Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]


Do you mean that Polish h sound is not a h sound ? So what is it? How much h sound in h sound is needed so it can be a h sound ?

Cinek

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


I found one: Gołdap. There may be also other names of towns or villages.

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


yes, this is what my reply was about :-)

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


"kmieć" yes, but "berbeć" can be either a boy or a girl.


Yes, but remember that the -u words don't decline in Polish, so people woud tend to use it with a 'declinable' word (like in the 'gnu' - 'antylopa gnu' example). In such cases the auxiliary word would imply the gender.

Cinek

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


ekspansywność, mość and przewielebność are feminine


kmieć, dziegieć, śmieć, Turkuć Podjadek, kapeć, pypeć, berbeć


Most speakers would say just 'anylopa gnu' which would be feminine (antylopa). But if you want to say just 'gnu' then yes, it's neuter.

Cinek

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]


I hear clearly 'h' not 'k' here. Maybe soemthing's wrong with your speakers? Are you using headphones or loudspeakers? Try with another ones.

Cinek

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]

In Polish 'ch' is always pronounced 'h' and never 'k' . If you hear something else then it is definitely a language error or just poor quality audio.

Cinek

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


Not exactly. It can be used in such contexts, but for better understanding it'd translate it like: Is it allowed? or Is it possible? or Is it doable? It may also be used to answer there questions like:

(Czy) Można? (Tak,) można. Is it allowed? Yes, it is.

Gramatically, it is so called 'predykatyw' (not sure if it can be translated as 'predivative', because Wikipedia defines it a bit differently).
These words work in sentences as verbs, but are not verbs (i.e. they do not conjugate), and are used to describe some 'general state', not someone actions.

There are quite a few in Polish. e.g. można, trzeba, wiadomo, widać, słychać. They form tenses by using an auxiliary verb 'być' in the appropriate tense. E.g.:

Present Można - it is allowed to...
Past Można było (or było można) = it was allowed to...
Future Można będzie (or będzie można) = it will be allowed to...

They are a little similar in their function to adverbs, and historically they probably were adverbs.

Cinek

Language / A Polish female name (anna) [16]


Maybe it was Joanna? There's nothing like ulanna in Polish (but 'ulana', which may mean completely drunk ;-) ).

Cinek

Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]


That text is about history of Tatra region (some small part of Polish highlands), not Poland.
If you real want to learn history of Poland you can try on Wikipedia e.g.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland

Cinek

Language / in Polish slang, what is the difference between Siema and Siemka? [64]


Nothing but the sounding.


Of course, but please remember that what is allowed in talking between friends not always should be used in other situation.

I didn't want to say that you were any wrong with your examples. I just wanted to point out that the ending -izda may be not the best example for people learning Polish, and gave a much more common ending -cha as more useful.

Cinek

Language / in Polish slang, what is the difference between Siema and Siemka? [64]


Would you really like to be called like that? ;-) (you know what I mean: .izda)
I think a better (and the only I've ever heard) example would be 'Justycha'.

Other examples:

Kasia - Kacha (Katy)
Gosia - Gocha (Maggie)
Basia - Bacha (Barbara)
Zosia - Zocha (Sophie)
poduszka - poducha (pillow)
gruszka - grucha (pear)
dziewczyna - dziewucha (girl)

i tak dalej.

Cinek