News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]

Sean, somebody's using your account... or you seem to suffer split personality :)

News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]


you give too much credit to them... :) Collecting tulips is considered very manly in Holland this is why their women do the job.


We've got a very good word for that. "Haliava" (something that's given for free). Hm... how similar we are after all... Dai obniat tebja, sestra. Let me hug you, sister. :)

News / KRAUTS RESUME POLE-BASHING [60]


Says who?! ROFL :)))

On topic:

I don't honestly know what's happening between Poles and Germans on personal level. But if consider political and geographic aspects then you Poles have more reasons to better deal with Germans than with us Russians. Yet this just from my perspective.

News / KRAUTS RESUME POLE-BASHING [60]


Sad but true. :)

Language / 'Gateway' slavic language? [54]


Seems like it's based on Russian mostly. I didn't only get what


meant. Did you, OR?


You might wanna give a try in Serbian. I've studied it for some period of my life and may tell that I find their grammar closer to English than at least Russian one. Serbian alike to English uses auxiliary verbs to form different tenses which we Russians do not have at all (or being accurate we've still got them as throwbacks that do not play role of verbs in a sentence). Russian also uses Cyrillic alphabet which might be hard on the first stages of studying whereas Serbian uses both Latin and Cyrillic.

Knowing Serbian would let you understand Bulgarian, Croatian (which is actually the same).
If you want to learn Russian then the list of similarity from my perspective to other Slavic languages would be as follows (descending):
1. Belorussian
2. Ukrainian
3. Polish or Bulgarian
4. I think Czech
....

As for Slovio... I'd heard of it had known their website. It's interesting however it's hardly has a future. Slavic World is too disintegrated.

Language / 'Gateway' slavic language? [54]


Aha. :) I should have guessed that. So it finally took one Eastern and one Western Slav to understand the whole text in Slovio. :) Not that bad.

I still have copybook of Czech language at home ("htete mluvit cesky" or some like that... "wanna speak Czech?"). I read it occasionally some time ago, remember it was fun but now I don't really have a time for that.

Language / Polish and Russian - learning by a beginner [30]


It depends on both your purposes and how fluent you're expected to be in those languages. If you stay in Ukraine then I would mostly concentrate on studying Russian. If you're switching then study both, there's no other way around.

And you're right putting off the Ukrainian for the first time. Ukrainian is tricky... you would be able to understand 60-70% of their speech having solely Russian under the belt and up to 100% having both Russian and Polish, although to speak and write it properly it may take some another five years.

Oh... and good luck! ;)

Language / Polish and Russian - learning by a beginner [30]


hej på dig! ;)
lol... :) I got what you meant. However you should have probably transliterated "понимаю" since not every one could read Cyrrilic "hieroglyphs".

Life / How do Polish people view themselves? [92]


Some do (usually those who've got nothing to boast of in their pathetic life) but the vast majority either don't care or friendly.

From what I've seen that kind of attitude inheres in Poles (towards Russians) a lot more often than vice versa. Not that I'm frustrated with that... I even see that in rather optimistic colors. The more arrogant people in Poland the better look sane Poles against the background of them.

Language / Polish and Russian - learning by a beginner [30]


Tjänare, Lyzko! Jag talar lite svenska. Jag studerar det på kvällskurs i Moskva. Och du? Var läste du svenska? Vad är du till yrket? Det verkar som om du talar många språken...

Those might be wrong-built sentences, yet I cherish a hope you got what I'd wanted to say.


I think we'll need to start a separate thread on practising Swedish. :)) I would learn and share knowledge with pleasure... We only need at least one Pole who is interested in studying Swedish, so that we can justify its (thread) existence. :))

Language / Polish and Russian - learning by a beginner [30]


Sounds impressing! :)


That explains a lot :))


Moj zawod?.. :) Jag jobbar på en ingenjörsfirma. Vi skisserar flyplanen.
Förresten, gör jag min hemläxan nu. Right?


One of those "false-friends". :) The word чужеземец in Russian is usually used with a negative implication. Some like a "foe".


One Russian lady who is fluent in Danish attends Swedish course with me. She has really hard times in listening comprehension/speaking it, although pretty good in undestanding of writing Swedish.

Language / I know Russian language - will it help me learn Polish? [105]

May I ask what's your native tongue? :) Neither English nor Russian seem to be it.


:( Why so? Russians are soooooo cute!

Life / How do Polish people view themselves? [92]


Hopefully it's not. Since a country can't become to be a superpower, unless doing that at the expense of smaller countries. I don't want my country to conduct the policy of violence.

Thanks for the list, whether it's trustworthy or not (it's somewhere obviously not) that should do us Russians good. Good job! keep it up!


Does anyone blame you?

Language / I know Russian language - will it help me learn Polish? [105]


Hm... You've got two native tongues? Interesting mixture... :))

News / Poland is the most friendly neighbor of Ukraine and Russia - Ukrainian poll ... [132]


I'm actually impressed there were so many. :))

History / Ranking of the most dangerous and successful enemies of Poland. [32]


1. Poland
..
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Similar picture would go for Russia, if you asked me.

News / Poland is the most friendly neighbor of Ukraine and Russia - Ukrainian poll ... [132]

Hmm... I guess things are just a bit more complicated than you want 'em to be represented. No one at least on the official tribune want to be anti- anything. Likewise I don't want Poles to be pictured antirussian either before or after partition(s). That's more about the state's will to expand boundaries at any price, mutual will I should say.

Yet if we want to stick with "zub za zub" (tit for tat)-logic we have to be honest from the very start, precisely get back to the beginning of XVII century and (if mention Napoleon times) the very same year (1812) of XIX century. Yes, I know we both can provide each other with lots of excuses... should we though? :) The best we can do now is not letting ourselves to dance to politicians' tune, or otherwise we're taking a risk of shooting ourselves in the foot over again. Blod kan inte tvättas bort med blod. Förstod du mig? :)

News / If Poland is attacked by Russia will N.A.T.O help defend Poland or not? [171]


I suggest that you call it "Ziolkowski" after the father of Russian aerospace engineering of Polish origins. ;)


We didn't win it and we'll never win. Neither the US will in Afghanistan or Iraq. Muslim lunatics with their geeeee-had are never ending story. :)


Keep dreaming! :)

News / Slavic linguistic union inside of EU; Polish language official [95]


Nothing. Just Boria likes the metaphor and taking classes of it at the moment. :) Boria, priwet!!

Boria the former Yugo was a communistic formation. Doesn't this fact scare you? Besides, the overall (relative) prosperity was reached at the price of oppression Serbs and giving extra rights to alboes which eventually ended up with... we all see that, no need to specify.

The fact that they didn't force you to speak Serbian doesn't mean they would never do that.
Kak dela, kstati?

As for the topic... I like the idea of any kind of Slavic union no matter whether it with or without Russian attendance. However I don't see enough reasons to set up the Polish language as the official one within them.

Travel / My cousin is visiting from Scotland Where should I take her??? [13]


lol :)))
How about the regular way? Bed? Or that already went out of fashion?

News / Poland's place in changing world order? [74]


Kost' was that some kind of after-couple-beers-at-holiday reasoning you wanted to share with us? :) Pls say "yes" or otherwise I can't take it seriously. Russia has a huge dunghill to shovel away in front. It's too big to mind other's business.

Yet it's a great pleasure to see PF#1s subconsciously pro-Polish Russian (Const) and subconsciously pro-Russian Pole (Borrka) generously exchanging their fraternal feelings towards each other. :)


Bor', you never fail to impress me with your deep knowledge of Russian. :)


He-he... I see you were in Moscow. So how was your trip? Providing your drastically changed rhetoric on Russia I assume that you mostly enjoyed staying here. Am I right? How's your Russian? I remember you were planning to take Russian classes here.

* for our American friends: "toi-toi" is Russian analogy of American "honey bucket".

You're all guys have an easy week! ;)

Language / What's the difference between 'swoje' & 'moje'? [35]


I think your understanding is correct. I might be wrong but in my book the analogy can be drawn as follows: mig(sw)=moj, sig(sw)=swoj.

In Russian we have moj/swoj too.
Lycka till med polska! ;)

Language / What's the difference between 'swoje' & 'moje'? [35]

Absolutely! Now I learnt that "sina" is for plural. (We didn't study that yet). Thanks!


Varsågod. ;)

Language / What's the difference between 'swoje' & 'moje'? [35]


Tusen tack, bud for the detailed explanation. I already understood my mistake. :) I always tend to mix up "sin" with "sig". :(

The analogies of moj i twoj in Swedish will be "min" och "din" appropriately. Am I right? :)

History / Farewell of Slavianka - who is able to understand Poles ? [48]


prince obama. :)


Ha-ha... good1 :)) well... being Russia is a diagnosis in a way.

Boria is there a translation of your song anywhere?


They fed Serbs with promises of sending S-300 (anti-aircraft missile complex). Of course they didn't send them, that would be a suicide.

History / Farewell of Slavianka - who is able to understand Poles ? [48]


Thanks Boria. :) I liked the text. It sounds humane to me, as if it's first and foremost written by people and for people (not for the governmental needs).


Kostia, priwet! Do you personally know any Poles and whatever your answer is... how would describe then a Russian character? Wouldn't aforesaid fit him either?

Sean, do you speak any Scottish or it's as dead as Lenin? :)

UPD:


So is in Russian. Konst's simply making up new meanings. :)

Food / How often do you have Polish Food? [49]

Borsch, vareniki (pierogi), knedli, guliash, golubci (those rolled into cabbage leaves), kolbasa (kielbasa) all that I eat occasionally. Polish food? :) Ok I agree... I would only need then to start a thread "How often do Poles eat Russian food?"

Even though I haven't been on Polish cuisine for a long time, I believe I can switch to it easily as it doesn't distinguish drastically from that of Russian.

Life / WINTER PREPERATION FOR YOUR CAR IN POLAND [10]


there should be a temperature mentioned somewhere on the bottle till which it stays liquid. That's the way it's normally is in Russia. How much does screen wash cost in Poland?

As for antifreeze... why don't you want to use the one that recommended for your car by a producer?
I bought a can for my peugeot and add it whenever I need. I use the same liquid all the year long.

Food / How often do you have Polish Food? [49]


What's the difference between your pierogi and vareniki?
I do not have a habit to label things "Russian". :)



lol
Well... considering that Mendeleev was partially Polish you're right to a large extent.


In some areas they probably do but those who I've talked to named that way only beet-soup. So do Russians. Of course taste of all dishes differs depending on particular area. I bet my neughbours' borsch is something different. :)

You're right though saying that Ukrainian food is generally fatty. in Ukraine they threw to borsch the whole piece of salo (pig fat) thus you could only eat it while it was hot. :)

Food / How often do you have Polish Food? [49]

I can easily believe you. An apple-pie (sharlotka) cooked by two different persons living next to each other (no matter whether it's in Poland or in Russia) will taste differently. I just thought you knew of some basic distinctions in preparation. I for one do not know of any. Do you?