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loolee   
19 Apr 2009
Love / do polish girls consider a english man a good catch ? [126]

It's is really, let say strange, if girls or guys are talking about being a good catch...
We should first of all define what a good catch is? A good job, appearance, money, a car...?! For me there is nothing like this, it is the matter of having a good time together, laughing, spending a time together and never getting bored, be passionate about similar things, feeling the hunger of eachother:) Or maybe I'm wrong...?!
loolee   
19 Apr 2009
Language / Pan/Pani...usage changes for case distiction? [23]

The form Proszę Pani is used when U want to gain attetion or ask about something ( children at school say it to their teacher, for example) the other form is incorrect, but as I wrote it is unfortunatelly commonly used;( by Polish people.

The rules Pan, Pana, Panu are based upon noun declination, similarly to Pani/Panią.
If we ask who?( meaning: Who is that man over there?) then we use: It is Pan Kowalski (To jest Pan Kowalski). If we ask Whom? or What? ( meaning: Whom do you like? ) Then we say: I like Pana Kowalskiego (Lubię Pana Kowalskiego) If we ask: about whom? then we use the form Panu ( meaning: Whom is the story about?) Then we use: It is the story about Panu Kowalskim ( To jest historia o Panu Kowalskim)

Ps. Proszę Panią is totally INCORRECT which is often heard in a shop: Proszę Panią a kilo of apples please, it should be Proszę Pani a kilo of apples please!
loolee   
19 Apr 2009
Language / Pan/Pani...usage changes for case distiction? [23]

Yes and these are both correct, generally we use the form Pani/Panią/ Panu/Pan if we want to be polite (usually the person is older, we want to express our respect, or the relation is more formal) The second case is similar, but we are adding person's name (it is a bit less formal then)