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From: Poland, Przemyśl
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piaskowy   
1 Nov 2009
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [178]

The more one delves into Polish, the more there is to learn.

Yope, that's right.

I can't think of any city with a plural name but most likely there are some.

Katowice, Skierniewice, Dąbki!

Now the funny ones - Kozie Wólki and Wielkie Oczy (both of them DO exist).
piaskowy   
31 Oct 2009
Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [178]

I'm from Przemyśl!

Przemyśl - Pshem-i ("y" sound)-shl, but the second "sh" is pronunced "ś".
Rzeszów - Shesh-ouf, but the first "sh" is a specific polish sound - "ż".
Tarnawce - Tar-nav-tse pronunced with polish "r".

If you knew how to read, you wouldn't have any problems with these names.
piaskowy   
29 Oct 2009
Language / Pan or Pani? Do we have to be formal in the UK? [22]

Don't exeggarate! Although some of the expressions are common, in general we don't speak that way!

I have recently heard (and used) expressions taken from English slang.
- Fail
- Epic failure
- Sorry
- LOL (in Poland 'lol' is quite ironical, so be aware of using it)
- ROTFL
- What's up?

And the last thing - it is more and more popular to write 'łał' instead of 'wow'.
piaskowy   
28 Oct 2009
Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]

In the past there was one more grammatical number in Polish - dual, which referred to exactly two objects. You can see that in some sayings such as 'Mądrej głowie dość dwie słowie'.

And that is why we say 'dwoje drzwi' or 'dwoje skrzypiec'.
piaskowy   
25 Oct 2009
Language / "Prześle" - which verb is that? [7]

Shouldn't it have been "prześlę" (1st person singular)?

Many Poles make mistakes like that one. Letters "ą" and "ę" are often ignored and replaced by "a" and "e".
piaskowy   
25 Oct 2009
Language / Anyone use "SERWUS"? [46]

Serwus is nowadays used by 40-year-old men ;p