Language / Pronouncing final -ą as -oł (Czech infleunce?) [14]


sorry - but I don't find łąka the same as łonka - at least in the nominative - maybe it is just me - maybe some speakers produce the same sounds when they pronounce łąka and łonka (or for that matter stonka - cause there is no such word as łonka in Polish as far as I know)

the thing is if you the nasal sounds in both łąka and stonka are different in careful enough speech - I am quite sure many Polish speakers will agree with my point

Genealogy / Father born in Wieruszow - Amrozynska, Knop [6]

yes it is - though it should be spelled as Amrożyńska (perhaps Ambrożyńska but not necessarily)

Language / Pronouncing final -ą as -oł (Czech infleunce?) [14]


And in my perception it is not - I don't know how many Polish speakers pronounce these two words identically (especially even in careful speech) but I think many Polish speakers would clearly pronounce it differently in everyday speech - in standard Polish n sound in stonka had nothing to do with the sound the English would produce pronouncing the word (don't know the linguistic terms for that - would be grateful if you could provide these)


I understand this - I must be among those few that produce łąka and łonka diffrently then ;)
still my point is there are many people like me in that matter - perhaps not the majority - but I can safely bet 20 per cent of all speakers of Polish

Language / Pan or Pani? Do we have to be formal in the UK? [22]


if you are English then you could be excused for not using Pan/Pani - just use it when you use Mr, Mrs or sir, madame - most Poles won't feel offended (even if in Polish the situation would call for using Pan/i) - it is good to show Polish people the question is approached differently in English language and culture

Travel / What a horrible vacation (the water in Poland destroyed my gallbladder) [36]

you shouldn't have drunk the tap water or used it for tea coffee etc (tap water in most cities is not good for your health and in some it isn't drinkable really)

Language / Pronouncing final -ą as -oł (Czech infleunce?) [14]

looks like it's correct - so n in stonka (biedronka, koronka, błonka so also łonka (there is a word słonka (a kind of bird))) is not velar in Polish (it wasn't when I learned the language as a child don't know about younger generations now) unlike in English where I guess it would end up velar

Language / "Polski" or "Polskiego" - Grammar help [19]

I would go for 'forum po polsku'

Genealogy / surname Czworka [8]

maybe you just need to look for surname Czwórka instead (I don't think Czworka would be anything popular - one can have doubts whether there is any Polish surname like Czworka)

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


if you insisted to say 'przybyła woda' you would get a different meaning - simply 'water has come/arrived' - which may refer to flooding for example

W Morskim Oku przybyło wody. (Morskie Oko is a lake in the Tatra mountains)
Water level in Morskie Oko increased.
Do Jeziora Solińskiego/zbiornika solińskiego przybyła już woda pochodząca z ostatnich roztopów. (zbiornik soliński is a dam reservoir in Bieszczady area)

Water(s) from the last thaw has already entered/arrived in Solina reservoir.

from previous examples you may have noticed (the examples you have given) that przybyło is associated with the plural (przybyło mu zmartwień) - seems like it is also associated with uncountable things/nouns (W magazynach Rezerw państwowych przybyło cukru. - There has been/was rise in the amount of sugar stored by the National Reserves)

News / Man Why Do People Like PO Instead Of PIS [120]


why is direct agricultural benefit based on the area cultivated four time as big in the 'Old EU' as in the New 'EU' (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and some other) - does it affect big farms in Poland as well? - aren't the fuel prices, fertilizer prices and pesti- and herbicides on nearly the same level here as in France, Germany and UK?

there was a coalition forming to get rid of the agricultural benefits (direct help to the farmers) which included the UK, Holland and the new EU countries - it levels the chances - the main opponnents are France, Germany, Italy and I guess Spain - perhaps then even small Polish farms could have a decent income - now the smaller the farm the more burdened it is

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


One kilogram was added to him. Sounds better?
One kilogram added up on his weight. - is it actually proper English??? ;)

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


Some new books arrived. - przybyć is also to arrive after all

UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]


it's useless to discuss the history in this manner - one might say that Poland could have allied with Hitler back in 1939 and give him free hand to attack France even earlier and then giving him a hand in the conquest of the Soviet Union - until early 1939 Hitler was quite willing to make Poland his partner (with some symbolic gestures from Poland like admitting Gdańsk/Danzig back to Germany and a exteritorial motorway) - then one might argue that Polish leaders only stood adamant to Hitler because they were given guarantees by France and the UK (spring 1939 reinforced in the late August) - Polish side must have expected opening the second front of the war immediately

News / Man Why Do People Like PO Instead Of PIS [120]


the diffrences may come about a couple years later

Food / POLISH BREAD..... isn't it great... [22]

rye bread is delicious but you have to take it in doses not to overuse it

I don't know if you can find pure rye bread in Poland (I guess the stuff you bought is still a mix of wheat and rye flour) still pure rye bread is quite common in Germany sometimes with caraway and it is delicious

UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]


it actually is not as bad an idea

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

Sejm - why don't you take her to Sejm ;)

could be fun ;) a cabaret for free ;)

Law / Most cost effective Port to city of Szczecin [7]

I have no idea if Szczecin is a proper container port - but I am quite sure Gdynia has - if this does not suit you you can go for Hamburg

News / 14 year old rape victim from Warsaw denied abortion! [348]


have you heard of any breakthrough scientific discovery recently ??

if not why?

Language / The final "ę" [29]


no they are not necessarily stupid - they are uneducated - these are two different things

Language / HOW DOES RUSSIAN CZECH, URKAINIAN SOUND TO POLISH SPEAKERS? [18]

I am not sure you ever heard Lithuanian - if you don't listen closely you get an impression Russian is spoken (this was at least my impression) - btw Baltic and Slavic languages are the two closest language families within Indoeuropean branch with lots of common roots (roots in etymological terms) - they even have strong grammar similarities - (for example the same ending in the infinitive)

USA, Canada / Wisniowka, Krupnik and Pierogi search in Montreal [6]

krupnik is a kind of sweet vodka based on honey with some herbs - quite tasty - can't remember it's usual strength - but it's weaker than most vodkas as far as I can remember

Life / What are people in Poland REALLY saying about 'swine flu'? [41]


that is a sing of Poles being precaucious - most must have bought some masks just in case


well, must be the first time I agree with the lady, too

Language / Jest/To jest - to jest is often abbreviated to just to [24]


and what about : życie cudem jest? mój wujek jest inżynierem? ;)

Life / Presents for Poles (I stay with them for a weekend) [13]

if she lives alone (not with her parents - or at least runs a separate household) then presenting her some nice bottle of some extraordinary booze is quite all right - but it should rather be some women's booze (maybe Baileys - I am not very knowledgeable in that field) - just get it nicely packed/adorned a bit and perhaps buy some modest flower/s to accompany it (a couple of gerberas should do)

Language / Siebie/Sobie meaning? [3]

enclosed in translates into Polish what??
you are usually sure of something not in something, right?

siebie and sobie are just different grammatical forms of the same meaning

you must have heard of noun cases

accusative - siebie
genetive - siebie too (od, do, obok (to, from, next to) require genetive (among others))
dative - sobie
instrumental - sobą ( z preposition (in the meaning of with - there is another meaning of out of/from) requires instrumental - z sobą - czuję się dobrze z sobą samym - I feel good with myself (about myself)

locative - sobie (w (in) and o (about) requires locative - so its: w sobie and o sobie -
czy widzisz w sobie jakieś cechy negatywne - can you see some negative traits in yourself
Kaśka nie lubi mówić o sobie. - Katie doesn't like to talk about herself.

Language / Jest/To jest - to jest is often abbreviated to just to [24]


it is absolutely grammatically correct - Polish language doesn't have a compulsory word order - this word order is simply not the established one (established meaning most commonly used) - but changing the word order here does not affect the meaning (not in this case - it only seldom does in general) - it just sort of shifts the focus of the sentence.

Language / Jest/To jest - to jest is often abbreviated to just to [24]


To nie jest poprawnie wyrażone zdanie w języku polskim.
Poprawnie wyrażone zdanie w języku polskim to nie jest.
To nie jest, w języku polskim, poprawnie wyrażone zdanie.

well you are actually right you can't just change places of any part of this sentence for it to retain the meaning if not sense at all.

still simpler sentences like that Życie jest cudem. can be almost turned around in every possible way (in a literary fashion)

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

well - even if they new the text they wouldn't mind singing it - cause it is in no way anti Russian - there is actually no mention of Russia/ns in the text, neither there is of Germans, communist etc - I recommend you get a translation of it

the only thing is that the song was popular among the AK

by the way I like the original song even better - after all it has been written to the melody of Russian language

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

you really should get a translation