Davey
29 Jun 2007
Davey
29 Jun 2007
Language / Similarities and differences between Polish and Spanish language [10]
Also Polish and Spanish both use pronouns which refer to oneself(Se and Sie)
Also Polish and Spanish both use pronouns which refer to oneself(Se and Sie)
Davey
29 Jun 2007
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Language / A Native American or a Native Pole: Who is better into which language? [116]
Is it possible to know 45 languages fluently?
hilarious=)
Yeah and Sanskrit is far more difficult than Polish I even learnt a litle Atlantian talk about a difficult language oh man but of the 45 languages I know Polish ranks 13th or 14th depending on the day in difficulty.
Is it possible to know 45 languages fluently?
bo on jest glupi!! If you are considering staying in Poland it might be an idea to start to learn the language first. Look up the word poniewaz first in a dictiobnary and then you can write a little better Polish. I tell you what, I will come and give you some free Polish Language lessons the next time I come over to Poland-you can have them for free as all language lessons the world over should be.
hilarious=)
Davey
30 Jun 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]
Wow, a Polish church in NS?! The only other one I know about is in the ghetto in Dartmouth haha but its kind of unofficially Polish, all the Polish people in Halifax go there basically.
Wow, a Polish church in NS?! The only other one I know about is in the ghetto in Dartmouth haha but its kind of unofficially Polish, all the Polish people in Halifax go there basically.
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Life / Polish legal drinking and smoking laws [7]
Im kind of nervous because im going to Poland soon and staying with relatives that i havent met yet and they seem all Catholic and religious but I also hear Poles are crazy partiers so im not sure what to expect from them because im definately not religious.
Im kind of nervous because im going to Poland soon and staying with relatives that i havent met yet and they seem all Catholic and religious but I also hear Poles are crazy partiers so im not sure what to expect from them because im definately not religious.
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Life / Polish legal drinking and smoking laws [7]
Yeah im looking forward to embracing the culture and I wouldnt mind church and such, but I also want to have a little fun=P
Yeah im looking forward to embracing the culture and I wouldnt mind church and such, but I also want to have a little fun=P
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]
I think you can say: ex. Jestes mily(Nom), Jestes milym chlopakiem(Inst.)
If you are describing a noun, I think its narzednik and mianowik when just using an adj.
anyways just to be safe use narzednik...
I think you can say: ex. Jestes mily(Nom), Jestes milym chlopakiem(Inst.)
If you are describing a noun, I think its narzednik and mianowik when just using an adj.
anyways just to be safe use narzednik...
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]
Merged: Pronounce Się
I pretty much get the point/meaning of się but I am still somewhat confused. I know it's used with some verbs, I am wondering does it just modify the verb or change the meaning totally?(ex ludzic, ludzic sie)
Also besides using it with verbs, where else would it be appropriate?
thanks=)
Merged: Pronounce Się
I pretty much get the point/meaning of się but I am still somewhat confused. I know it's used with some verbs, I am wondering does it just modify the verb or change the meaning totally?(ex ludzic, ludzic sie)
Also besides using it with verbs, where else would it be appropriate?
thanks=)
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]
czy ktos z forum zna odpowiedz na moje pytanie?
czy ktos z forum zna odpowiedz na moje pytanie?
Davey
30 Jun 2007
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]
It is hard to translate się into "oneself" literally because it doesnt always portray the true meaning.
It is hard to translate się into "oneself" literally because it doesnt always portray the true meaning.
Davey
16 Nov 2007
Language / A Native American or a Native Pole: Who is better into which language? [116]
Because it made me laugh after reading it.... I am making an effort to learn and have never claimed to be fluent=) but I can survive in Poland....
and Halifax is a ****** place, I agree.
Again, you do not know Polish anyway so why is it hilarious?
Because it made me laugh after reading it.... I am making an effort to learn and have never claimed to be fluent=) but I can survive in Poland....
and Halifax is a ****** place, I agree.
Davey
17 Nov 2007
Language / Genetive, "jej" and "jego" [8]
It can be used to use emphasis as well...
ex. 'Jego nie znam', I don't know him
It can be used to use emphasis as well...
ex. 'Jego nie znam', I don't know him
Davey
18 Nov 2007
Genealogy / strange Polish mixes [116]
My Polish great-grandfather married a French women, who was married to a Dutch man=P
My Polish great-grandfather married a French women, who was married to a Dutch man=P
Davey
18 Nov 2007
Language / If The Polish Language Is Too Hard >>> Sing Instead [18]
I loveee Polish music....Doda, £zy, Ewelina Flinta, Maciek Silski, Paweł Kukiz, Gosia Andrzejewicz, Mezo etc etc etc
I find it so much easier to sing in Polish than speak it, I even learned to rap in Polish=)
I loveee Polish music....Doda, £zy, Ewelina Flinta, Maciek Silski, Paweł Kukiz, Gosia Andrzejewicz, Mezo etc etc etc
I find it so much easier to sing in Polish than speak it, I even learned to rap in Polish=)
Davey
18 Nov 2007
Language / How do people mispronounce your Polish names? [60]
My mom's maiden name is 'Trzop' and there is no chance in hell anybody who isn't Polish would be able to pronounce that....
My mom's maiden name is 'Trzop' and there is no chance in hell anybody who isn't Polish would be able to pronounce that....
Davey
18 Nov 2007
Travel / Age requirements when going out to clubs in Poland [13]
18 my ass...
I never once got id'd in Poland, I was 16
I was out at the bars and clubs almost every night=)
18 my ass...
I never once got id'd in Poland, I was 16
I was out at the bars and clubs almost every night=)
Davey
18 Nov 2007
Davey
27 Nov 2007
Davey
27 Nov 2007
Language / The most common Polish case used in everyday conversations? [10]
Then decline the object to plural=)
Lubię dziewczynę - I like a girl(Accusative feminine singular)
Lubię dziewczyny - I like girls(Accusative feminine plural)
Nie lubię chłopca - I don't like a boy(Genitive masculine singular)
Nie lubię chłopców - I don't like boys(Genitive masculine plural)
Then decline the object to plural=)
Lubię dziewczynę - I like a girl(Accusative feminine singular)
Lubię dziewczyny - I like girls(Accusative feminine plural)
Nie lubię chłopca - I don't like a boy(Genitive masculine singular)
Nie lubię chłopców - I don't like boys(Genitive masculine plural)
Davey
6 Dec 2007
Language / ż ź dź dż sz cz ś ć - which give most problems to foreigners? [65]
Well ś is kind of said with the front teeth together and sz just like the English sh, i guess?
and I think you will hear a difference if you a hear a word like 'strach' compared to a word like 'marihuana'
I as found Polish actually easier to pronounce than a lot of languages because what's written is exactly what is said with no acceptions unlike English with silent letters.
Well ś is kind of said with the front teeth together and sz just like the English sh, i guess?
and I think you will hear a difference if you a hear a word like 'strach' compared to a word like 'marihuana'
I as found Polish actually easier to pronounce than a lot of languages because what's written is exactly what is said with no acceptions unlike English with silent letters.
Davey
9 Dec 2007
News / Poland adopting the Euro, but when? [65]
haha I remember in the airport seeing the phrase 'thanks za lot', I thought it was kind of cheesey...
Anyways I hope they don't adopt the Euro, I think it is good to have their own currency because in Canada we have the dollar just like many other countries and we have English as our language like many other countries, I think it gives a sense of cultural identity....plus the złoty is really cheap compared to the dollar and I dont want that to change for when I go on vacation there=P
haha I remember in the airport seeing the phrase 'thanks za lot', I thought it was kind of cheesey...
Anyways I hope they don't adopt the Euro, I think it is good to have their own currency because in Canada we have the dollar just like many other countries and we have English as our language like many other countries, I think it gives a sense of cultural identity....plus the złoty is really cheap compared to the dollar and I dont want that to change for when I go on vacation there=P
Davey
9 Dec 2007
Language / ż ź dź dż sz cz ś ć - which give most problems to foreigners? [65]
Actually I find lots of Polish English speakers say 'f' instead of 'th' like instead of I think they will say I fink....just from my experiences
Just like foreign people use the sound 'z' for a 'th' and it sounds dreadful.
Actually I find lots of Polish English speakers say 'f' instead of 'th' like instead of I think they will say I fink....just from my experiences
Davey
9 Dec 2007
Life / Is drinking water in Poland good? [96]
I have lived in Canada my whole life...when I went to Poland they kept giving me this bubbly mineral water that I couldn't stomach because it tasted so similar to soda, and this was niegazowany! so I drank the tap water and it tasted fine=)
I have lived in Canada my whole life...when I went to Poland they kept giving me this bubbly mineral water that I couldn't stomach because it tasted so similar to soda, and this was niegazowany! so I drank the tap water and it tasted fine=)
Davey
9 Dec 2007
Language / 'w' - difference between accusative+locative [18]
I know you can use the preposition 'w' with accusative or location(ex. w życie, w życiu)
What's the difference?
I know you can use the preposition 'w' with accusative or location(ex. w życie, w życiu)
What's the difference?
Davey
9 Dec 2007
Life / Choosing a Polish Name for Your Newborn [15]
In Poland, every girl and their sister is named Kasia...I swear.
In Poland, every girl and their sister is named Kasia...I swear.
Davey
9 Dec 2007
News / How does Poland imagine other countries see her? [84]
I feel like the American public school system is not very advanced, they learn mostly about the United States and there is obviously not a huge emphasis put on global history/culture, even American knowledge of Canada is poor, I would not say that most Americans are well traveled, many yes, but most, no.
Especially by seeing all these American game shows...I could answer some of the questions when I was 8 that some of these grown men and women didn't know the answers to, primarily concerning anything about other parts of the world.
I will also add that my American cousin, who lives now in Las Vegas, has traveled the whole world and has run trade delegations in China and in other places all over the world all of his working life. There are a lot of well educated men in the United States and well traveled people too and to say that they think that the rest of the world lives in huts is really very stupid of you.
I feel like the American public school system is not very advanced, they learn mostly about the United States and there is obviously not a huge emphasis put on global history/culture, even American knowledge of Canada is poor, I would not say that most Americans are well traveled, many yes, but most, no.
Especially by seeing all these American game shows...I could answer some of the questions when I was 8 that some of these grown men and women didn't know the answers to, primarily concerning anything about other parts of the world.
Davey
10 Dec 2007
Language / How long to get fluent in Polish? [41]
I have been learning Polish by myself for about 5 years and went to Poland for a month but I am not even near fluent but I can communicate and create sentences, I used to have major problems with cases but I am getting used to them mostly. I have no problem reading it but trying to speak it fast is hard because I get tongue tied but I have actually learned to rap in Polish haha so I don't know why it's such a problem.
I have been learning Polish by myself for about 5 years and went to Poland for a month but I am not even near fluent but I can communicate and create sentences, I used to have major problems with cases but I am getting used to them mostly. I have no problem reading it but trying to speak it fast is hard because I get tongue tied but I have actually learned to rap in Polish haha so I don't know why it's such a problem.
Davey
10 Dec 2007
Language / What is the most annoying thing about non-native Polish speakers? [90]
They teach them British English and to tell the truth I don't understand a lot of it! I live in Canada....people were using words like 'crisps' for chips and 'lift' for elevator, and to tell the truth I really didn't know what the hell they were talking about
This type of language is taught in Polish schools. Ex: The way Present Simple and Present Continuous are used in Newspapers. Also, the reason for short words like axe and cut.
They teach them British English and to tell the truth I don't understand a lot of it! I live in Canada....people were using words like 'crisps' for chips and 'lift' for elevator, and to tell the truth I really didn't know what the hell they were talking about