Leonis
5 Mar 2011
Language / Poland in different languages? [74]
Yes, you are totally right. Böszörmény meant muslim, ismaelita.
Yes, you are totally right. Böszörmény meant muslim, ismaelita.
Leonis
4 Mar 2011
Study / Which university (erazmusem)? Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała. [17]
Thank you for all your help!
The most important for me is the school itself, environment is less important since I suppose all those towns are nice. :-)
Yes, I think teachers meant it's harder to concentrate on using Polish in everyday life in a university which is full of foreign students... However many said that Polish language courses are the best in Kraków. So... hard to decide... :-)
Thank you for all your help!
The most important for me is the school itself, environment is less important since I suppose all those towns are nice. :-)
But still +95% of people living there are Polish, so I don't know what they ment... too many foreign students ?
Yes, I think teachers meant it's harder to concentrate on using Polish in everyday life in a university which is full of foreign students... However many said that Polish language courses are the best in Kraków. So... hard to decide... :-)
Leonis
3 Mar 2011
Language / Poland in different languages? [74]
Turkish is a lot of fun! Hungarian is really similar in some ways.
"Ellengyeltelenítettétek" - this word means that you (pl.) made something non-Polish.
Not a frequently used word, but correct ;)
Turkish is a lot of fun! Hungarian is really similar in some ways.
"Ellengyeltelenítettétek" - this word means that you (pl.) made something non-Polish.
Not a frequently used word, but correct ;)
Leonis
3 Mar 2011
Study / Which university (erazmusem)? Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała. [17]
Cześć!
I would like to ask you to give me some advice about where should I go to study polonistyka. I intend to spend my next semester in Poland with scholarship, and we have several places to aim. I am thinking of Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała. The problem is that I don't know these schools. I know all these towns are really nice, but not which university is better there.
My actual favourite is Poznań, because I heard that UAM is the oldest university of these and it has a proven quality.
Teachers said not to go to Kraków, because there's too much foreigners there.
Lublin... there's a catholic school there, but I haven't heard much about it...
If someone attended/attends one of these universities, please tell me the experiences, opinions.
Thanks a lot for any help in advance...
Cześć!
I would like to ask you to give me some advice about where should I go to study polonistyka. I intend to spend my next semester in Poland with scholarship, and we have several places to aim. I am thinking of Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała. The problem is that I don't know these schools. I know all these towns are really nice, but not which university is better there.
My actual favourite is Poznań, because I heard that UAM is the oldest university of these and it has a proven quality.
Teachers said not to go to Kraków, because there's too much foreigners there.
Lublin... there's a catholic school there, but I haven't heard much about it...
If someone attended/attends one of these universities, please tell me the experiences, opinions.
Thanks a lot for any help in advance...
Leonis
3 Mar 2011
Language / Poland in different languages? [74]
Yes, Hungarian name lengyel comes from "Lędzianie".
:-)
Yes, Hungarian name lengyel comes from "Lędzianie".
:-)
Leonis
9 Jul 2010
Leonis
9 Jul 2010
Language / abbrevations: t.z.w. wne rys. r.n.e. ark wyd kl. [8]
Can somebody tell me what
jw.
abbrevation means?
Thank you in advance!
Can somebody tell me what
jw.
abbrevation means?
Thank you in advance!
Leonis
13 Jun 2010
Leonis
13 Jun 2010
Language / abbrevations: t.z.w. wne rys. r.n.e. ark wyd kl. [8]
Hello! Can somebody tell me what these abbreviations mean:
t.z.w.
wne
rys.
r.n.e.
ark
wyd
kl.
I trip over them frequently everywhere, but haven't found in dictionaries. I hope they have something meaning...
Hello! Can somebody tell me what these abbreviations mean:
t.z.w.
wne
rys.
r.n.e.
ark
wyd
kl.
I trip over them frequently everywhere, but haven't found in dictionaries. I hope they have something meaning...
Leonis
1 Jun 2010
Language / Nazwy mieszkanców - the names of a city/country residents in Polish [14]
Thank you very much for the answers!
:-)) Now it's getting clearer. And thank you for the correction, too.
Thank you very much for the answers!
:-)) Now it's getting clearer. And thank you for the correction, too.
Leonis
1 Jun 2010
Language / Nazwy mieszkanców - the names of a city/country residents in Polish [14]
Hello!
I would like to ask for some help again!
I know that also in Polish we can express that someone comes from/lives in somewhere with affixes.
I know that:
toruńczyk -who lives in Toruń
europejczyk - in Europe
amerikanin - in America
litwin - in Lithuania
słoweniec - who is Slovene
etc
(hope I spelled them correctly)
but... is there any rule about the using of the different affixes after the different names?
For example, how do we say in Polish:
who lives in Kraków, in £ódź, in Białystok....?
And one more question, what about the -ski ending? Do we use it only for the noble names, or can we use it in usual situations (np. warszawski... ?)? And what about the -ak ending, when do we use it?
I know it was a lot of questions, but I would be thankful for any help :-))
Hello!
I would like to ask for some help again!
I know that also in Polish we can express that someone comes from/lives in somewhere with affixes.
I know that:
toruńczyk -who lives in Toruń
europejczyk - in Europe
amerikanin - in America
litwin - in Lithuania
słoweniec - who is Slovene
etc
(hope I spelled them correctly)
but... is there any rule about the using of the different affixes after the different names?
For example, how do we say in Polish:
who lives in Kraków, in £ódź, in Białystok....?
And one more question, what about the -ski ending? Do we use it only for the noble names, or can we use it in usual situations (np. warszawski... ?)? And what about the -ak ending, when do we use it?
I know it was a lot of questions, but I would be thankful for any help :-))
Leonis
31 May 2010
Study / Studia niestacjonarne? (in Polish universities) [8]
Oh, I'm getting a grasp of it!
Thanks a lot for explaining it.
Oh, I'm getting a grasp of it!
Thanks a lot for explaining it.
Leonis
29 May 2010
Travel / Getting from Krakow to Warsaw [99]
Oh, that's great... Thank you for the answers!
Pozdrawiam!
Oh, that's great... Thank you for the answers!
Pozdrawiam!
Leonis
29 May 2010
Travel / Getting from Krakow to Warsaw [99]
Hello!
Please help, I have totally the same problem that BethEJ had - I'm looking for a bit cheaper train from Kraków to Warszawa, and I'm studying this rozkład-pkp site, but can only find the 114PLN way to get. Can I find any cheaper train or that's the cheapest?
Well... I have never been to Poland and the trains confused me a bit... are there more state train corporations there or how is that?
And last stupid question: I'm a student, so can I get any fare reduction (from the train tickets) with my student card, or do I have to get an international student card or something... ?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help...
Hello!
Please help, I have totally the same problem that BethEJ had - I'm looking for a bit cheaper train from Kraków to Warszawa, and I'm studying this rozkład-pkp site, but can only find the 114PLN way to get. Can I find any cheaper train or that's the cheapest?
Well... I have never been to Poland and the trains confused me a bit... are there more state train corporations there or how is that?
And last stupid question: I'm a student, so can I get any fare reduction (from the train tickets) with my student card, or do I have to get an international student card or something... ?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help...
Leonis
27 May 2010
History / Wespazjan Kochowski and the Polish messianism [10]
I study polonystyka in the university, and I was preparing for the exam, that's why I needed help (there are a very few source to read so I'm grateful for your help).
Actually, I love Polish culture, it's so enchanting, and by the way don't you believe that these messianistic ideas existed only in Polish literature. You can fnd it the Hungarian, the Croatian, the Czech etc literature, and I think there's nothing wrong with it. In Central-Europe so much blood had been lost to protect Western European countries from Turkish threat. So this is truth that we were the defenders of Christianity. Anyway it's very interesting for me, how Polish people think about their own literature.
Yes I know this saying! :-D Polish and Hungarian history connect to each other at many points.
Ash - I don't know what you think of, but hope you had a nice time here:-)
Thank you very much, too!
btw - I assume it's a school project? all this info you need. May I ask what's about?
I study polonystyka in the university, and I was preparing for the exam, that's why I needed help (there are a very few source to read so I'm grateful for your help).
Actually, I love Polish culture, it's so enchanting, and by the way don't you believe that these messianistic ideas existed only in Polish literature. You can fnd it the Hungarian, the Croatian, the Czech etc literature, and I think there's nothing wrong with it. In Central-Europe so much blood had been lost to protect Western European countries from Turkish threat. So this is truth that we were the defenders of Christianity. Anyway it's very interesting for me, how Polish people think about their own literature.
Polak Wegier dwa bratanki i do bitwy i do szklanki - which means Poles and Hungarians are two best friends
Yes I know this saying! :-D Polish and Hungarian history connect to each other at many points.
Off topic - I know Budapest a little but I remember two other places I've been to - Ash and Varpalotta.
Ash - I don't know what you think of, but hope you had a nice time here:-)
Two words for Kochowski?
"Golden freedom" for Polish people and Poland as an oasis of freedom surrounded by out-and-out monarchies
"Golden freedom" for Polish people and Poland as an oasis of freedom surrounded by out-and-out monarchies
Thank you very much, too!
Leonis
25 May 2010
History / Wespazjan Kochowski and the Polish messianism [10]
It's a very nice idea though, I like learning about it.
:-)
It's a very nice idea though, I like learning about it.
:-)
Leonis
25 May 2010
Leonis
24 May 2010
History / Wespazjan Kochowski and the Polish messianism [10]
Wow, thanks a lot for these two sentences. I only heard about Polska Christusem Narodów. Though that's the same.
Thanks!
Wow, thanks a lot for these two sentences. I only heard about Polska Christusem Narodów. Though that's the same.
Thanks!
Leonis
23 May 2010
History / Wespazjan Kochowski and the Polish messianism [10]
Hello!
Can somebody tell me some words (only 1-2 sentences) about how Kochowski's name connected to the Polish messianism (or sarmatism)? I don't really find any sources about it, and I don't yet understand Polish enough to read original sources.
Thank you very much!
Hello!
Can somebody tell me some words (only 1-2 sentences) about how Kochowski's name connected to the Polish messianism (or sarmatism)? I don't really find any sources about it, and I don't yet understand Polish enough to read original sources.
Thank you very much!
Leonis
15 May 2010
Leonis
15 May 2010
Study / Studia niestacjonarne? (in Polish universities) [8]
I don't really understand that, because I saw a plan zajęć and they had lectures from Monday to Friday.... :S
not study during normal times but during weekends or evenings.
I don't really understand that, because I saw a plan zajęć and they had lectures from Monday to Friday.... :S
Leonis
15 May 2010
Study / Studia niestacjonarne? (in Polish universities) [8]
Can somebody please explain me what does it mean in practice?
Thanks a lot in advance...
Can somebody please explain me what does it mean in practice?
Thanks a lot in advance...
Leonis
24 Apr 2010
Genealogy / Lesowiaks - who are they? [6]
Thanks a lot!!:-) So that's the reason why I've found nothing about them, the wrong spelling.
Thread attached on merging:
lisowczyk
What is this??
Thanks a lot!!:-) So that's the reason why I've found nothing about them, the wrong spelling.
Thread attached on merging:
lisowczyk
What is this??
Leonis
20 Apr 2010
Language / oparty o/na? [6]
I looked up the phrase based on... in the dictionary, and it said: oparty na (czymś). Then again, in a letter of a native Polish I found the expression oparty silnie o wiarę, o prawo boże.
Please somebody tell me which is the correct, the most common form!
Thank you:-)
I looked up the phrase based on... in the dictionary, and it said: oparty na (czymś). Then again, in a letter of a native Polish I found the expression oparty silnie o wiarę, o prawo boże.
Please somebody tell me which is the correct, the most common form!
Thank you:-)
Leonis
20 Apr 2010
Genealogy / Lesowiaks - who are they? [6]
I found a short article about lesowiaks in a book about Poland, but then I haven't find a word about them on the internet. The book says that lesowiaks live in Kotlina Sandomierska, near Rzeszów. They are a small, proud and free ethnical group, who keep their old traditions. Kolbuszowa has a museum which can give a taste of their traditions.
But that's all, no more informations at all. If somebody could write me some more words about this interesting group, I would be much obliged.
I found a short article about lesowiaks in a book about Poland, but then I haven't find a word about them on the internet. The book says that lesowiaks live in Kotlina Sandomierska, near Rzeszów. They are a small, proud and free ethnical group, who keep their old traditions. Kolbuszowa has a museum which can give a taste of their traditions.
But that's all, no more informations at all. If somebody could write me some more words about this interesting group, I would be much obliged.
Leonis
19 Apr 2010
Leonis
18 Apr 2010
Language / pierwszego/pierwszy [11]
Hello, please help me! I don't really understand the declension of the adjective in this sentence:
Jem dzisiaj dopiero pierwszego hamburger.
Can somebody explain me why is this pierwszego, not pierwszy? I know hamburger is a masculine noun, and it's in ACC with its adjective, but I thought that adjectives get -ego ending only if the noun is a masc. living thing.
Thanks a lot in advance...!
Hello, please help me! I don't really understand the declension of the adjective in this sentence:
Jem dzisiaj dopiero pierwszego hamburger.
Can somebody explain me why is this pierwszego, not pierwszy? I know hamburger is a masculine noun, and it's in ACC with its adjective, but I thought that adjectives get -ego ending only if the noun is a masc. living thing.
Thanks a lot in advance...!
Leonis
18 Apr 2010
Leonis
14 Apr 2010
Language / Kowalski+Kowalska=Kowalscy [12]
So Państwo Nowakowie is wrong, isn't it?
Państwo Nowak [no change because final letter is a consonant]
So Państwo Nowakowie is wrong, isn't it?
Leonis
13 Apr 2010
Language / Tego/Jego [15]
A lot of posterior thanks, monique! You helped me a lot with this list! :-)))
A lot of posterior thanks, monique! You helped me a lot with this list! :-)))