USA, Canada / Traveling to Poland to study. Polish passport question. [11]


As far as I know it's a criminal offense for a Polish (dual) citizen to enter Poland with their other passport.

Language / The letter combo "ch" and a thing about "ść" [11]

Go to vona.com!

Choose voice "Ewa". Then type the following words
1. chyba
2. miłość

Then you can listen to ch and ść.

Language / Gdybym...łbyś [16]


I think no one means that. But a few things are actually easier than for a Polish person to learn in English.

Language / Polish Pronuciation for Non-English Natives [7]

Ivona.com - the best!

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

Ivona.com is your best friend when learning Polish pronunciation.

Language / Gdybym...łbyś [16]

All languages have different structures, that's why you sometimes can't compare the grammatical structures.

The same situation as with a, an and the.

Polish does not recognize any difference between:
a) I see a car
b) I see the car

or...

a) If I sung this song, you would cry
b) If I had sung this song you would have cried

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In English you don't have to care about the difference between:
a) Na ulicy widziałem Cię. (impf.)
b) Na ulicy zobaczyłem Cię (perf.)

Language / Gdybym...łbyś [16]

As far as I know there are not any exact translations that can differentiate these two sentences.

Language / CO and TO,CO - what [15]

I think he has posted a lot of different things concerning Polish grammar. And that's the whole point with this part of the forum.

Language / Gdybym...łbyś [16]

Can you make a construction with jeśli?

Language / ich/nich/ych [10]

No, these words are not declined. But there are a few different constructions that equal the English translation.

if = jeśli or czy (depending on situation)
both that and then can mean several things in English, you must be more specific.

Language / ich/nich/ych [10]

My Christmas gift for you:
All personal pronouns

Prepositional form is within [brackets].

I/me:
nom.: ja
gen.: mnie
dat.: mnie, mi
acus.: mnie
instr.: mną
loc.: mnie

You (singular)
nom.: ty
gen.: ciebie, cię
dat.: tobie, ci
acus.: ciebie, cię
inst: tobą
loc.: tobie

He (/him)
nom.: on
gen.: jego, go [niego]
dat.: jemu, mu [niemu]
acus: jego, go [niego]
inst.: nim
loc.: nim

She (/her)
nom.: ona
gen.: jej, [niej]
dat.: jej, [nie]
acus: ją [nią]
inst.: nią
loc.: niej

It (if neutral gender)
nom.: ono
acus: je, [nie]
all other cases are the same as for 'He'.

We
nom.: my
gen.: nas
dat.: nam
acus: nas
inst.: nami
loc.: nas

You (plural)
nom.: wy
gen.: was
dat.: wam
acus: was
inst.: wami
loc.: was

They
nom.: oni
gen.: ich [nich]
dat.: im, [nim]
acus: ich, [nich]
inst.: nimi
loc.: nich

They (if only females)
nom.: one
gen.: ich [nich]
dat.: im [nim]
acus: je, [nie]
inst.: nimi
loc.: nich


Both mean the same: they or them, depending on the so called grammatical case.


Both mean the same: he or him, depending on the grammatical case.

Life / Handguns Not Needed in Poland? [44]


This is the core of the problem.

The more guns you have in a society the more violent the criminals will be.
When the victims are armed the criminals will use more violence when robbing etc. And it's myth that armed good citizens have a preventive effect on criminals, it has been shown several times that it's the opposite way.

We have both American and European research and statistics that confirms this.

Language / CO and TO,CO - what [15]


It means 'that'.

Everything that I have.

Love / Friendship With a Polish Women [29]

Sounds like a typical beginning of friendship.

My advice:
Take a step back and observe the situation. Don't do so much at all, just treat her as a normal colleague, don't show so much feelings. Then you will see how she acts and you can determine how interested she is.

Love / ARE POLES ROMANTICS?? [36]



A person that spend 1 year in a country very far from home is not family-oriented, not even Poles.

There is such a big difference between people at home, and people temporarily being in another country.

Anyway... are Eastern Europeans, in general, more romantic and family oriented than Western Europeans?
- Probably yes. But all kinds of personalities exist in all countries.

Life / Handguns Not Needed in Poland? [44]

Even if you join a recognised gun club and finally get a license, you are never allowed to carry it with you in public places. And no, you don't need a gun. Violent crime rate is much lower in Poland than in the US.

Language / CO and TO,CO - what [15]

We have the same structure in Swedish, so for me it's obvious. But I don't know how to explain it for someone who doesn't think it's obvious. But I will think about it.

Language / pzdr? [8]


A sweet child has many names (as we say in Sweden).

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

I really doubt that this is a government-website!

I couldn't find any confirmation that it really was. I would guess it's some kind of organization.

News / HUMANE TREATMENT FOR CHRISTMAS CARP in POLAND [55]

All highly developed animals possess the ability to feel pain and stress.
Also notice that severe stress is quickly lethal to many animals (a painful way to die).

So these animals should be treated well while being alive.

Language / Tips for me or any really good audio books to learn Polish? [14]

I don't think so many people here have French audio-books recorded. But try to Google for it.

UK, Ireland / Its strange that there arent many Poles who live in the UK on this Forum [102]


I also know that several Poles write and read here to practice their English.

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

This is supposed to be a Polish forum. But still almost all threads contain replies about Jews, Muslims, Arabs, black people etc.

Maybe people should try, at least once, to discuss something without involving these subjects.

Language / What's the best "Learn Polish" book? [33]


Yes, for sure. It's the best book for learning Polish I have ever seen.
People should also get 301 Polish Verbs by Janecki.
Doskonała kombinacja. :)

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

Does anyone understand anything?

Language / Annę stać na samochód - Anny nie stać na samochód [6]

The question is why Anna is the direct object, and not the subject, of the sentence?

Language / Collective numbers - dwoje, troje, czworo [38]


Why not dwie? Dwie biedronki idą do kina.

Travel / Ztm Warsaw, from Okecie To Wilonow Palace [3]

Try to update your web browser and Java-script.

Love / Are Polish women too controlling? [106]

To take your dog for a walk.

Language / Share Perfective and Imperfective Polish verbs [105]

Perfect focus on completing the action (to finish the book).
Imperfect focus on the reading itself, not the result of finishing the book. And repeated actions, eg. "i like to read books every weekend".