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Joined: 15 Mar 2008 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 23 Oct 2008
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Posts: Total: 172 / In This Archive: 130 		From: Gdańsk, Poland
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Interests: music, languages, comedy

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Jova   
10 May 2008
Language / Using e or ę at the end of words [12]

"Nie wiem ile to kosztuje"

If you have "to kosztuje" then it's the third person singular ('to'=it), thus you'll never need to use the letter 'ę' at the end. You need to use it in the first person singular (e.g. ja rysuję [but on rysuje] [I'm drawing/he's drawing]).

When it comes to nouns, you can encounter 'ę' at the end of words in the accusative case (in the feminine gender), e.g. Kupię książkę (I'll buy a book).
Jova   
11 May 2008
Language / Using e or ę at the end of words [12]

many people with bad education say "(ja) wię, and especially rozumię", but don't follow them, it's incorrect :)

Yeah, that's a good point! Don't say "ja rozumię" - it sounds more than awful!!! ;)
Still, I know many educated people who use this form! :/ It's a plague!
Jova   
11 May 2008
Language / Using e or ę at the end of words [12]

is it advisable to include the word ja, on, ona, or whoevers name it is doing the verb to avoid ambiguity

Only when the context is unknown. Otherwise it's unnecessary and sounds unnatural (unless for emphatic purposes, which you already know).
Jova   
26 May 2008
Genealogy / Rogaklski [27]

The name (and its variations) is pretty common in Poland... You'll find a lot of relatives when you start to search :D
Jova   
26 May 2008
Travel / Polish spa resorts [10]

I've never been to the saunas in Sopot myself but from what I've heard you're not allowed to get in if you're wearing a swimming suit... You need to be naked. So I guess you can't treat all the spas in Poland in the same way.
Jova   
31 May 2008
Language / Capitalization of Cie, Ciebie, and others [17]

Not at all.
You capitalise these words when you care about/like/respect the person you're writing to. Usually in personal letters.
Jova   
8 Jul 2008
Language / Polish Acronyms & Initialisms [15]

nara = na razie (see ya/bye or sth like that)
3maj się/3m się = trzymaj się (take care)
Jova   
8 Jul 2008
Language / Bezele and Ciapaci [30]

it was just a comedy trio and the word didnt mean anything.

I'd answer the same if sb asked me this question. The word is known thanks to the song but I don't think it means anything on its own. It certainly hasn't become a part of everyday slang vocab.

I dont think the word chapati is a very nice one !

Yep, I'd say it's rather derogatory.
Jova   
10 Jul 2008
Language / Polish Onomateopia [26]

Szeleścić

A good one :) On a similar note: chrzęścić :D
Jova   
2 Sep 2008
Polonia / anyone been to St Petersburg? [51]

Are you from St. Petersburg, Sasha?

How did you like people there?

The people were really nice, helpful, open and friendly.
Too many guys on the pull though haha ;)

Would you post some pics?

There you go:


  • :)

  • :)
Jova   
2 Sep 2008
Polonia / anyone been to St Petersburg? [51]

i've heard it is expensive and really hard to get a Permit to enter the country

It's not as easy as with the EU countries, but it's not really hard. It wasn't that difficult for me... I just needed an invitation from the company that organised my stay there and the visa wasn't very expensive.

some nice photo's there :) i can assume you did not take them yourself?? or am i wrong

Arghh you're not the first one to assume the photos aren't mine! I just wonder why... Do I look like an unskilled photographer? :P

I did take them myself. What's more, I did it using a fairly sh!tty camera ;))
Seems I'm just talented :P hahaha
Jova   
7 Sep 2008
Polonia / anyone been to St Petersburg? [51]

Next time we're wainting for you in Moscow to feel the difference

I've already been to Moscow. I didn't manage to 'feel the difference' though because I spent only a couple of days there.

Did you manage to see "belie nochi" (so-called "white nights")?

Not this year. But I visited St. Petersburg last year as well and managed to see the white nights then... :)
Jova   
28 Sep 2008
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (Part II -- Much more detail than other topic) [109]

Eyes,nose polish,the rest is not.

Oh come on!!! If I take a look at a few of my Polish friends the only thing I'm going to notice is that they all have completely different noses and eyes (all shapes and colours!!!). How can you possibly say "this is a Polish nose" or "these are Polish eyes"?? This is nonsense!!!

Judging from the pics, I'd say you look white Causasian and nothing more!
Jova   
28 Sep 2008
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (Part II -- Much more detail than other topic) [109]

Oops, first of all I wanted to write white Caucasian... (wrong spelling).

Secondly, southern, I'm not trying to deny the obvious fact that European people are different. I was just pointing out the lack of logic in trying to specify how Polish noses or eyes look like. Polish people have all kinds of noses and all kinds of eyes (well, apart from the slanting ones) and saying "You've got a Polish nose" or "Your eyes look typically Polish" is nonsense!
Jova   
30 Sep 2008
Life / "K*rwa"-why do young Poles find this word so cool ? [67]

I don't use foul language a lot but when I'm pissed off the word 'kurwa' comes in handy... and brings huge relief ;)

Once I went skiing with English-speaking people. I'm not extremely good at skiing and they were rather experienced so I had substantial difficulty keeping up... I tried using the 'f' word every now and then but it was only when I uttered the word 'kurwa' (stressing the 'r' sound) that I managed to feel the difference :D
Jova   
2 Oct 2008
Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]

no, you pay farmers to have sex with their donkeys

Phew! The truth about me has just been disclosed!
Anyway... I'd still prefer to have sex with a donkey than with you ;)
(osiol, don't take it too personally :P)