Language / Does anybody know of a list of Polish-English False Friends and True Friends? [60]

yeah, i've come across this one where a friend said somebody was making her nervous, she really meant annoyed. Of course, similar problem i had a year ago explaining to somebody in Polish I was too nerwowy to speak... meaning nervous.. oops!

Maybe I should set up an online false-friend database.

Language / Does anybody know of a list of Polish-English False Friends and True Friends? [60]

Found some here:

mypolishlife.pl/index.php/tag/false-friends/

Language / Does anybody know of a list of Polish-English False Friends and True Friends? [60]

seksowny = sexy according to my dictionary
właśnie = exactly not sure how it's a false friend though.

but looking at the dictionary, i can see that i'm going to confuse właśnie and własny (own, belonging to oneself)

Language / Does anybody know of a list of Polish-English False Friends and True Friends? [60]

ahhh, i see :)

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]

I am, neither of my friends are.

T

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]

Wow, that's a big post. Thank you so much, it's very useful.

I'll visit the local office and get the paperwork and see if my partner can register at my address. Maybe they'll have the new system in place and make things easier.

You're right about the EU thing, I can just claim to have stepped over the border to Germany and the 90 days starts again. In the meantime, I have my stamp from the Ukraine border on Sunday so that gives me another 90 days.

As for the not paying tax thing, the last school I worked for took tax from my salary, even though I had no NIP and no registration, so how does that work?

Thanks again for all the advice

Tony

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]

Registering a car is something I'm going to need soon, which is the main reason I'm registering and my partner needs it so she can travel in the Schengen zone :)

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]


When I was supposed to go and apply for a NIP, they were very insistant that I must not show my contract or mention about my type of work with the school. Dodgy as hell!

I only had a contract in English, they were not happy when I demanded a version in Polish after pointing out the English version is not legal in Poland, which I signed but was never returned signed from head office.

The whole TEFL world seems dodgy as hell.

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]

The only good schools I've seen are run by British natives who are teachers themselves.
When I mean good, I mean those who appear good to the staff.

To be honest, there's nothing I want more than to go and work for International House in Krakow, but, they simply don't pay enough to live on :(

I enjoyed my teacher training there and I'm sure I would enjoy working for them with the constant supervision of the teacher trainers to help me grow.

Teaching is in my heart but IT is in my wallet. An awful situation.

T

Law / Poland residency permit / registration questions. [23]

Harry,

Yes, I was on an o dzielo, dodgy as hell and no ZUS.

once again, more stories about bad schools, make me want to open my own and get it right :) Need a few more years teaching experience first though.

T

Travel / Tell me all about Krakow! [42]

Krakow is amazing, I loved every minute of my 7 weeks there. Though sadly not really as a tourist.

There are many places to see as a tourist, of course Wawel castle being one of them. Kazimierz being another. My suggestion is take a walking guided tour of the old town and of kazimierz. These walking tours are better because you can ask questions and our guide was very knowledgable. The recorded tours on the little carts are well, recorded...

Watch out for bars offering your leaflets on the main square. We went into one, ordered our drinks then a large Polish guy working there demanded we pay an entrance fee to stay. We politely told him to bugger off and left - never to return. There is NO need to pay an entrance fee in a bar in Krakow, there are many good quality bars with no entrance fees.

There are many great bars that are hard to spot. One which is under ground and had godo live music. I can walk to it but I can't remember to give directions. Explore! get off the main square and look for small alley ways.

As for tight budget, depends where you're coming from. A large beer was typicall 7 - 9 zloty, depending on where you go. Often more on the main square. When I was there, the exchange rate took a serious hit on my budget and I made the mistake of taking travellers cheque and got a raw deal.

ooohh, Babcia Malina! North of the main square - e-krakow.com/restauracja/675-U_Babci_Maliny

You really can't do better than this for real Polish food at amazing prices. Just 10 zloty put enough on your plate to feed an army. Now, read carefully, this can be a sod to find.

Walk up ul. Slawkowska from the main square. Look out for the menu for Babcia Malina outside the door of a large 'official' looking building. Enter this building into a huge high corridoor and then exit left about 20 metres on the left into a courtyard. Babcia's is on the left here. Enjoy! and be ready to use a little Polish - English simply will not work in there.

Enjoy! I hope to visit there again too! To be honest, I'd love to live there again.. 7 weeks was not enough

Tony

UK, Ireland / Immigration and Identity: how to keep Polish identity when living in UK. [30]

Well, in Leicester you're in the rigth place. I lived in Melton Mowbray and worked in Leicester before I emigrated to Poland last summer. I had many polish friends there and at last count, i think there were believed to be over 8000 Poles in Leicester alone. You only have to see the number of Polish shops and shops advertising "polski produkty" to see this.

I'm not sure if many I knew did anything conscious or deliberate to keep their 'identity' but most communicated with Polish friends in Polish, watched Polish TV, ate polish food and drank Polish beer. You can see on the internet that many Polish services are available in Britain, from hairdressers to Polish satellite TV installers; all available in Polish.

Looks to me like they're doing the same as any other ethnic groups who move to another country 'en masse'. They are keeping contact with their own and helping each other along. Same as I do here with many foreigners in Poland.

For more help, you might like to try one of the Polish community centres in Leicestershire. A quick googling should return a few results.

all the best

Tony

UK, Ireland / Immigration and Identity: how to keep Polish identity when living in UK. [30]


ah yes, I got my groups mixed up, I mean the same as any group of foreigners in another country. They tend to stick together.

Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]


I had a similar things trying to buy a house in England years ago. Everytime I was 'interested' but not ready to make an offer, the agent phoned the next day saying somebody else had placed an offer for the asking price. This happened a few times, it was always the asking price and always the day after. So i always said, "Fine, let them have it, it's not worth more". Again, every time, the day after that 'buyer' retracted their offer...

So, the lies are not limited to Poland.


Oh, I didn't know I knew you....

Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]

About 7 years ago, do you really think they're any different now? I wouldn't trust an estate agent as far as I could throw them. And most of them I wouldn't even be able to lift!

Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]


them bugger clamped me for parking in a no parking zone... but, this was on a one way street with the sign pointing the WRONG WAY so i didn't see it! The road used to be 2 way, hence the sign pointing the other way... The only consolation was that 4 other cars got clamped too.

Language / ssać - please conjugate [15]

Wow, that was fast! thank you.
So it is a regular verb :)

Can you add the imperative please? :)

Language / ssać - please conjugate [15]

My girlfriend had a similar argument saying that with my character it's only potential use was, ahem, behind closed doors.

I'm thinking, straws, vacuum cleaners, plug holes... not really many days I use the verb suck. Still it was in this list and I'll learn it. Just a few thousand more words to go...

Language / ssać - please conjugate [15]

a perfective or to 'suck out' ?