Love / Polish girlfriend going back to Poland if I dont buy engagment ring [85]


Don't you see how ridiculous this situation is? She cares more about this ring than about you.

Dump her! Isn't it obvious?

Polonia / Indian Students in Poland but wanting to Work in Denmark. [29]

Unfortunately there is always a way to (ab)use the system.

Work / Salary of a paramedic in Poland [22]

Sometimes you can still find a doctor in some Polish ambulances.

Polonia / Indian Students in Poland but wanting to Work in Denmark. [29]


Danish Immigration Service
Ryesgade 53
2100 Copenhagen Ø

Telephone: +45 35 36 66 00
Telephone hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fax: +45 35 36 19 16

E-mail: us@us.dk

Polonia / Indian Students in Poland but wanting to Work in Denmark. [29]


Probably not. But Scandinavian authorities search restaurants etc from time to time and check for working-visas for non-EU citizens.


It's not the Soviet Union. But I guess, if you never attend classes, your student-visa will be terminated.

Polonia / Indian Students in Poland but wanting to Work in Denmark. [29]


No! If they are working in Denmark on a student-visa they can be kicked out.
But you should contact Danish Immigration authorities. They speak English.

As I said, it's very dangerous to work illegally without insurances.

Polonia / Indian Students in Poland but wanting to Work in Denmark. [29]


If they work in Denmark without working-visa you should contact Danish Immigration authorities.

It's also dangerous to work illegally, you don't have any insurance etc.

Denmark is rather active when it comes to kicking out illegally working people.

History / Ukrainians working in Poland in the 90s [34]


You should check that number again. I would be extremely surprised for several reasons.

Work / Salary of a paramedic in Poland [22]

But Poles are experts on living cheaply with a decent standard of living. Practice makes perfect.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

If these people are not taken care of they will rape your country again and again. If they do this once they'll do it again.

Usually they have some experience, and are not very afraid of the Police, court etc.


If it would have been the other way around, and this had happened in Poland, the offenders would already be in hospital.

News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]

The Polish "mafia" is not big at all. Some manufacturers of amphetamine etc. The Russian mafia is something completely different.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

Beaten up by immigrants in your own country. WTF...?

I know a Norwegian guy who got beaten up in Poland because he was with a Polish girl. The Polish girl's brother and his friends took care of these 2 idiots. I know that one of them got very severely beaten up. I don't like violence, but there a certain kind of people that doesn't understand any other language.

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]

Remember that Scandinavia is also a part of Europe. Then you can't say that northern Italy is Central Europe. Strange map.

History / Ukrainians working in Poland in the 90s [34]


The majority of Polish people want Poland to be in the EU. That is a statistic fact.

History / Ukrainians working in Poland in the 90s [34]


Many times. Bundeskanzler Brandt even apologized to Poland on his knees.

Language / Chodzic versus Isc. When and why? [18]


Unfortunately it's not that easy.


That's what many Polish teachers do with foreigners.
In Polish it's much more important to learn the structure of the language, than if you learn a language with more simple structure.

An example:
In English you can understand most things even if a person uses poor grammar.
In Polish is often very difficult to understand someone with poor grammar.


True with one exception. To social activities you always use iść, even if you go there by car, bus etc.

Work / Salary of a paramedic in Poland [22]


Source?

Law / Using a foreign-registered car in Poland [13]

I know Poland has/had some strange rules about this.

UK, Ireland / Brits to protest against foreigners in the workforce, including Poles. [289]


Do you have any idea how much English (Irish etc.) people complain about Poles taking their jobs?

Law / Child support in Poland:is the income of the father's spouse taken into account? [34]

I hope this father didn't abandoned his child, then you'll get a tough time in the Polish court.

There are too many scumbags around, hope he's not one of them.

Language / 'MOZNA' - When is this used? [27]

Yes, Poland has borrowed many words from many countries. Actually almost all countries have done that.

Doktor, chemia, komputer, satysfakcja etc.

Language / When do you use 'się'? And what does it mean? [37]


Most common situation is after prepositions that govern the locative case.
- Nie myśl tylko o sobie (don't think only about yourself).


uczyłem się (past tense, imperfective aspect) is more like I was teaching myself or I was studying.
nauczyłem się (past tense, perfective aspect) means more like I taught myself or I learned.

It takes some time to understand the differences between the perf. and imperf. aspects.


It means alone or the same. It's declined by gender and case, like an adjective, also when it means 'the same'.


Aha.. now I understand what you mean.

Sam = himself
Sama = herself

Travel / When is the best time (month) to see Poland? [31]

Late spring or early summer is the most colorful time, with all the flowers etc.

Language / Problems remembering Polish vocabulary [20]

Write words down several times is one of the best ways to remember them.

I remember that this was the only way to learn all names during the anatomy course. Just reading them over and over again wasn't enough.

Language / Does anyone know where I can learn Polish for free? [35]

The best way is to buy a book (pretty cheap) and hang out a lot with Polish people. I strongly recommend Polish in 4 weeks.


Expensive and very overrated. You don't learn the structures of the languages. And people who used this have big problems with grammar.

USA, Canada / Moving from Canada to Poland? I'm fluent Polish and could teach English. [24]

Thew biggest problem is probably that things have gotten much more expensive, but the salaries haven't increased enough.

But you seemed very motivated so try it! If you discover (after the honey-moon period) that the grass is greener in Canada, you can always move back.

If you don't try you might regret it later...

P.S. A few days ago we had -28 C, then you wonder why you live here of all places. D.S.

USA, Canada / My wife wants to return to Poland...but I want to stay in the US [155]


This is true.

USA, Canada / My wife wants to return to Poland...but I want to stay in the US [155]



This seems a little strange to me. She has lived quite a long time in the US and doesn't have any friends.

Life / Can foreigners really understand Poles? [136]


You look at it as a competition? You must be joking.

Anyway, I'm not going to argue with you about something completely irrelevant.

Let's go on-topic again.


And I wasn't even serious in my first reply, I thought it was obvious, I don't know why you feel offended. But if you feel that, I'm sorry.

Language / When do you use 'się'? And what does it mean? [37]


Yes, sometimes. Like in all languages.

Uczę = I teach (maybe as a teacher)
Uczysz = You teach

Uczę się = I teach myself (but in English you say "I study" or "I learn", but it means the same.)
Uczysz się = You study/learn


Exactly. This grammatical construction is called a reflexive verb, so the name makes sense.