News / Is Poland ready for the swine fever stuff? [59]


It seems like it's a part of Polish culture to be very worried about diseases. Buy all non-prescription drugs you can find when you have a normal cold (or even go to the doctor etc.). In Sweden you would never been allowed to see a doctor for a normal cold. The taxes people pay can be used in much better ways.

Love / Please I need advice. Are Polish Girls and Poland Westernizing for the worse? [16]

Yes, Poland is westernizing. And the culture of young people is usually pretty westernized.

But I am sure you can find a more traditional girl in Poland, there are 38 million people living in Poland. And many of them still have traditional values (esp. in smaller cities and countryside). I am also sure you can find it in Czech Republic.

I don't know your age. But older girls (read woman) are generally more traditional.

Language / Learning polish and i am not very good. [22]

Edit: pgtx was first. :)


świetnie (should be adverb, not adjective)


Jak masz na imię?


Mam


Very formal for a friend. Do zobaczenia (see you later) is less formal.

And I think you mixed:
Mam = I have
Masz = you have (singular)

Good Luck! Polish is difficult for us who try to learn it, but fun.

Love / Is sex with Polish guys different to sex with English guys? [173]


How do you know they are the best? How many other nationalities do you have to compare with?

Travel / Safety when visiting a Polish city. [8]

Just be normal street smart. Your Polish friend knows what to do and don't do.

Love / In your opinion, are most Polish women 'Easy'? [243]

It's very well known that when people go to other countries/places they often feel "less inhibited". This becomes obvious when people, for example, go on vacation. What they do there stays there, people back home will never get that information. This allows them to do things they wouldn't do back home.

Of course it also has to do with the "new and exotic"-thing.

This applies to most people, not only Poles.

Love / In your opinion, are most Polish women 'Easy'? [243]

It's the same with Swedish girls.

Abroad (esp. in southern Europe) they have a reputation of being easy. If these people came to Sweden they would probably get another picture of the same girls. How people act at home and abroad, when it comes to these things, often differs pretty much.

Love / In your opinion, are most Polish women 'Easy'? [243]


Another time, another life.

Travel / 2 Dutch/Latin tourists in Poland ask 4 tips!! [12]

Racist problems are not much worse in Warsaw and Krakow than in some parts of Western Europe. But the attitude toward homosexuals is something completley different. Many Polish people consider homosexuals as the lowest form of life. So I would be very careful if I were you. But the situation in Warsaw and Krakow is better than in smaller cities.

When I think about it I have actually never seen two men kissing or holding hands in Poland, and I have been here for 2 years. So I guess that those people don't show it in public here. Maybe for safety reasons.

Study / Questions about Warsaw Institute of Technology & some about life in Poland too. [19]

eng.pw.edu.pl/ - Link to Warsaw University of Technology

Work / 4000 zloty Wroclaw - what kind of life can I expect for that? [20]

Most Polish people get less money than that. It's not difficult to have a normal life on that. But if you don't know the language it's always more difficult to negotiate, so maybe expect to pay a little more than the average Pole for rent etc.

Study / Questions about Warsaw Institute of Technology & some about life in Poland too. [19]

It's impossible to get a final answer to the question what women/men, in general, are looking for. People will always say different things because they have different experiences.

Love / If a guy was nice? [42]

Probably over 95% of Polish woman (at least in Poland) have a white husband/boyfriend or is dating a white guy.

Love / If a guy was nice? [42]


In Poland there are extremely few non-white people. 96.7% (year 2002) of the population are ethnically Polish. It's one of the most homogeneous countries in Europe. The girls grew up here with (almost) only white Polish people. And then they go to a country where it's a lot of people with different physical appearances, cultures etc, it's not strange they think it's exotic in the beginning.

Love / If a guy was nice? [42]


There are 38 million Poles living in Poland. Even if 1 % moves abroad and dates a non-white person it will not change the demography of the country much at all.

And I know Polish girls, in the UK too, dating white men. I also know Polish girls who wouldn't date a non-white man.

Work / Is it hard to find an English position at an office job in Krakow or Warsaw? [8]

People who speak both Polish and English fluently are attractive to hire.

But many Poles loose their jobs these days because of the eco-crisis. So it's difficult to get a job in Poland even if you speak Polish.

Love / If a guy was nice? [42]


You think all Indian guys are the same, all Polish guys are the same, all English guys are the same etc... don't you?

Work / Is it hard to find an English position at an office job in Krakow or Warsaw? [8]

Maybe highly qualified people can get some kind of job at an international company. If you find an ad, call them and ask.

Love / If a guy was nice? [42]


Yes, I think all Polish guys are gonna sue you now. ;)

If you're right or not I don't know, I prefer to look at girls.

Life / Polish city streets - why do trucks go around spraying water on them ? [28]

If it hasn't been raining for a long time a huge amount of dust accumulate on the streets, spraying water on them can be a way to bind the dust. Less dust in the (already polluted) city air.

Love / In your opinion, are most Polish women 'Easy'? [243]

If some girls are easier when they're abroad than back home, of course this gives these girls a certain reputation abroad.

Language / The verb "Piec" to bake [12]

There are very many verbs who have endings like this one.

my: -my
wy: -cie
oni: -ą

Language / Example sentences for different cases. [42]

And if it wasn't negated there would be normal accusative case because it's the direct object.

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

Numbers are the worst parts of Polish grammar.

Love / How much is sex important for Poles in Poland? [25]


Not really. Because you will probably get completely different answers depending on who you ask.

A bestseller is this new book about sex written by some kind of priest. Should be pretty liberal they say, I wonder if the Pope gets a heart attack now.

"Seks jakiego nie znacie - Dla małżonków kochających Boga" ("Sex as you don't know it - For married couples who love God").

But most young people don't care much about what the church says about sex anyway.

Love / How do you approach marriage to Polish men ? [9]

You don't have to propose to him. But you can talk about marriage in general and find out what he thinks.

Love / Do Polish Women with Blonde hair look more beautiful than with dark hair? [25]

Personal preferences.

I usually prefer dark-blond or brown hair. But really, hair color is not so important. And different persons look best in different hair colors.

Some people say that blonds are viewed more as sex objects than brunettes. I think that's most obvious in countries where there are few people with natural blond hair.

Love / How much is sex important for Poles in Poland? [25]

In almost all western countries there are too few young people to render tax money to provide for the huge number of people that will retire in 10-20 years. Western countries will get big economical problems due to this within 1-2 decades (even if people save money for their retirement). Costs of health care and other social services increase a lot with more old people around.

Life / Wonderful Poland.......but the attitude of Polish people [150]

Places where they have no experience of people from other countries always shows more racism. If descent people come there they usually get used to it and accept it. But if there are uncontrolled immigration with not-so-descent people the hostility and racism will remain (or even get worse).

In general, people (esp. outside the big cities) are afraid of everything new that is unknown to them. Time usually solves these things.

Life / Wonderful Poland.......but the attitude of Polish people [150]


Maybe. Or some descent immigrants move there and people see that it's not so bad as they thought.