Language / Polish language grammar books [59]

Everyone to their own, but personally I hate grammar books.

I don't mind textbooks books that try to make learning fun or interesting even though often I buy them with the best of intentions and then never open them.

If I did have a grammar book I would only use it for reference, I wouldn't try to learn everything in it from the start to the end.

Language / What do you say in a doctors surgery to ask "Who is next in line?" [19]


I suppose it is not England though! :-)
In Poland I suppose you have to do as the Poles do, if you can't beat them join them. If you lose 10 minutes to someone jumping the queue you should skip the queue the next time in the same shop, don't take any notice of complaints, pretend that you don't speak Polish etc., you can't feel bad for it as you are only balancing thing out. Tell them that they are wasting more time just arguing with you, better to let the American etc. go first.

Shop assistents etc. have no time for customers normally so they are not going to care about a bit of queue skipping.

:-)

Language / What do you say in a doctors surgery to ask "Who is next in line?" [19]


I'd say that he is correct :-)

Language / Is it possible to learn Polish while not living in Poland? If yes, how? [37]


Thanks Pam, mixing with Polish people would help.


Thanks a.k. You could be right, living in a country really is the best way to do it if you have the opportunity though.

Language / Is it possible to learn Polish while not living in Poland? If yes, how? [37]

A lot of people would say that you cannot learn a language in a school/university that isn't in the country of the language that you are learning, that you need to be in Poland to learn Polish etc. That you need to be imersed in the language really.

What do you think?

Love / Polish dating tips [40]


I am no expert on women or Polish women, but there probably isn't a big difference, maybe there might be some cultural differences.

You are not a Polish man though so maybe it wouldn't be in your best interest to copy them or treat her like she would expect a Polish man to treat her. Maybe you can adopt some of their habits and add a few of your own. There may be a thing about holding her coat for her so that she can put her arms into it, her friends or family may think badly of you if you don't do this, if she doesn't like it maybe you could just do it in front of her family and friends so that they won't give you or her a hard time about it.

She may expect something better or different as you are not Polish. Who knows, this is a judgement thing for you to sort out.

At the end of the day you should treat her as good as you can and care for her like you love her until you do. Use your own judgement, but don't do stuff without good reason, don't follow advise blindly.

News / 2000 tonnes of asbestos in Wrocław? [12]


I could be wrong, but as far as I know any amount of time exposed to asbestos is a risk, just like smoking. These little fibres get into your lungs and could cause cancer later.

If you are really concerned I would suggest asking your doctor about it either now or the next time you have the oppportunity.

Language / Is it possible to learn Polish while not living in Poland? If yes, how? [37]

Thanks for the link Mleko.

Thanks to you too Cutpaper.

Language / Nominative (Mianownik) vs Accusative (Biernik)? [17]


I really recommend that you get the Hurra Po Polsku 1 textbook and exercise book.

You can buy them on amazon too but usually they are more expensive.
You could also get a few lessons from Kamila.
She says the first lesson is free. Go to her webpage, click on contact her etc. send her an e mail and you can arrange the first lesson which is free.

polishforums.com/general-language-17/want-impress-colleagues-monday-tell-weekend-polish-61741

The Hurra Series books won't teach you all you need to know but both contain exercises( with answers at the back) which would help you a lot. I don't think that it is possible to learn Polish grammar from the internet alone, without a book you are making the challenge of learning Polish cases/grammar extremely difficult if not impossible for yourself.

I will have to give up on you if you don't get yourself some book to help with your cases. :-( ...............(I am not claiming to know much but I would try to help if I could but you need to help yourself too, buy some books, this would be a giant step forward, getting lessons would be second only to living in Poland)

Best of luck.

Language / Nominative (Mianownik) vs Accusative (Biernik)? [17]

It should be lustro and wanna instead of kąpiel.

Yes they should be in nominative because if it is a simple list.

Poszedłem do toalety (toaleta in accusative case), or Byłem do toalety.
After "do" you use genitive. I don't know if the rest of the sentance is correct, you cannot really directly translate from Polish to English, it is a risky business. You can't trust dictionaries either!

Byłem w toalecie w ruskim pociągu.
tubylem.fotowyprawy.com/contest/314/

W toalecie(locative)

Poszedłem do toalety.
This looks ok to me from what I have seen on the internet.
fabrykamemow.pl/memy/44615

By searching google you can sometimes get an idea if what you have written is correct or the internet really isn't 100% reliable either.

By searching google and reading a little of where you found the words or phrase will help with your Polish also. Sometimes you can find interesting stuff.

Language / The Polish accusative case [32]

Hi Vincent, thanks for that, you have a good memory.

Language / The Polish accusative case [32]

Proszę Panią mam............ using Panią is incorrect.

Proszę Pani mam.......... is correct Pani is correct.

Przepraszam Panią is correct.

How do you know when to use Pani or Panią after a verb or is there a rule about when another verb follows Pani that you do something different?

The example in the video is what I am interested in.

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]


I imagine that some of them have been in the UK for a while which would affect their confidence a little about doing well in the exam. They wouldn't have as much practice reading and writing Polish as someone who has just come from a school in Poland.

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]


Best of luck with that. There is an exam for foreigners in Poland also if you are interested. I think that you could do one of the levels.

buwiwm.edu.pl/index.htm


I think that you should ask a teacher of Polish rather than a colleague because most Poles don't know Polish grammar just as I don't know English grammar. With a teacher you could probably progress very fast with your Polish as you seem like a person willing to put in the work and focus on a goal.


I can't say that I am determined because I study very little, if you were my father you would say that I didn't open a book. I don't open my books often.

I do what I like which isn't always successful, watching films mostly., I don't like grammar books, school/classes etc. Homework gives me stress.



I didn't study linguistics.

Travel / My trip to Poland late last year: Kraków and Przemyśl [5]

Is Przemyśl worth visiting?
I heard recently that it was supposed to be very nice.
What is there to see and do etc.?

I have visited the some cities in the west of Poland, is it worthwhile travelling east?

Thanks

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]


That was hard work. If it was me I would stay overnight in London before the exam.


To be honest I don't know Polish well.
When I write on the internet or Polish forums I spend a lot of time thinking about how I am going to write a sentance or question, I check dictionaries and the internet. It is a lot of work to write a few sentances, even then there are a lot of errors. What I do know has taken me years to learn.

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]

Hi chrzaszcz


A grade C is good I think, well done.


Polish is very hard, a grade D isn't so bad, you passed the exam, you are only one of a very few who have done a Polish exam I imagine. The rest of us can tell ourselves that we know more than we do without being found out :-)

Any test I have every done has shown me how little polish I know.


I think that it there is less happening now for people wanting to learn Polish, I think a lot of the really helpful contributors to the Polish language section have left. There are of course exceptions, some people here are still very helpful.

Best of luck.

Language / Polish Native speakers: Should I attempt the correct endings or just use the nominative form? [12]

In my opinion it would be better to use the correct endings as it will be easier for the listener will pick up on what you are trying to say but the only thing is that this will take a lot of work to get right.

Language / Przyczółkowa - Pronunciation question [11]


Another way would be to split it into syllables, break it into smaller pieces.

Przyczółkowa

Przy-czół-ko-wa

Say wa first, then ko-wa, then czół-ko-wa and finally przyczółkowa.

translate.google.com/#pl/en/przycz%C3%B3%C5%82kowa

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]

Hi Robal/Martin,

I am sorry but I don't know anything about this exam but I am sure that if you signed up for a few grinds/classes that your teacher could help you most.

Regards.

P.S. This guy was supposed to be doing the GCSE in Polish, Chrzaszcz. If you can contact him he may be able to help you.

https://polishforums.com/language/gcse-experience-55069/

https://polishforums.com/language/gcse-best-way-learning-seven-cases-52706/

Po polsku / Czy jest rożnica między kibicami i stag parties? [6]

Ja nie wiem.

Language / Give me some reasons to learn Polish [126]


You can understand Polish people better and it allows you to come into contact with more Polish people which helps break any stereotypical ideas that you have about them, but this works for any language I am sure.

It also allows you to be able to read more books and do other stuff where you need to be able to understand some polish. If you like a certain genre now you have access to a whole other heap of it in another language.

It is also a language where you can learn about declensions etc. I never knew declensions existed until a good while after I started learning some polish.

Food / Cooked Fruit in Poland - Fruity Fillings, Flan, Pies, Tarts and JAM [85]


Thanks very much for the link. I understand some of it and I will try to understand more, thanks again.

Po polsku / Jak wryty. Co to znaczy? [6]

Dziękuję bardzo

Po polsku / Jak wryty. Co to znaczy? [6]


Bardzo dziękuję za pomoc.


Staram się

Food / Cooked Fruit in Poland - Fruity Fillings, Flan, Pies, Tarts and JAM [85]


Thanks Jon

Language / How similar is the Italian accent to the Polish accent (when speaking English)? [34]

Well in his opinion he can, he is speaking to her in English, a little bit anyway, how much do you need to know to say that you speak a language?

I always wondered about that, people say that they can speak English, French, German, Polish and Russian etc. on their facebook pages but how much of it do they really speak and how well.

Food / Cooked Fruit in Poland - Fruity Fillings, Flan, Pies, Tarts and JAM [85]

Ktoś polecał mi powidła
Someone recommended powidła to me.



I suppose that dżemor is some kind of a diminutive form of dżem.