_Bezpiecze%C5%84stwa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_of_Poland

Language / verbal nouns in -nie [7]

in general the noun would "martwienie się"

but I would never say "on zajmuje się martwieniem się" ... " on się zajmuje martwieniem się" sounds a bit better... in fact I'd probably choose 'on zajmuje się martwieniem" ... lol I'm Polish and I don't know...

You make it all too difficult by using a reflexive verb (się next to another się just doesn't sound good)

Martwienie się jest niezdrowe. That's a better exemple...

Mama nauczyła Tomka mycia się.

Life / Confirmation / Bierzmowanie - tradition in Poland [9]

it is during the first year of liceum (at least in my parish...) A sister of my friend had it recently... she is 16 or maybe 17

News / Most important invention made in Poland [53]

bulletproof vest

Language / Verb endings attaching themselves to other words [9]

or you can try to learn some of them simply as fixed expressions.... the structure is not used very often... but phrases like "czyś ty zwariował(a)" or "coś ty zrobił(a)" are common

Travel / Looking for GPS address of lake near Warsaw. [7]

do you mean zalew zegrzyński?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zegrze_Reservoir

Language / Question on diminutives (Stefan and Ewa) [6]

how about Ewcinka

Language / Collective numbers - dwoje, troje, czworo [38]

pięcioro, sześcioro, siedmioro, ośmioro, dziewięcioro, dziesięcioro, jedenaścioro, dwanaścioro, trzynaścioro, czternaścioro, piętnaścioro....

happy or do you want more?

Study / Questions about Warsaw Institute of Technology & some about life in Poland too. [19]

I think it is possible to get a room for about 600 pln...(that's about 200 USD) I have a small flat in warsaw I rent my spare room to a friend and that's how much I get.

You'd need to spend about 100 pln on buses every 90 days. For food and other basic staff (like toiletries, photocopying and a beer from time to time) you would need at least another 600 pln and preferably more. For bigger expense you'd need extra money.

It all depends on the quality of live you want to live... many polish students make do with less...

Language / Example sentences for different cases. [42]

NoSpeakyPolski don't worry just stick to "to jest kobieta" this is the only correct way to express "this is a woman" (out of the forms you metioned)

the other forms are almost never used... I could probably think of a situation when one could use them but it would a really weird and complicated situation... and the meaning would be a bit different than simple "this is a woman"