Language / Genitive case ("nie ma nic" vs "nie ma niczego") [71]

I was wondering, if in syn ojca firmy, it reads, son of father of company.. but would it be understood as son of father and son of company, or son of father (who is of company). who being the father...

Yes, I feel like I'm digging a hole of confusion lol.

Language / Genitive case ("nie ma nic" vs "nie ma niczego") [71]

So there is no confusion on what the company is describing. (should be father, not the son)

Language / Genitive case ("nie ma nic" vs "nie ma niczego") [71]

Merged: Multiple genitive case question

The son of the father of a large company.
Syn ojca firmy

Hey I was wondering, if you were to translate this sentence, would father and large company both be genitive? And son would be Nominative. But would the son be of the company, or would the father be of the company in this case? I want it to descend in the sense (The son of the (father of the company)). I hope I am understandable.

Can you translate it correctly as well?

Also things like, the brightness of the light of dawn. (how would u translate that)
Dzięki.

Language / Instrumental form in Polish [65]

Are you taking a course or are you self-teaching through a certain book?

Feedback / Translation Threads - where did most of them go? [23]

Yes, but you know what I mean...

Feedback / Translation Threads - where did most of them go? [23]

Maybe implement an importance sticky thing for posts. Not for every single translation, but a post in which there is an exceptional explanation of a concept, or if there is an very well written article on grammatical topics or Polish linguistics. The stickies won't bump the threads to the top, but just to mark so that it won't be deleted.

Food / Polish grochówka recipe? [23]

The descriptions don't help me much because I have never actually eaten it or anything close to it. Hopefully I will be able to visit Polska one day and experience the things I read on this forum... at least some of them..

Food / Polish grochówka recipe? [23]

Just because it's cooked outside, it looks very very tasty even though I have no idea what it is.

Language / How Many of you love the Polish Language? [79]

I enjoy studying the language. It somehow is at the top of my love of different languages. However, one thing that I can't yet quite master in pronouncing is when c turns into ci and I have to stop and think about how I'm going to pronounce it. Especially when it's in the same word.

Language / Did I Get It Right? Krzeslo, ksiazka, okulary [9]

lol you guys are crazy :P

Life / How much is a bag of chips in Poland? [28]


That's all I wanted :) Jest wszysztko chciał...(does this make sense, I am trying to use Polish as much as I can now).

Life / How much is a bag of chips in Poland? [28]

Lol, no I'm just being stupid. Your sentence was 97 characters long, which is a string in comp. sci. terms.

Life / How much is a bag of chips in Poland? [28]


In your above post, about 97.

Life / How much is a bag of chips in Poland? [28]

Ok ok thanks. That is all I wanted to know. I know about the currency rates, I am not blind to the technology available. Just wanted to see what the Polish consider as a dollar, not how much the dollar's exchange rate is.

Life / How much is a bag of chips in Poland? [28]

Lol you guys made a huge fuss about this. I should've been more cogent with my question. I just wanted to know if the 1 zloty was the standard base amount of cash.

I said a bag of chips because its always a dollar which in the US is the standard base...

Language / Did I Get It Right? Krzeslo, ksiazka, okulary [9]

Oh... hmm I thought they both were the same thing.. sorry.

Language / Did I Get It Right? Krzeslo, ksiazka, okulary [9]

Shouldn't it be tu jest ______? I am new myself, but that is how I learned it... don't stone me if I am wrong :P

USA, Canada / New York trip suggestions [56]

Perhaps that is true, but I never associated NYC with jazz. Rather the former New Orleans and the cities down south. Maybe a bit more of the northern cities above NYC. Yes, there is a jazz scene in NYC, I don't doubt that.

Oh yea, if you want to go a little bit outside of NYC, there is also Hoboken, NJ where many NYC visitors also go to visit.

USA, Canada / New York trip suggestions [56]

Did they finally let people in/even look at it? I haven't been in that specific area of NY in a few years.

USA, Canada / New York trip suggestions [56]

I went there, it was all right, but not what I had expected. The Met is always a popular spot for both art and music. There is also Lincoln Center. For jazz, I am not so sure, NYC isn't really known for jazz (or so I think).

Language / free polish -english dictionary online [52]

ling.pl is also very good, some words you search, sometimes answer back in the phrases they are most commonly used in.

Travel / Will my rented car be stolen or broken into when in Poland? [24]

how bad can it be compared to driving in NYC?

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

I'm pretty sure in spoken language, the distinction isn't very clear. Unless of course it is in the beginning of vowels. But I do understand the difference in sound when you raise your tongue against the roof of your mouth when saying the ń and n. It is different.

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

ok I think I have it down..

n - just the 'n' sound..

ń - has a more 'en' sound before the actual n consonant sound comes out.

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

From using that thing I hear the the dzień with the ń on the 'e' it is a little more curved sounding than dzien. In musical terms, I would say that the e in dzień has a legato, if I am making any sense. lol

Btw, does that machine pronounce fake words too?

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

Ok, I think I understand.

I didn't think that the n or ń had any difference if it was at the end of words. I know how to say it if it was before a vowel (ń == ni) but not at the end of words.

Dziękuję