Food / NAME THIS FOOD PLEASE (Hungarian pastry / Zurek?) [9]

It's a funny thing about Polish cuisine - there is a couple of dishes which ale called like that:

placek węgierski
pierogi ruskie
barszcz ukraiński
gulasz angielski (type of tinned meat actually)

This potato pancake might have been called węgierski because it's served with some kind of goulash, which is definitely associated with Hungarian cuisine. Besides the food is also called "placek po węgiersku" which actually seems a more proper name, as it suggests it's an immitation of typical Hungarian food (which anyway doesn't apply to all cases e.g. karp po żydowsku has hardly anything to do with Jewish traditional food).

Life / Polish Funeral, will there be repercussions if I don't attend? [8]

Hard to say really, it all depends on the family and their personal attitude. When my aunt died and my uncle (her cousin) didn't come to the funeral because he wasn't in the city at that moment my family felt a bit disgusted about his absence especially that they grew up together and were quite close to each other. Since you aren't the member of this family I don't think they may feel offended.


good remark

Language / DIALECTIC VESTIGES IN STANDARD in Poland [9]


I don't pronounce trz as cz.

t definitely assimilates to rz but not to such extent that it becomes cz. It's czszeba (rz is devoiced) rather than czeba! As Polonius3 says the latter is typical to people living in/near Kraków. It doesn't mean it's standard Polish.

Food / Looking for a Simple Polish Rabbit recipe. [11]


:-)

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Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]


It seems the admninistrations of most universities are complete shambles. In my department a student is expected to attend 2 different classes and one lecture at the same time and nobody cares. I would like to switch the groups but there is no such possibility! I'm struggling to set my timetable and it's the first time I have begged my teachers to be allowed to attend their classes (which are of course obligatory!).

The recruitment process seems to be a kind of preparation for studing in this mess.

Moonsa, I'm curious how your struggle will finish.

Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]


See, it seems only women with deformed vaginas sleep with you.

You f***** only 2 polish woman and you say all of them are sluts. Go and learn something about statistics!


if the faithful turkish women are so interested in turkish men's dicks I doubt one is enough for them!

how can you call women you have sex with sluts?! a respectable man doesn't sleep with sluts.

Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]


Maybe it's polish women who take advantage of turskish men, not the other way round? And you are so naive in believing that it's a woman who is seduced. you make me laugh, men always think they have control over women and don't even see girls are cleverly manipulating them. wake up and smell the coffee!

Travel / Pictures and advice from trip through Poland [18]


Haha, Freud said that things you are most afraid of may be in fact your depeest fantasies!


I probably don't understand this emotion because I always feel some anxiety in such situations.

Was poland the first place where you had this sense of security while walking alone at night? Have you ever had any bad experience?

Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]


95% of Polish girls you met. That makes the difference.


Why do you call a woman slut when she likes flirting and sex. Do Polish girls take money for sex with turkish guys?

Would you disapprove of a man who sleeps with many girls? I doubt it.

Travel / Pictures and advice from trip through Poland [18]


Why were you so convinced you were safe? Of course it's good to feel secure (at least you don't lose self-confidence) but I would be careful even if someone told me the "unlit, dirt-track road..." in the foreign country is the safest place in the world!


probably you're right but I still think you'd better play it safe by avoiding walking alone at night...

maybe I'm too careful or I heard too many stories about muggers, rapists etc.

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]


Yes, indeed.

But there are also private dormitories which are more like flats with about 3 rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom (such a dormitory is called Burżuj). They are more expensive but also more comfortable. However, I think may be a bit late to rent a room in a dormitory...

Travel / Pictures and advice from trip through Poland [18]

Nice photos Isarfreak.


ditto


It's great you felt safe and nothing happened to you but I wouldn't be so sure. You have to be careful everywhere, no matter which country you visit. I know from my own experience that travelling in Poland, especially by train, isn't always so safe.

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]

if they didn't agree, would you decide to study in Lublin?

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]

hey moonsa, how is it going, did you fix it?

Life / Does Gadu Gadu cancel/reassign your id or account if you dont use it for a while? [17]

Because when you don't use your account for a couple of months your account is given by the system to somebody else.

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]

let us know if you manage to arrange it. good luck again

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]



Grzegorz_ is right, you could go to an office called dziekanat, that's where they deal with students' problems.

If they won't be able to help you, try to talk to the dean (dziekan) or the president of the university (rektor). In many universities there is also a person called rektor do spraw studentów, who also deals with problems that concern students.

Study / a big problem! exam document not accepted in Warsaw. [25]

For how long are you supposed to study in Poland? I'm not sure if I'm right, but maybe you could start to study in Lublin and transfer to Warsaw after one semester or the academic year (I think it could be possible if you had good grades).

BTW, I'm from Lublin and I would encourage you to study here...:)

Good luck!

Food / What is this Polish Meal? [7]

Maybe schab ze śliwką?
kulinaria.foody.pl/strony/1/i/136.php?re_id=1466

Life / The strangest things in Poland [468]

they are called "żule spod sklepu" <lol>

Language / 'Getting married' vocab/usage [4]


correct


Wczoraj Romek ożenił się z Agnieszką


correctYou can also say: Dzisiaj Agnieszka wychodzi za Romka.


yes:)


Sure. But it sounds a bit strange if you put "poślubić" twice in a sentence. It's obvious that if Romek marries Agnieszka, she marries him too:) But the verb is used correctly.

History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]


when I was in high school we were taught history up to the year 2000

Food / Russian pirogi ("pierogi ruskie") or Polish pierogi? [15]

there are many such names in the polish cuisine

barszcz ukraiński
placek węgierski
fasolka po bretońsku
karp po żydowsku
pierogi ruskie
ryba po grecku

It may indicate that Poles have always regarded everything that is foreign as much more appealing :)

Language / Adjective and adverb comparison [19]


in some cases you shouldn't, it simply doesn't sound well

bardziej krótki, najbardziej ładny?

Feedback / CLOSING THE TRANSLATION THREADS [55]


can't you just ignore him?

I find the translations very useful and I don't think closing them is a good idea... sometimes the PF members provide you with translations far more accurate than these found in dictionaries!

Language / Kupować vs Kupić [27]


you're right.

Sorry Mufasa, I didn't want to mislead you.

Language / Kupować vs Kupić [27]


infinitive.


there is


it is a conjugation of "kupić". as for kupowac, you don't conjugate it in present tense

KUPOWAĆ (past)

kupowałem/łam
kupowałeś/łaś
kupował/-a/-o
kupowaliśmy/łyśmy
kupowaliście/łyście
kupowali/ły

KUPIĆ (past)
kupiłem/łam
kupiłeś/łaś
kupił/-a/-o
kupiliśmy/łyśmy
kupiliście/łyście
kupili/ły

Language / Kupować vs Kupić [27]

imperfective = activity (extended in time)
perfective = event aspect (the fact that the action is completed is relevant)

but you'll say:

Nie musisz kupować tej książki jeśli nie chcesz (you don't have to buy this book if you don't want to)

rather than:

Nie musisz kupić tej książki, jesli nie chcesz.

The first sounds more naturally.

Love / CONFUSING FRIENDSHIP? She doesn't want to go to Poland now. [30]

so she will go only because she has already payed for the ticket?

Travel / Ticket controllers in public transportation vehicles in Poland [24]


you can't forget it. if you use public transport every day you know the rules and abide by them (of course they are people who don't buy tickets on purpose and they hope they will get away with it).

if you are staying in a polish city longer and you are afraid you would forget to punch the ticket you can buy a bus pass (valid a week, month or three months)