Travel / Small Baltic coast places - where to stay ? [25]

Thanks for your replies. I made my choice.

Life / Things to be afraid of in Poland? [109]


That, actually, is interesting. I'll go by myself to Mazury for a few days this summer and would like to know the risks. I'll stay in a hotel in Pisz and will drive to visit a few corners like Mragowo, Gizycko... What do you recommend doing more than you would in Western Europe to reduce the risks of theft?

Language / Confusion about genitive plural [30]

Merged: Genitive plural of "mur" (the wall)

In nominative, the plural is "murzy" but in genitive, does the r -> rz conversion remain and does it also end with "y" ?

Is there a rule where the alterations from singular to plural in nominative case remain in other cases?

Thanks

Language / Confusion about genitive plural [30]

I was confusing. The "r -> rz" alteration only occurs with "animated male" nouns. Inanimated male nouns do not change. Indeed so says my Polish lessons book.

Thanks Magdalena for forcing me to review it ;-)

Travel / How is the road from Berlin to Warsaw then to Mazury ? [6]

Actually I will follow the highway from (near) Berlin and I go to the south of Mazury (Pisz).

Online services I consulted, and my GPS, recommend going through/by Warsaw, but they all render different durations and different average speeds for the parts of the trip starting near Mazowiecka so I'm a bit confused as to which way exactly I should take to get the shortest trip.

Thanks ;-)

Travel / How is the road from Berlin to Warsaw then to Mazury ? [6]

So, I'm back from my trip and put the story here so it may help others.

From Berlin I drove east and stopped at Poznan for a night. Next day I went on towards Warsaw, past 2 toll payments (11 zl. each) then miles before Warsawa I followed the recommendations of my GPS, left the highway and started driving north-east towards Mazury.

I can't remeber the names of the cities and villages I went through but all roads were in good state. They had been restored. The only annoyance were Lithuanian truck drivers who drive like crazy on those small roads, skipping cars in front of them, while another car is already visible coming the opposite way. Creepy.

I stayed a few days in Pisz. One day I drove to Ketrzyn (and from there to Swieta Lipka and Gierloz). So I took the road from Pisz to Ketrzyn, going through Mikolajki and Mragowo. It's a good road as well. No problem.

After my stay in Mazury I drove to Krakow. I went through Warsaw, then stopped at Kielce for lunch. Good highway ans smaller roads as well.

Language / "just" and "either" in Polish [17]

Thank you for your replies ;-)

Language / Adjective and adverb comparison [19]

Merged: Najwyżej

"Najwyżej"

Is this an adverb or a superlative ?
Probably a superlative but from which adjective does this come from ?

Thank you

Travel / Staying in Krakow at the Pollera hotel, 100 euro a night [14]

I stayed twice at IBIS CENTRUM, few minutes walk from Rynek Glowny.
Very good although it has the lack of personality of each international chain.
ibishotel.com/gb/home/index.shtml

It's cheaper though than your 100eur hotel.

And there are indeed much cheaper Polish hotels or pensions but I don't personally know any.

Language / Adjective and adverb comparison [19]

In my case, the word was used in the following phrase, which I still don't quite understand :-)

"Najwyżej będziecie się promiennie uśmiechać"

[Najwyżej] you will smile radiantly to each other

Love / Polish Catholic & Jewish Love Relationships [9]

Yes. That's what I observed as well. As far as I'm concerned, I deliberately chose to always stay on my "cultural territory" and only date women matching my ethnic, religious and social origins to reduce the causes for failure. I wouldn't like to be dumped by somebody who suddenly realizes that I'm not the appropriate partner because she is submitted to social pressure. It's naive to think that love saves everything...

Love / Polish Catholic & Jewish Love Relationships [9]

I prefer golabki. They don't have bones. :-)

Language / Confusion about genitive plural [30]

Merged: Genitive plural of female and neuter nouns

Hello,

I have a constant problem when building the plural form of female and neuter nouns in dopełniacz. For example, sometimes it consists of removing the final letter of the original word, sometimes there is an ending in "-ek". I don't understand exactly how to choose the appropriate ending. Are there specific rules?

Thanks.

News / Phone numbers in Poland - should I add a ZERO ? [11]


607 is a mobile phone provider. They are usually 3-digit. Another friend has 503 and another one has 667.

News / Phone numbers in Poland - should I add a ZERO ? [11]

Thanks to all for your replies. ;-)

Language / Confusion about genitive plural [30]

Krzysztof,

Thank you very much for your replies. They were very helpful.

History / Boże Coś Polskę - Polish Hymn [10]

McCoy, I didn't know that hymn. Thanks for posting the link. Now in my iTunes libray - yet another beautiful thing I discover about Poland... ;-)

History / Boże Coś Polskę - Polish Hymn [10]


Eva, on the download page MacCoy mentioned, just click on "tutaj" in the text for the description. It will allow you to save the file directly. That's how I got it.

Language / wysłać SMS-a / SMS-y [15]


LOL. Yeah, even I got it ;-)

Thanks for the replies, but it's not really the answer to my question. What is the rule to use a myślnik between a word and its ending when declined?

Cheers ;-)

Language / wysłać SMS-a / SMS-y [15]

Krzysztof,

Thanks for this very comprehensive comment. I was indeed surprised that words such as "mail" and "SMS" should be applied the "-a" ending in the biernik case, as they are not animate things. My Polish friend couldn't find any explanation for that and just told me "well, that's how we write them anyway". So, it is just a change in modern language.

Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]

Merged: declension of wszyscy

Hello,

My grammar book only gives one form for each case:
M = wszyscy
D = wszystkich
C = wszystkim
B = wszystkich
N = wszystkimi
M = wszystkich

Isn't there a second form "wszystkie" to be used at mianownik and biernik only, for elements belonging to the "non-person male, female, neuter" category?

Thanks in advance.

Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]

Thanks for your reply.

Maybe it's not "wszystkie". It's "wszysce". I believe that I've read it in a text some time ago. But if you confirm there is no second form then you're probably right. I must have been confusing...

Language / Which case for adjectives? [47]

Aha! So my memory was right :-)

thanks!

Language / WILL "TĄ" REPLACE "TĘ" SOON? [14]

By the way, I'd like to take the opportunity to ask if the biernik declension for "tamten" (feminine singular) has the same ending: "tamtę" (instead of "tamtą" you would normally expect there). Thanks.

Language / WILL "TĄ" REPLACE "TĘ" SOON? [14]

May I hack this thread again to ask one more thing about "ten vs. tamten" ?

For "ten", nominative and accusative of singular neuter is "to".
For "tamten", is it "tamto" or does it follow the regular ending, hence "tamte" ?

Thanks in advance,