Jestem ze Szczecina or Szczecinia?

Jestem z Szczecina albo jestem z Szczecinia

jestem ze Szczecina.

ze Szczecina, ze Szczytna, ze Wschodu, when you have consonant clusters like these, use ZE

the same goes for w/we eg. w poniedziałek, we wtorek etc

It's simply easier to pronounce when you have a vowel:)

This would have been right only if Szczecin was a masculine singular noun with the final n being a Polish ń but in fact it ends in a boring standard n so it must be Szczecina!

This would have been right only if Szczecin was a masculine singular noun with the final n being a Polish ń but in fact it ends in a boring standard n so it must be Szczecina!

michal the best

Hi, Mufasa!

The same rule applies to f.ex. 'Zakopane' or 'Zapot': Ze Zakopanego, Zapota etc.

Marek

Are you sure?
I'd say "z Zakopanego" and "z Sopotu"

I know that in polish they say jestem w Zakopanem.

Its z Zakopanego. Jestem w Zakopanem means i'm in Zakopane.

Yes, where most people make the mistake of thinking that it would be jestem w Zakopanym, although it would sound quite logical that way.


Is this in fact Sopot, near to Gdansk, or is it indeed another town all together?

Aaarghhhhh,................. if the Polish speakers can't even agree, what hope for the rest of us......:)

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oh we agreed, but wheres Zapot? ;)

Some of the above is correct, some is not.
Let's do it again, all in one place and correctly:

jestem ze Szczecina
ze Szczytna
ze Wschodu
ze Sławy (notice S followed by a consonant)
ze Zgierza (notice Z followed by a consonant)
z Zakopanego (notice Z followed by a vowel)
z Sopotu (notice S followed by a vowel, also see note)

Note: There is no place in Poland calle Zapot. The confusion stems from the German version of this placename, which is Zoppot (pron. tsopot) so it is likely to be pronounced by English natives as Zappot.

Dziękuję Panu Dariuszu!!!

Tak, tak. To było pomyłka, co napisałem a jestem wdzięczny za poprawienia.