Capital Letters at the start of Polish words.

Capital letters at the beginning of words:

English:
First letter in a sentence
First letter in names of people and places
First letter in words in a title of a book, song or other work of art. (Often not including words like 'and', 'of' unless they are the first word).

German:
Same as above, plus
First letter of all nouns

Polish:
I'm not so sure.
I've definately been told to capitalise the first letter of certain pronouns (Ty, Twój, etc).
People and places have a capital for the first letter, but adjectival forms of country-names seem not to have this.

Discuss / explain.

yes but only if those people are someone you know and are showing respect. this could also apply to grandma etcc.. Babcia...

god (Bóg) is always capitalized.

a country yes, but not if it's "of" that country.. Poland, polish. Polska, polskie..

the rest is the same as english, for the most part. do you have any specific examples we need to discuss?

It was mainly the personal pronouns I was interested in.

Another thing is in titles where you have small words.
Like in English, the 'and' example I gave. Should the Polish 'i' be capitalised in such places?

names of days and months are also not capitalised as far as i know?

No, not yet.

Is there a Trend for more Words to start with a Capital Letter these Days?

Osiol should be capitalized

Are we now talking about punishment rather than letters?

..lol.. - hopefully letters Oś

in a title?.. most likely your choice.. seems to willy nilly in english (US version anyway)


in general the 'titles' are not cap but when addressing someone directly it is a nice gesture to do so.

Dziękuję, Pan Plk123.
That kind of thing? or

Sp*******j Ty ch**u.
Kind of balances it out a bit, eh?

lol... i'd go with the first only.

and with comma in there it should be panie.. if no comma then panu.

But I won't edit out the second one.

Thanks for your help mr. 123... I mean Mr. PLK.

you don't have to cap anything for me.. i don't cap much.. ever. LOL

and you're very welcome. :)

book/movies titles - like normal sentences (only first word and porper names capitalized), unless the author decides otherwise. Adjectives (polski, angielski - not capitalized; pronouns (ty, ciebie, was) - small letter unless directly addressing to a person in a letter (still not obligatory). Nationalities (or ethnic groups) - capital letter.

examples:
Wczoraj obejrzałem film Andrzeja Wajdy "Popiół i diament" o walkach Polaków z niemieckim okupantem a później z polskimi komunistami.
Owczarek podhalański jest popularną rasą na Podhalu, hodują go głównie Cyganie (Romowie).

Żyd - Jew as nationality
żyd - religion (like katolik, protestant, prawosławny - not capitalized)

lol... i knew something was messed up about grzegorz. :D :D

I think you mean God is always capitalised.

No, i mean Bóg is always cap. ;) :)

I spend much of my day sitting on the English bog.
Also once got stuck in a bog, started sinking aswell!!

In English, Person from Poland should be Polish, not polish. Big difference in meaning. Small p polish is wax used to make shoes shine.

Polish and polish are pronounced differently. What other English word is pronounce differently when capitalized?

You didn't capitalise the English word. Only if there are multiple gods do you leave it with a small 'g'.
Also, you failed to use a capital letter at the start of a sentence.
Oh god, whatever next?

YEAH.. I DON'T CAP CERTAIN THINGS FOR A REASON.. my own personal reasons. :D

actually, the rules are similar to English in this case.
Ares to starogrecki bóg wojny - Ares is the ancient Greek god of warfare.

are there any things that you capitalize that might catch you off guard?

because that in reference to a dieity not the god.


yes.. see way above

This has nothing to do with capitalization:

Polish those shoes using shoe polish.

These are homographs, words with the same spelling but different meaning and/or pronounciation. Some examples:

tear, console, minute, wind, present, contract, refuse, lead, sewer, number, desert, does, dove, produce.