Language / Things Polish people who speak English language say [180]


As a native French-speaker, I'm interested in that because I think I do the same mistake when I speak/write in Polish.

Am I correct with this : "lately" = niedawno, ostatnio.

But how do you say "last time" ? Examples :
"It's the last time that I [do something] !"
"The last time I [did something], [something else happened]"

Thanks

Language / Things Polish people who speak English language say [180]


Exactly. And I had a problem with understanding what "ostatni" refers to in Polish, because in French, "lately" can be expressed either by "récemment" or "dernièrement".

Your comment made everything clear for me. Thank you.

Life / Who is your favourite polish writer? [15]

What do you think of Pilch ?

Life / How much Zloty to have an average life in Poland? [98]

OK, I'm also asking the question as I'll move to KRAKOW soon. So how much would I need to live like this ? It would be temporary of course (max. 1 year) :

- I prefer Bronowice or Krowodrza / Krowodrza Górka.
- I don't need something big (a separate bedroom is not even required) but I want something clean and "working".
- I have the possibility to bring in my own furniture from Belgium.
- I won't need to buy extra clothes or shoes during that year.
- I don't smoke or drink, and don't need TV (don't watch it much here though).
- I will need a mobile phone subscription and ADSL at home.
- I can cook and don't need to order meals or go to the restaurant (except once in a while).
- Let's say that I would go to the cinema once a week, but very rarely to a pub and never to a dancing.
- I will need a tramway/bus monthly card (I have a car but prefer to leave it and avoid traffic jams).

Oh by the way, when you move in somewhere, do you have to give a financial warranty, like for example giving the equivalent of 2 months of lease ?

Thanks

Language / Declension of "-ość" - miłość / zieleń [19]

Merged: Declension of "zieleń" ?

Hello,

Still one of those names where we cannot guess the declension because it looks like non-standard. "zieleń" is a female noun, right ?
What is the declension table ?
Can it be applied to all female nouns ending in "-ń" ?

Thank you very much in advance.

Law / What name would sound appropriate for a company in Poland ? [13]

Thanks for your reply.

"Eco" ? that sounds interesting but wouldn't many Poles be inclinded to accidentally pronounce it "etso" ?

And by the way, I have a question. I never managed to know how to pronounce the name of the ITcompany "Comarch". Should it be the English way (comaaatch), or Polish (tsomarrr) or "komark" or anything else? ;-)

Yeah, finding a company name is a hassle but also a lot of fun...

Law / What name would sound appropriate for a company in Poland ? [13]

LOL :-)

Life / List of Polish movies on DVD with English subtitles [30]


I'm curious to know why you don't like the film. Personally, I'm not a big fan of such comedies. But any other specific reason for you? And so, finally, which film did you show to your boyfriend ? ;-)

To get back on topic, the DVDs I bought in Poland over the last year had English subtitles :

- Lejdis
- Katyn
- To nie tak jak myslisz Kotku
- 33 sceny z zycia

However, Seksmisja didn't have them.

News / Polish Poland vs westernized Poland [6]


They maybe they should stay at home! Always lame to see people visiting a country then not wanting to "jump" into it and try appreciating it...

Love / Polish blonds are so beautiful [99]

Yes.


And with tanned skin. Many Slavic girls are like that. It is just imagination to believe that women from northern or eastern Europe are all blonde with blue eyes.

News / ARS cinema in Krakow [9]

Be careful when you choose which screen you go for, in this cinema. Each one has a specific name. The "Salon" and "Kiniarnia" awfully suck. Poorest theaters and technology I ever saw and, sorry, it was better when I was projecting 16mm films myself at home a few years ago. I don't usually like multiplex because they have no personality and I'm not interested in films that usually play there, but the Ars has awful rooms. In the future, I will only go to their bigger screens.

In the same style of cinema, it seems to me that Kino Pod Baranami on the main square is better. But my favourite screen in Krakow is screen #1 at the Kijów. THAT is what I call a cinema. Their screen #2 however sucks as much as the smaller screens at Ars.

News / ARS cinema in Krakow [9]

I don't mind the IKEA seats. I just can't stand breaking my neck by looking upwards at the screen of the "Salon" or having the impression of being in a student bar in the "Kiniarnia".

;-)

Food / Polish (but can be just any other) recipes for chicken dishes anyone? [23]

JustysiaS, one more chicken recipe for you. It's Belgian, and called "waterzooi". You need:

- chicken breasts
- leek, carot, onion, celery (with leeves)
- salt, pepper, light beer
- cream ( = smietana)

Cooking is made in a pan.

Cut the vegetables into pieces (carot and onion must be cut in very thin slices, leek and celery in bigger pieces). Cut the chicken breasts in big pieces.

Put everything in a pan with a bit of butter to brown, then remove the chicken.

Add beer, so vegetables will boil in the beer. When they're almost cooked, add the chicken again (it needs less time to cook than the vegetables).

When it's cooked, add the cream, salt and pepper.

On the side, you can serve with potatoes simply boiled in water, or with fries. If you choose the boiled potatoes, then they may be mixed with the rest at the end of the cooking.

A variant is with fish instead of chicken. In this case choose a piece of some thick fish meat, which will resist the boiling without falling apart. So it's chicken or fish. Don't try with another meat, it doesn't work.

"Bon appetit"

Food / Where is the best place to eat pierogi in Poland? [24]


z mięsem ? :-)

The best place where I ate pierogi was at my hotel in Mazury (Hotel Conrad on the shores of lake Roś). The cook prepares everything fresh, absolutely all ingredients. It is also the place where I had the best gołąbki and barszcz czerwony.

Study / CZĘSTOCHOWA'S POLONIA UNIVERSITY? [4]

Hi. What did you study? Can you compare with another academy? I'm just curious. I had a female colleague 3 years ago who did a master of French philology there, but we never discussed her studies at that time because I didn't have yet an interest in Poland back then.

Life / Where can i get a real good piece of juicy steak in Warsaw....? [15]

I wanted to cook veal scalops (the Italian way) for my gf in Krakow last year but couldn't find a butcher who would cut them the right way (thin and long). Finally I was at Alma in Galeria Kazimierz and running out of time, I accepted what they could do there. wanted, but still acceptable. The meat was delicious, but not cut the required way.

I had only one experience with beef. I bought 2 steaks from some supermarket but I forgot which one. It was either Lewiatan or Kaufland. I think it was Lewiatan. The meat was too old and it tasted too strong. As I don't usually like meat (except top quality one cooked specific ways), I got disgusted and just couldn't eat it.

How about mashed meat? can you get a good beef mashed meat here? and what exactly is "mielonka" ? I haven't tried yet.

Life / Where can i get a real good piece of juicy steak in Warsaw....? [15]


I never batton meat. It crushes the meat fiber, then it feels different when you bite it. Not as tasty, I find. ;-)

Life / Social networking sites used by teens in Poland? [13]

Polskiej_Dumy
Please Roman. Stop!

Love / All Polish girls are like that? If you were her would you do the same? [62]

shaziluk

You say that you are ready to sacrifice your religious rules for the love of this girl. Considering your presentation of the story in your first post, I believe you are sincere. But it won't work. You say that because you are so desperate to lose her, still under the emotional shock of losing your first love, and first sex. You're suffering and we all can understand it.

However sacrificing your religious beliefs basically means renouncing your culture! How can you do that? It's your identity, it's what shapes your behaviour in life, and how you consider many things in society including relationship to the spouse. You come from a extremely traditional background (arranged marriages etc...). You won't be able to adapt. It's too big a change. It's a radical change that nobody could succesfully and entirely handle.

Imagine for a second that she changes her mind and accepts to come back to you because you promised to change and adapt to our European and Christian way of considering and doing things. You can make an effort at the beginning but very soon you will be frustrated. You will not be able to be yourself. In the long term you will not be happy. And your relationship will fail anyway.

So, even if it hurts, better do what everyone does after a first breakup: get over it. be courageous, accept the fact that there is more than one fish in the sea, and try meeting a new girl. And meet one coming from your culture. If you want to escape the excessively traditionalist environment where you come from, why not try another Muslim country, less traditional, but still in the overall culture that fits yours.

You know, even relationships between a European Christian girl and a Muslim man who was born or grew up in Europe (meaning he's been used to grow up with both cultures in parallel) isn't easy. It fails in most cases. And, well, even between us Europeans there are differences: Slavs, Latins, Scandinavians... cultural differences are there, and often bigger than we think.

Regards.

Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [178]

"ć" and "ci" are definitely not the same. Could you imagine the Monty Python saying "We are the knights who say ń " ?

Work / Staying beyond 3 months as Sp. z o.o founder and manager [22]

Thanks McCoy ;-)

Work / Staying beyond 3 months as Sp. z o.o founder and manager [22]

I think it's last December that SeanBM (or Seanus) posted something on PF to propose members who are in Krakow to meet for a drink. I wanted to reply because I was going to be in Krakow at that time but eventually never had time, as I spent the holiday with my girlfriend and we had plenty of activities scheduled full-time.

Now it's different. We broke up. I have another female friend (just friends) but no other acquaintances so I'll be quite lonely at the beginning. I'll be happy to meet with new people for a drink, and male ones for a change.

Do zobaczenia ;-)

Work / Staying beyond 3 months as Sp. z o.o founder and manager [22]

Thank you for your replies.

UK, Ireland / Poles returning to the UK [33]

Maybe it's just the English ex-boyfriends and girlfriends of Polish immigrants who returned to Poland. They converted to Polish food during their relationships, and found out that it could be pretty good. Now they can't spend a week without their bigos, gołąbki, parówki and pierogi. All fed by unavoidable nostalgia ;-)...

USA, Canada / Happy Thanksgiving Day to all Polish Americans! [24]

Yep! Happy Thanksgiving to all the American fellow PF'ers here ;-)

Food / Eating Healthy in Poland [18]

From my experience it's very easy to eat healthy in Poland. I often go to the simple and inexpensive "milk bars" for a quick lunch, where I eat a salad or "pierogi ruskie" with a good fresh vegetable or fruit juice. As a foreigner I was also surprised to see that there aren't so many fried dishes in Polish cooking. Actually I never saw any. However Polish cooking can be somewhat fat but it is not the general rule.