Off-Topic / An English Version of Gadu-Gadu? [105]

isnt easier to use Jabber with gadu-gadu gateaway?

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

could you paste direct links into those videos? (unfortunatelly, flashplugin sucks on x64bits :<)

// editied
ok, i saw a source of page

1. its about modern Russian Federation
2. its in Bulgarian, i think (but i'm not sure for 100%)

next time, search better (and, during searching, use brain- believe me, its helpful and it isnt painful)

Language / The Plural of Zloty? [46]

in polish :
1 (jeden) złoty
2 (dwa) złote
.......
5 (pięć) złotych
.....
128 (sto-dwadzieścia-osiem) złotych

Language / Polish keyboard 214 is best [34]

the difference between QWERTY and QWERTZ (polska maszynistki) is bigger than only Z - Y.
now, you can find qwertz keyboard only in some places like train-stations and in some other goverment ruled offices/places. but even them the most popular keyboard is qwerty (god thanks!)

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Żubr
Kujawiak
Fortuna (only in Poznań)

those beers are the best (for me;p)

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

ŻUBR and KUJAWIAK :>

Language / Word order; simple & continuous tenses; definite/indefinite articles [13]

1. i didn't understand question :/ (or, more truly- i don't imagine situation like that in polish)
2.
I walk to the shops - chadzam do sklepów (or chadzam po sklepach- more common form)
I am walking to the shops - idę do sklepów

chodzić - its official version for verb 'to walk'
chadzać - used in means of frequent action

also (for example)
czytać - czytywać
siedzieć - przesiadywać

3. well, if you *really* need to use an equivalent of "a, an" you can use: (sing) jakieś (masc, neutr), jakaś (fem); (pluralis) jakieś (m, f, n)

hope it was helpful :>

USA, Canada / Windows xp in USA in Polish? [13]

there are, afaik, 3 ways (or, ekhm, 4) to do that:
- buy an international version of XP (if you will be able to find one) - sorry, but i dont remember what was the codename of it

- buy a polish version of XP and install it
- ekhm, download polish version and install it (but i dont recommend it)
-----------------
or just install any other system, that has internationalisation by default

/////////// edited
i found it- its called language pack. google for it :>

USA, Canada / Windows xp in USA in Polish? [13]

yeah.
an adjective from 'polska' is 'polski' (in masculine form)
anyway, look on this site

tinyurl.pl?QSdVQVRy

you can also google for phrase "windows po polsku" ;p

USA, Canada / Windows xp in USA in Polish? [13]

your welcome :>

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


what?
900 hundreds years= 90 000 years.. ;)
but ad rem: poland wasnt ruled by A&H for long time... only 123 years (1795- 1918)

Language / Present tense, past tense, past participle in polish [34]

@mafketis
you forgot to tell us about "czas zaprzeszły" (plusquamperfect), hehe ;P

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

forgive me, if that link occured earlier, but look on it

adbuzzer.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/zubr-top-polish-beer-brand-and-its-unique-advertising

and, btw, Zubr is my favorite beer (followed by Kujawiak) :)

Food / WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR POLISH EASTER TODAY? [45]

boiled eggs + yesterday's pizza :)

Language / Free and accurate Online Polish-English / English-Polish translator? [49]

well... i'm not a linguist, but ling.pl doesn't seem to me as a 'best' solution... i used it from time to time.

in my opinion: there is no 'the best' dictionary - the best option is to check word in few dictionaries, and than use it.

Love / SHE'S 25, HE'S 85 (Polish actor Andrzej Łapicki) -- ANY FUTURE? [82]

he will probably die under her...
such a beautiful death :> keeping smile until end :)

USA, Canada / Windows xp in USA in Polish? [13]

@RudaGocha
speak english, please :)
but ad meritum: you can buy Ultimate edition, in that version you can download polish translation for it- so all information will be in polish. of course, as cheehaw wrote, you can use standard version and change language settings- i.e. keyboard, timezone etc.

and btw, windows7 is much overrated. to heavy and bloated for me (took 16gb of space after fresh installation :O)

USA, Canada / Windows xp in USA in Polish? [13]


sort of 'linux man'


it's still hard to justify 16gb of occupied space (11 in case of 32bit version)- and it's for system alone, not including many usefull stuff, also usage of 1gb ram by system only is hard to explain. prefetch and indexing are turned off.

about configurations- win7 still needs an external application (installed in update) to handle keyboard produced by MS (MS ergonomic keyboard 4000, great keyboard btw).
also- 'default' drivers work strangly- after i unplugged headphones, i had to install drivers for sound card, otherwise system couldn't see my headphones. (surprise- both headphones and keyboard works fine, out-of-the-box in most linux distributions)

and i'd prefer not to mention applications that doesn't really work fine, even when launched in 'compability mode' (Call of duty 2)
and of course, do i have to mention that so basic stuff like mounting NTFS partition into directory on other disk is a pain in the arse :?


nope


yeah, i heard about that :)

Travel / What should I wear in winter in Poland? [29]

use layer system:
1. t-shirt: avoid cotton as long as you can! use 'thermoactive' t-shirts (i suggest: coolmax)- it wont warm you, but it will absorb sweat of your body

2. midlayer- use thin fleece (substance /? pol. gramatura/) of 100 or less- it will absorb sweat transported by tshirt
3. than thick fleece- like 200 or 300- it will warm your body
4. in case of heavy snowing/rain/windy weather- jacket

in case of socks- in cold weather i'd also recommend double layer: coolmax (thin, wont warm you) than woolen one (i recommend merino wool, it can be used also in tshirts or middlayer)

Travel / What should I wear in winter in Poland? [29]

ah, fcuk the coat; there is nothing better than good fleece :)

Life / How Polish are you? [74]

17%
You are slightly Polish but not enough. If you are not Catholic, you have refused the truth, Jesus Christ, God and Poland. Catholicism is the national religion of Poland.If you can't speak Polish, you are definetly not Polish!

its a ********

Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]

i think they are selling eggs and beans...

News / What Poland can't do right [113]

Politicians.
20 years after end of communism still the same people are in power
and after every election people still complain that 'politacal parties lied to us' etc etc

News / Freezing weather in Poland, 42 people dead in winter freeze... and no-one cares? [140]


yeah... you miss socialism? sure, it was *much* better then...

Language / Why in the world there are three ways to write simple U ?!?! [54]

yes - 'u' (like in Australia or Author) sounds very similar to ł - even for native folks they sound similar - but non of them (of those who finished primary school) would write 'ałtor' 'Ałstralia' :)

same with 'rz' after 'p' (like in 'przepraszam')- it sounds really similar to 'sz' - but most people will write it down correctly

ch and h - they use to sound differently, but they sound in the same way now (i never spot the difference :o)

rz and ż - they sound the same- but it is really useful to know the difference (in writing system- in declination 'ż' and 'rz' are changing into different consonants)


hi girl


thats for everyone who wants to speak polish correctly


that it true. most people don't care about the historical reasons for it- but it doesn't matter that we should not see (and use) it.


1. easyness is not always the best key-word
2. easy- for whom?


try english- it is a nightmare!


its not such bad


why, instead of writing 'are not normal' you simple haven't wrote 'are different than in <put_your_mother_tongue_here>'?


??


polish isn't too old. and yes- it is changing alot, its adaption abilities are quite good.


as i wrote earlier- compare it to english. and no, 'sz' and 'rz' are not the same- they sound really similar, but not in the same way.

News / Freezing weather in Poland, 42 people dead in winter freeze... and no-one cares? [140]


#define 'true socialism'

and nope- socialism also hurts people, even more than capitalism (how many people left that 'harmful capitalism' and moved into socialistic paradises? and how many people escaped from those 'paradise'?)

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]



seems you have your answer :)

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]


which is strange- because 'Ch' in latin (at least in vulgar) was always prounounced like 'k' (see all modern romanian languages)- and in some early translations of Scriptura 'Chrystus' was translated to 'Krestos' or 'Krejstos' (and 'krystianizm').

and apart from it- difference between pronounciation of 'caritas' and 'charytatywny' is strange, because the second word is derivated from the first one :~

Love / Do you think that Polish should stick to Polish? [128]

no.
relationships with people from the same country is boring. diversity adds fire :)

Language / Slovio - the international simplified Slavic language [37]

its even more stupid than esperanto :/