Language / how do you pronounce ; Udawał się, Powiedział...and more [5]

Hello chaza,

And welcome to the Polish forums.
Try this program ivona.com, just type the word you need in and she will pronounce it for you and generally the emphasis is on the second last syllable.

You also might want to check out Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language. If you use the search box at the top right hand corner of this page, you can find many threads about learning Polish.

Keep up the good work.

Life / Handguns Not Needed in Poland? [44]


Credit crunch, recession, repossession of people's homes and rising unemployment.
Bank robberies have dramatically increased in Ireland since all of this.

Life / Handguns Not Needed in Poland? [44]


I don't think you can. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's Right to keep and bear arms.

Every American I have ever met thinks this is their right, even my friends from that part of the world see disarmament as a very dangerous thing.

Safety is one issue that has been raised but also if the government acted against it's people, this army of civilians could, in theory at least, rise up against them.

I don't like Micheal Moore much, I find him to be a sensationalist and anti-American but he still has some very good points that he makes in this documentary.

Bowling for Columbine: Getting a free gun when you open an account at the bank. (that's just ridiculous).

Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]


Really? I know that Krakow has had the least fluctuation in prices but I have not heard of any hype.
Just wondering where you saw or heard the hype?
Although people do talk up Krakow generally because it is a very beautiful Polish city, so maybe that's what you mean?


"Scammer" singular.

Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]


It depends but here is some stats:

(average price per M2) = 6 533

Open Finance (Link)
open.pl/news/wieksze_mieszkanie_za_srednia_pensje.html

Personally I would say 6000 to 9000 PLN it can be much higher and lower but it depends on what you want to invest in.

Law / Polish Govt website for foreigners, marriage, family, etc. (in PL and EN) [19]

Especially in Cities in Western Europe, I notice women dressing, talking and even acting like men (in a rough, gruff manner).
I think here in Poland women are strong and still maintain their femininity, with out looking like men or women of ill repute.


I am to blame for this, as I thought the comment on the role of women to be interesting because when taken out of context, it looks much stranger but at least it got us talking about gender roles.

I think it is an important issue, look at Norway, they have gone completely bonkers, forcing companies, they must have 40% females taking corporate board seats for all companies not to hire the best person for the job.

The government had even fined companies so much for not adhering to the new law that they were forced in to bankruptcy.
This is sexual discrimination at it's height but for some reason it gets no press, whereas if the genders were reversed, there would be a world wide outcry.

I just think a married couple should be able to raise their children and live their lives the way they see fit and I hope I have the opportunity to do the same. I do the house work too.

Law / Polish Govt website for foreigners, marriage, family, etc. (in PL and EN) [19]


I tend to agree to an extent.
It all comes down to the individuals, I also see nothing wrong with being a house husband, provided that both partners are in agreement.
I do see a problem with children being brought up by people who are not their family, in day care centres as parents struggle to work to make ends meet and when they come home cold and tired, they just watch T.V.


I think the feminists in Ireland and the U.K have made this type of thinking unpopular, as if you were a second class citizen.

I also believe Ireland and Britain had a very different 'sexual revolution' compared to communist Poland. As women here during communism were seen as part of the work force and now it is a kind of return to traditional values, family and church.

Whereas in Ireland, they were cooking, cleaning, baby makers, not that that is so bad but it became very unpopular and even rejected on masse.

Does anyone agree or disagree with this?
it should be noted that wives did not have good laws to protect them in Ireland and so this new feminist revolution is equally absurd as the chauvinistic old mentality sometimes. But I do not see it the same here in Poland.

I remember eavesdropping in a coffee shop in Ireland about 10 years ago, the couple beside me were practically shouting, I had no choice hahaha but they were discussing a third party, a woman, and that this woman did not want a career or to travel the world but she wanted to be a house wife and how awful that was.

It struck me that my parents generation would have said the exact opposite but hey times change and I see this as a fashion thing more than anything else.

Life / Why do so many people in Poland have issues with Judaism? [69]


I don't think an apology was necessary, as I am sure your intentions were honourable as usual, from you on such matters.
I think the point was, just to show how it could and was, misinterpreted given the phrasing.


Only on days with a full moon :)

Life / Why do so many people in Poland have issues with Judaism? [69]

I disagree.
Breeding is used more for other animals not humans.
You do not say that the breeding habits of Germans means an old population.
You do say it for rabbits or other creatures.



I would agree but not when coupled with breeding like an animal, then it expresses a spider web or some kind of concious decision like a conspiracy.

But this is semantics and we could argue pointlessly all day about what words mean.
All I am saying is that yehudi had a point.

Life / Why do so many people in Poland have issues with Judaism? [69]


Since always, it has been used to dehumanise people, like the "pacification" of Ireland.


"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive."
One of your guys said that Seanny, Walter Scott.

Life / Why do so many people in Poland have issues with Judaism? [69]


Yehudi was right to point these phrases out.
If someone did not know you Seanus and read it, it does read like sinister undertones.
Perhaps you just chose the wrong expressions, life sometimes is that simple.
I often think that I miscommunicate on here.

I met a guy at a train station in South Africa as I was travelling north up to Zambia and I had forgotten which country it was that the Hutus had massacred the Tutsis, he told mr "Don't worry, they breed easily", that is one of the most disgusting things that has ever been said to my face.


Scapegoating.
Today we have a credit crunch, many countries are witnessing a recession. Many people blame the banks.
Now imagine people are starving and the banks are run by a group of people. It is not hard to imagine what would happen. Well that is the way I see it anyway.

Law / Polish Govt website for foreigners, marriage, family, etc. (in PL and EN) [19]

Interesting.


Thanks for the link Polonius3.

Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


That is for certain :)
You must teach him "Kocham cie" :)

Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


I would say this, the days of buying an apartment here and sitting on it for a few years and making a bundle are gone.

I personally think it is a long term investment, 20/30 years you are looking at now and only if you have a personal interest in Poland.

You have indicated a preference for Polish summers, so in that case I would suggest a student rental, near the universities with good transport services, the students usually leave during the summers, allowing you to stay.

Don't expect great returns as the market plods along. Although you'd have to think about how students would treat the place, try to get students in their final year, they are more serious and party less (hopefully).

One of the things that needs to change here in Poland (and all other ex-communist countries from what I can tell), is the state in which you buy a new property.

I am not sure if you are aware that newbuilds are unfinished, grey shells. That means, no paint on the walls or ceiling, no flooring, no Kitchen and depending on the development, no doors, nothing in the bathrooms, no lights, nothing...

You have to finish everything yourself or get a company to do it for you.
It still has not sunk in to the mass mentality here that if a developer buys 300 toilets and has them fitted, it is cheaper than the for the individual buyer.

I think this should change, even if it doesn't, it should ;)
As this obviously adds time and money to the apartment and is generally a pain in the rear.

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]


It obviously has absolutely nothing to do with such nonsense.
If you do not want to answer a direct question and not engage in any further discussion with me, that is fine.


I have never inquired in to how much material wealth you have or what life you should be living and you know that well. And I consider it an insult, on your part, that you are dragging me in to what you assume without substance, as I have never been so low as to indicate such things.


I have stated all across these boards that I enjoy my life, so now you are so low as to presume I do not and offer advise???

So next time you PM me asking me questions, I will continue not to answer them as you are exactly the type of person I do not wish to interact with on any kind of personal level, as even now with no information you try to drag me into your world, no thank you.

Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]


If they are reasonably priced I would buy them.


How do your friends expect to sell anything, if they are not willing to be contacted?
I also asked you to PM me their details.


But according to you that is way overpriced???
I thought the real estate market was going to crash according to you???
I will save you and your friends hundreds of thousands of Zloty but you have to give a better price!


PM me and I will definitely take a look.


This is the important in my opinion.


From my perspective it seems you have misinterpreted what has been written here.
I would not suggest for an "outsider" to buy in Poland, as many economies are in crises and they should look after themselves right now.

And in any case, I personally am not in the slight bit interested what someone from out side of Poland, with a surplus of money wants to invest in.

I am saying this and pretty much only this, "the real estate market in Poland is run by the internal market i.e. Poles and the market will not crash any time soon."

The reason for so much hallabloo about it on these forums, is that there is one person with goodness knows how many aliases, screaming crash! and that is abuse of these forums and misinforming.

Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


Okay, fair enough, you have an opinion.
Have you ever bought or sold any real estate in Poland?
In other words, do you know anything about the Polish real estate market?

The reason I get annoyed on these threads is not because someone is predicting a crash, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but what gets on my nerves is this spamming obsessed fanatic who misleads people by screaming crash using goodness knows how many user names. That and only that is annoying, the abuse of these forums.


I do not recommend that to anyone, ever. Spreading it too thinly is too weak for any continuously fluctuating market.


I have a flat to let that they can pay my mortgage in :)

Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]

It would be sweet to make an offer on something from someone who thinks the sky is going to fall :)
I could save him hundreds of thousands :)

Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


I don't know if we will hear from him in his popw form, as he might then be forced to become a member of these forums.

He might have one or two posts left before this happens but following his Modus operandi, he is more likely to reject your post using the opinion of yet another new alias with no backup.


I suppose the question is now, do we enjoy entertaining the moron? :)

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]


You live in Poland, right? you are Polish, right? Have you ever lived out side of Poland for any length of time?

Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


You are completely off your head, you have proven your lack of understanding of the real estate sector and now you make absurd predictions.
Tell us who will win in boxing matches so we can all bet against your predictions and make a few quid.

Real Estate / Prices of apartments in Krakow are collapsing further down in 2010-2011 [150]


You and Kalop are the same person.


If that is true, I would happily look at anything in and around Krakow you or your friends have for sale. PM me the details and I will look at them all. I could save you hundreds of thousands of Zloty according to your prediction, so no time to lose.

I offered this same deal to your alias Kalop, as he/you claimed to have two apartments in Krakow for sale and he has not been seen on here since, I wonder why??? ;)

I am calling you out, so either show me or stop spamming.

Genealogy / Nowy Zmigrod, Poland; the catholic church has the records of the LENART family.. [3]

209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:j8Y6PE5bGzAJ:parafianowyzmigrod.org/+Nowy+Zmigrod+%C5%9Bw.+Piotra+i+Paw%C5%82a.+Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pl

Nowy Zmigrod Kościół św. Piotra i Pawła.

From kontact:

News / Poland will take half a century to catch up with the West [240]

I would say it is on a par.

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]


We can see that.


Yep.


Ah, emotional vampires are not worth interacting with, they feed off any and all reactions, even rude awakernings, best look after yourself and your family :)


Finally some good vibrations :)


I think this is the problem with paying people by the month, no matter what they do, they get paid the same. It happens everywhere, I have seen it so many times it is astounding but you live and learn, next time you'll be a bit better at spotting them.

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]

Jeez people, I know this time of year can be depressing but come on!
If you don't like your situation, change it, it doesn't have to mean moving country.
I have started a whole new regime for myself to beat the short cold days.
It must be working because when I read what is written here, I do not feel that way in the least.
There are probably lots of things you'd like to do, so do them, don't ponder on the negative, it only leads to more negativity.

Just thought I'd say that, Seanny :)

Life / 3 Things I LOVED about Poland [58]


That is your opinion, fine lots of people share it.
Go here 3 reasons why you hate Poland., if you wish to continue this line of thought, it is a very popular thread.

In my opinion, you are going completely off topic on this thread, remember the title, you are just complaining and having a go at delphiandomine, fine but not on this thread, please.


I assume, he will continue to "follow" you as long as you criticise each other.

Now, without complaining or having a go at delphiandomine, name 3 Things YOU LOVED about Poland, as far as I c an see you only mentioned two, the simplicity (no hustle buslte) and the Ham, so give us one more :)

Life / 3 Things I LOVED about Poland [58]

In my opinion, it was not your ability to "call someone out", in what is your opinion but it is the sheer negativity in which you did so. There is an incredible abundance of negativity throughout these forums.

And here we have a positive look at Poland and you respond negatively to what someone else thinks. It is only an opinion, there is no right or wrong.

And although you have a point about delphiandomine, you are becoming obsessed with him.
Perhaps I am only saying this because of my very high rate of posts ;)
But I would prefer to hear your opinion/debates/helpfull information/criticisms on appropriate threads.
This thread is about "3 Things I LOVED about Poland" (although why it is in the past tense, I am not certain of, as Poland still exists, so surely the things you loved about it are still the things you love about it?) anyway, just thought I would say that and welcome FUZZYWICKETS, to the mad house we call PF :)

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]

Okay.
I had to ask.

Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]

Ah come on, we want all the gory details :)
Start at the beginning, what did you get arrested for?

And best of luck on your return to Poland.