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"ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"?


PolskaDoll  27 | 1591  
27 Oct 2007 /  #1
I just wanted to check that I had the correct translation of the word "bookshop".

If so, how might it be pronounced?

Thanks

PD :)
osiol  55 | 3921  
27 Oct 2007 /  #2
The e has a thingy under it.
OP PolskaDoll  27 | 1591  
27 Oct 2007 /  #3
Yeah but my keyboard doesn't... :)
(I can sort that bit out later)

So I take it that it's the right word?
Eurola  4 | 1898  
27 Oct 2007 /  #4
I'd call księgarnia a bookstore... :)
btw, you can set your Winows to have polish fonts. The instructions were posted in some post in the past.
OP PolskaDoll  27 | 1591  
27 Oct 2007 /  #5
Thanks Eurola :)

I might have a go at setting the Polish fonts. :)

is "garnia" pronounced as it looks...maybe to rhyme with "narnia"?
Michal  - | 1865  
27 Oct 2007 /  #6
kszengurnyu is about the nearest thing you will get to it in English spelling and yes it is a book shop in Polish.
osiol  55 | 3921  
27 Oct 2007 /  #7
Also for pronunciation, I have more than once seen the technique of working out Polish words a syllable at a time, starting with the end of the word, working forwards.

nia
garnia
ęgarnia
sięgarnia
księgarnia

I hope I haven't accidentally put any rude words in there.
Grzegorz_  51 | 6138  
27 Oct 2007 /  #8
"ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"?

Yes...
Michal  - | 1865  
27 Oct 2007 /  #9
In Russia they used to call it simply 'knigi'.
OP PolskaDoll  27 | 1591  
27 Oct 2007 /  #10
Thanks Michal but it is just the Polish word I needed to check.

Thanks all for your help :)
Michal  - | 1865  
28 Oct 2007 /  #11
The actual word has nothing to do with books as such and I imagine historically comes from the root word ksiegowosc meaning in todays terms accounting.
tomekcatkins  8 | 130  
6 Nov 2007 /  #12
btw, you can set your Winows to have polish fonts. The instructions were posted in some post in the past.

Or use a Polish dictionary plug-in for Firefox. Then you can right-click and correct the the word. łatwy bardzo! :-)
rainbow  - | 10  
6 Nov 2007 /  #13
The actual word has nothing to do with books as such

Yes it does. Księgarnia comes from the root "księga". Księga = a book. It suggests a big thick book though in modern Polish (a normal size book would be książka), but it is also used in some set phrases, such as księga podatkowa = tax book, księga główna = general ledger, etc., or for books within the Bible
Aristoboulos  1 | 22  
4 Dec 2007 /  #14
The older word for bookstore is książnica. The root is the same as in księgarnia with suffix -nica which represents substantive class of rooms. It quite archaic expresion, if we run our family bookstore since 1920 it would be nice to call it "Książnica..."

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