Classifieds / Quran translation - I am from UK and looking for a muslim Polish man in UK [75]


You'd do best to look either on one of the Polish language fora for Poles who have moved to the UK, or perhaps better, on the forum for Muslims in Poland - that's where you are most likely to find a Muslim Pole. Try here: muzulmanie.com/forum

Work / Loan / Credit in Poland (on 1600-2000 PLN income) [10]


Yes, but not a good one. Only lenders like Provident Polska (though you might not meet their conditions) or most likely even worse lenders, the kind that stick photocopied adverts near bus stops.

News / Jesus Christ is Now Officially the King of Poland [164]


Exactly, and thriving at the moment, despite the best efforts of some to undermine the principles of laicism.

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


Hard to know how your insightful opinions on geopolitics contribute positively to the lady's question...

Work / How is the job opportunities in Poland for my competencies? I am delivering business coaching services. [9]

Exactly, and even then, there is a lot of competition from people already doing this who have an existing reputation, and most importantly of all, contacts.

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


So do I, however you can get an innuendo from almost anything if you try long and hard enough.

Seriously, the lady would do better to have a word with other people in the same situation on
muzulmanie.com/forum/ or on /f.kafeteria.pl/temat/f21/polskie-muzulmanki-p_5526131 (for women)
- There she'll find women discussing their experiences of that very topic.

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


So are many words. No reason to avoid this one.

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]

Don't what? It's a fairly standard word.

Life / Going to Poland in a hijab - Polish people and Islam [154]


There are certainly some. Most use the simplest form of covering. There are local Polish Muslimas, they tend to wear a light headscarf at most, or sometimes just a hat if they go outside.


Very little right now - think Germany in 1934 - and physical attacks on minorities are sadly increasing

Warsaw is the place where you'll blend in most. I wish you good luck with your time in PL.

UK, Ireland / POLISH Citizen ID Card Stolen in the UK. Now what? [14]

She could renew it in Poland or renew it online. The embassy website (in Polish) should have info on this.

Interestingly, if she's living in the UK, there's no legal obligation for her to have an up-to-date Polish ID card, however as any Pole will tell you, she'll need it sooner or later if she's back there.

UK, Ireland / POLISH Citizen ID Card Stolen in the UK. Now what? [14]

Yes, however I've heard people complain about the paperwork when they do that.

Life / Any place like a "Goodwill" in Warsaw? [10]

Also, if old furniture is put out neatly by the bins, people will collect it very quickly if it's in reasonable condition.

Life / Any place like a "Goodwill" in Warsaw? [10]

See post #2 - they will accept most things within reason, and are very pleasant to deal with.

Law / Questions regarding pregnancy laws / maternity and paternity leave in Poland [18]


If you are working in Poland with a contract of employment (umowa o pracę), yes, you will be entitled to any rights specified by law for people employed under those terms, regardless of your spouse's personal history.

You'll need to be sure of the exact contract type - as a non-EU person, it will probably be umowa o pracę rather than some b2b thing in which you'd officially be self-employed, but check anyway.

Genealogy / Searching for the meaning and possible location of the name: Pelafker from Galicia [8]

@Bigalas, these people have access to records: jewish.org.pl and help people searching for their roots.

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


Yes, they do.

I do know a couple of Poles without gypsy roots who speak a little of a Roma language, however they are people who've always lived close to Roma and grown up near them.

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


From French/late Latin and perhaps somewhere before, a sweet and decorated thing, first edible, then female.

In English there are some words (togs, gadger, cushty, charver/chav, pal) from Romany - I wonder if there are many expressions in Polish that come from Romany languages.

There's also mush, in English from Romany and from a Slavonic root before that. I wonder if it'll one day come full circle...

UK, Ireland / I'm so confused where to settle down - UK or Poland? Advice please. [21]


Follow your heart, move where you feel most comfortable, and don't get too stressed if you change your mind as time goes on!

Language / Help. Basic Polish Grammar by Dana Bielec [21]


Illegal file sharing?

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


Remember that in much of the world, people sit and sleep on carpets.


If you need to, and doubtless you did. Most people reading knew already.

Life / ZUS / NFZ / Compulsory Health Insurance in Poland - where the money come to/from? [29]


There used to be one in most large towns, when certain benefits were contribution-based and when every employer submitted monthly payments on paper. I remember that in the 80s. Fortunately they streamlined it all as soon as they could. In Poland, it's high time to change, however at least it provides employment. The system in PL is of coures a lot more complicated, something else they could look at...

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


That's really interesting. Language often travels from one language family to another - as I remember there are a few words in polish with Turkic roots.


Thanks for sharing that insight with us.

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


Rene Guenon of course excelled at being both :-)


Nor have I...

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]

Here's another couple of words, that fit someone here: tuman and koczkodan. I know the meaning, but wonder what the derivation is.


So a misogynistic term is 'feminist indoctrination' for you. Interesting.

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]


True, since the camera often lies and their faces are of course prepared for camera by professionals. Up close and with unflattering lighting few of us look great.

The same person also used to use another misogynistic term - 'herod-baba', and another friend likes the word 'ciamciaramcia'.

Polish is a very expressive language.

Language / Help with idiomatic translation ... [48]

We all know "z tyłu liceum z przodu muzeum" (in English something like 'year 12 at the back, 12th century at the front', or for Americans 'senior high from the back, senior care from the front') however my ex once used a word to describe a lady who looks young from a distance but old when they're closer. I first heard it at a small party a few years ago with Renata Beger and Krystyna Prońko. It also fits Kora Jackowska and a fair few male celebrities.

I wish I could remember the word.

UK, Ireland / I'm so confused where to settle down - UK or Poland? Advice please. [21]



They're 2 and a half hours apart on Ryanair - the world is getting smaller all the time, and yes, you really can have the best of both worlds.

If you're happy where you are, stay, if you want to return to PL, reflect on your next visit if it's where you want to be. The longer you stay away, the harder it is to return.

Of course there's always a third possibility if it's within your reach - another country, neither Britain nor Poland...

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]

Pretty well. I've noticed that in PL the word 'ciota' tends to be used most by people who are themselves in the subculture. There's also 'klota' (mostly about younger people), a word that straight people don't usually know, never mind use.

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]

It translates more or less as 'queen' . A cognate of German 'tante'. There are a few other Polish words that are used less often, plus in Warsaw there are still the vestiges of a Warsaw 'Polari', unfashionable now, but still used by people over a certain age.

Snotty really does think about this a lot. I wonder if there's anything he's not acknowledging about himself.

Work / Master's degree and job opportunities in Poland [7]

Here it is. If I was a few years younger and/or had different working patterns, I'd probably take one of those courses:
inepan.pl/en