Life / Heart attack/stroke - money please! This is public service healthcare in Radom! [7]

If she is an EU-citizen they must treat her for emergency illnesses (for free). And this is fore sure emergency illnesses.

/Medical student, Poland


She is in intensive care unit with post-MI and post-stroke. And you think cayenne pepper will help???

Life / Poznan or Wroclaw - which city is more foreigner-friendly? [18]

If you are in the business sector; Poznan! Many international companies are located here.

However, most foreigners per capita you can find in Krakow.

News / Will many Poles migrate to Germany in May 2011 (after opening labor market)? [157]


Many Poles already work legally in Germany. All you need is an invitation.

I don't think it will be a big change next year.

By the way, most Polish who go abroad in Europe to work, return to PL sooner or later.

Love / Irish woman dating a Polish man - need advice about my polish boyfriend and marriage [24]


How many young couples in PL do you know that got married after 1 year. I don't know any.

I would guess that the average today is about 3 years. But I don't have any statistics.

Love / Irish woman dating a Polish man - need advice about my polish boyfriend and marriage [24]

We don't know him. But maybe he is a control freak. Maybe he just starts to feel very old. However, it's impossible for us to know.

You should get to know him better before making the decision.

Love / Irish woman dating a Polish man - need advice about my polish boyfriend and marriage [24]

Engagement and plans of marriage after 4 months are not common in Poland.

Life / What do Poles want, what drives them...? [58]


Everbody has different goals.

Just like people from all other countries.

Life / What do you like about Poland? [100]


So why don't you move back to Poland?

Language / Polish - individual classes or course? [15]


It depends on your individual learning style.

I can recommend the book Polish in 4 weeks (level 1). But it takes much longer than 4 weeks to complete it.


Don't take an intensive course!
Your brain will not have enough time to put it into long-term memory. So it will be stored in short-term memory and you will forget it soon.

But if you want to go to Poland for a few months, it's a good idea.

Polonia / Life in Poland vs Norway - good for children, benefits, etc? [43]

I'm Swedish (most of my life I've lived close to the Norwegian border).

I know several Polish people who moved to Sweden/Norway with their families (esp. doctors). Most of them are really satisfied with their new life. Only 1 of them is thinking about moving back to Poland.


This is not true. I know many Swedes who stay longer and are happy with that.


This can be true sometimes. However, surveys show that Scandinavians are among the most tolerant people in the world.

News / Smoking ban in Polish bars and restaurants (AT LAST!) [400]

When will it start?

News / Upping the speed limit in Poland [92]


1. The operator of the camera usually hide somewhere.
2. Most police lasers use infrared emission, so it's invisible.

Language / The Future of Polish Language [179]

Now when internet is used widely in most countries in the world, these influences come faster and stronger than ever before.

Language / Poles - don't fall into the French/Spanish trap re pronunciation/accent! [81]

Most British and German people have quite funny accents when speaking foreign languages. Obviously it doesn't matter which foreign language they speak.

But it's good that you are trying more and more, it will be better in the future.

News / Upping the speed limit in Poland [92]


And they have to pay for it.

I had to pay 200 zl for speeding last week. But if you drive too fast, you must be prepared to pay.

Language / Some Ideas for a band name using the Polish language? [94]


(To) prawda (lit. it's the truth) are used when right, correct or true are used in English.

And it means the same thing. You confirm in this way that it's correct (lit. that it's true).

News / Poland hosts lowest proportion of foreigners in the EU [115]


Examples? (Of people who were not "enemies" when they came to PL, but became it after some time.)

Language / Some Ideas for a band name using the Polish language? [94]

Masakra (lit. masacre)

Used often in Polish language for all kind of things that are considered to be really bad.

However, most Polish bands choose names that sound English.

Travel / Is the atmosphere thinner over the Tatras? [7]



I vote for psychosis with delusional beliefs. Negotiating with bears.. interesting.

If he climed quickly above 2400 m, I'd vote for altitude sickness. It usually not occur below 2400 m (8000 ft), so probably not in PL. But it can be a serious condition.

Work / I'M SO SURPRISED BY THIS SALARY FOR IBM in WROCLAW 3000 ZL gross [135]

That's exactly how it works in Poland.

Many people wonder how Poles can have so high standard of living on a small salary. This the major answer.

Travel / Is the atmosphere thinner over the Tatras? [7]

Why don't you go there and try?

Work / I'M SO SURPRISED BY THIS SALARY FOR IBM in WROCLAW 3000 ZL gross [135]


Depends on where in PL you live. And most of all, it depends on what contacts you have.

If you lived in PL your whole life, you usually have a lot of contacts. And you have learned how to live cheap with a GOOD standard of living.

I'm impressed when I see how well many students at my university live on a rather small income.

News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]


Well, that's true. Probably the gap between poor and rich has grown.

News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]


The 2 biggest structural problems are:

1. Polish economy needs a lot of money from EU.
2. Salaries don't increase as much as the cost of living do.

I have never heard anyone here say that it's worse now than 10 years ago. I think more and more Poles start to believe in a good future.

News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

So much cr*p in one thread.

Poland has one of the fastest growing BNP in the EU.

There are some structural problems in the economy. But Greece, Portugal, England etc. have bigger problems.

Life / Winter 2010/2011 in Poland, is it going to be bad? [114]


That's nothing. We had 1 month -20/-25 in Bialystok last winter. That was cold.

Wroclaw is one of the warmest cities in Poland.

Travel / From Poland With Love [20]

Should be in Polish, so people can learn the language in the same time.

Love / Polish Girl Doesn't Want To Touch. [240]


Well, do you know her?

No wait. You are the kind of girl who thinks that all other girls think in the same way as you do.

Language / usage of taki/taka/takis [11]


Tańczysz and jesz are verbs. Verbs are associated with adverbs. Here you use tak. Tańczysz tak and jesz tak. Tak is not conjugated because it's an adverb.

We don't use taki/taka/takie in the situations above, because they are adjectives (not adverbs). And adjectives are associated with nouns.

Taki chleb (masc noun)
Taka kawa (fem noun)
Takie piwo (neutr noun)

Food / Help me like Polish food (recommendations) [48]


Yes!

And kotlet schabowy. Can also be made by using chicken filet.