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Jestem ze Szczecina or Szczecinia?


Mufasa 19 | 357  
18 Nov 2007 /  #1
Jestem z Szczecina albo jestem z Szczecinia
miranda  
18 Nov 2007 /  #2
jestem ze Szczecina.
gosiaczek 1 | 85  
18 Nov 2007 /  #3
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:)
Michal - | 1,865  
18 Nov 2007 /  #4
Szczecinia

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!
michal2  
19 Nov 2007 /  #5
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
Marek 4 | 867  
19 Nov 2007 /  #6
Hi, Mufasa!

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

Marek
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
19 Nov 2007 /  #7
The same rule applies to f.ex. 'Zakopane' or 'Zapot': Ze Zakopanego, Zapota etc

Are you sure?
I'd say "z Zakopanego" and "z Sopotu"
Michal - | 1,865  
19 Nov 2007 /  #8
I know that in polish they say jestem w Zakopanem.
JustysiaS 13 | 2,239  
19 Nov 2007 /  #9
Its z Zakopanego. Jestem w Zakopanem means i'm in Zakopane.
Michal - | 1,865  
19 Nov 2007 /  #10
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.

'Zapot':

Is this in fact Sopot, near to Gdansk, or is it indeed another town all together?
gdj67 15 | 154  
19 Nov 2007 /  #11
Aaarghhhhh,................. if the Polish speakers can't even agree, what hope for the rest of us......:)
OP Mufasa 19 | 357  
19 Nov 2007 /  #12
Say no more
JustysiaS 13 | 2,239  
19 Nov 2007 /  #13
Aaarghhhhh,................. if the Polish speakers can't even agree, what hope for the rest of us......:)

oh we agreed, but wheres Zapot? ;)
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
19 Nov 2007 /  #14
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.
Marek 4 | 867  
20 Nov 2007 /  #15
Dziękuję Panu Dariuszu!!!

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

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