Language / Do you think there is something like Warsaw accent ? [29]

Yes, there is a dialect in Warsaw. Do not the Poles in Warsaw say something like lodówkie for a lodówka? I am lucky as I have nothing Warsaw about me at all!!

Language / Who wants a Linguaphone Polish Course...? [30]


I use them. Besides, the Polish Language Linguaphone course does have a very good reputation. In the 1960's there was a polish course entitled Mówimy Po Polsku on 33 rpm lp's! An even bettter course than Linguaphone.

Language / pzdr? [8]

When I first saw the short version I thought that it might be short for pizda but then, what about the 'r'?

Language / Not sure if I will be able to speak Polish [53]


I did. In fact, I used an old Polish L;anguage course written and produced in the mid 1960's called mówimy po polsku. It came with a soft covered book and two L.P records-that shows how old it was! I took G.C.S.E Polish, not the hardest of examinations, I agree but got an A. Not bad in the modern day G.C.S.E. genre with an old Communist produced language course-I was very pround of the course and still hold the original course material, though I have no time to study it now.. In fact, the grammar sections were very thorough and have probably never been beaten except for really good university texts..

Language / Not sure if I will be able to speak Polish [53]


It all depends on which ones!

Language / Not sure if I will be able to speak Polish [53]


No, Pilish is not very difficult, However, she needs a good text book with the cassettes to help her reinforce her training in her own time. What about the Teach Yourself language series. The book looks quite good. There are also two versions of the Colloquial Polish course, both written by the same man and both very good. I agree with others that to give up would certainly be a waste.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


No, it will never be an important part of Europe. It is too late in European history for that. Now, with Asia and especially China is going to be the new force to be watched, Poland will fall even further behind. Hd Poland been free since the end of World War 2 in 1945, it might have had a chance

Life / Large Polish cities with the fewest # of native english speakers? [15]


No, I agree, dreadful places.

Language / mój - moja [28]


kolega is masculine not feminine so it is mój kolega only beware in the plural form such as moi koledzy and ku moim kolegom ect. Moja koleżanka is also correct if feminine and the plural would be moje koleżanki-just like any normal feminine noun.

Law / Poland Negotiation Style [5]

No, Poles do not like to barter-they are simply always right. If they were prepared to barter, that would indicate the possibility that sometimes they are even wrong!

History / Why are we called Poles instead of Polans? [29]


Yes you can! A Dutchman is a nederlander in Dutch. Also someone from Slovakia can be a Slovak.

News / Twelve coal miners dead. [23]


people must remember that Poland is still a third World country. These accidents happen daily in Poland if not underground, then on land too. Plan accidents are very frequent with small aircraft falling out of the sky most days killing at least one or two people.

News / Western rationalism vs Polish (slavic) comfort [17]


What does 'on the shield' mean? I have never heard this expression before.

News / Western rationalism vs Polish (slavic) comfort [17]


on holiday perhaps but certainly not to live. I have been to Kraków and the Poles were a very unhappy lot all standing all day outside the local Pewex shop hoping to buy my dollars. They want to buy foreign chocolate and coffee and need foreign currency. Strange lot the Poles really. They preach Communism yet all want o buy illegally American dollars to spend in the local Pewex! It all goes to show how false Polish Communism was and how it totally runs against the grain of human nature. Now, the Poles through E.U. membership, have access to Western goods, services and jobs. See all the Poles now, trying to buy detached houses in nice leafy suburbs! Communism? Do not look at me, my name is Lech Walesa and I left school when I was thirteen years of age. I can not read or write let alone spell my own surname but by Christ I can reproduce like a little country rabbit and I am off to the airport to collect my next Nobel Peace Prize! Long live Communism, I say!!

Travel / Going to Poland - Szczecin, Katowice, Bytom, any suggestions [17]


What has happened to Poland, then? It used to be so cheap, its just like England now. Forty pounds a day plus .2 Euros per kilometer. I think I will stay at home!

Travel / Going to Poland - Szczecin, Katowice, Bytom, any suggestions [17]


Which one is which? I ask because there is Bytom and Wytów and I have in fact been to both of them at different times but one is very close to Gorzów Wielkopolski and is really very uninteresting. In fact, there is very little in either from my memories to keep someone for more than about half an hour.

Travel / Going to Poland - Szczecin, Katowice, Bytom, any suggestions [17]

I have been to Bytom, it is very near to Gorzów Wielkopolski. I did not like it at all or enjoy this part of Poland. Go to Kraków and then move on to the Czech Republic.

Language / Prepositions in the Polish language. [16]

I think that he was looking for the following

plus the genitive case

od
do
z
bez
dla
koło
dookoło
obok
blisko
niedaleko

dative dative

dzięki thanks to
wbrew contrary to
ku

instrumental case

między
nad
popd
przed
za

locative

na
o
w
po
przy

accusative

przez
na
o
w
po

Language / Czy jest pan or czy pan jest? [14]


Why? They are both equally correct.

Language / Prepositions in the Polish language. [16]


I do not think that anybody yet has actually answered your question. I imagine that you are referring to words such as do, ku, przy, nad, pod ect These words are not actually prepositions but as you talk about przy and u I assume that this is what you want a list of.

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


Russian is very difficult for Poles to understand. The language is way too complicates for them. Slovak is about the nearest living language to modern day Polish so they can understand that language without any trouble.

News / Fire in hostel in north west Poland kills 21. [18]


This number of people die daily on Polish streets through drink driving. Also, everybody in Poland drinks and smokes. The cancer rate is enormous in Poland and very few people live past fifty five anyway.

Language / WHY NA WĘGRZECH ET AL? [6]


It is certainly w Anglii for instance and it is also w Americe or w Stanach.

News / POLAND'S POPULATION IS SHRINKING... [62]


you mean that Serbians are too strong for Polish women.

News / POLAND'S POPULATION IS SHRINKING... [62]

Yes, and the death rate is increasing as well. people are living shorter lives in Poland and more and more of the young are leaving. There is no future in Poland and never has been. Poland has always been a net contributor of other people's populations! Just look at Chicago-its full of the Polish buggers!!

Language / I'm learning Polish using the Michel Thomas Method [9]


It will totally depend upon your wishes to learn adn in what context and with whom you are there. If you work for a British company or you are working as a teacher of English you may find after nine months that Polish has not improved at all.

Language / Example sentences for different cases. [42]


Yes, nut words such as Katowice with the gentative plural Katowic is a different situation.

Language / Example sentences for different cases. [42]


In a similar way ja jestem w Zakopanem. It acts like an adjective but it is not w Zakopanym for some reason.

Language / PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH WORDS IN POLAND [24]


Rubbish, this term is never used in English nor is teeth brushes for tooth brushes which was also written alongside. I also do not see any reason why an establishment needs to pay a translator when any visiting tourist can help out. I stayed in Kraków with a very clever intelligent American who had a very good job back home. Because you pay for something does not mean that it will be better than getting it for free. Middle aged businessmen and professional classes use hostels now because of the costs involved in traveling.

Language / PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH WORDS IN POLAND [24]


It is interesting because on a similar line, I stayed in the Secret Garden Hostel in Krakow not so long ago and there were several bilingual notices put up in both English and Polish. However, some of the English translations were quite ammuzing such as shaving gel, which was presumably translated from a computer as 'shaving mousse' and there were several other even worse examples, which do not come to mind right now. Again, you would have thought that a hostel in the centre of Krakow would have attracted enough native speakers of English to have these 'translations' corrected before going to print.