Study / Good cheap course to learn Polish in Warsaw [44]

vndunne

Is that a New Year's resolution? ;)

Amy

Yeah, cause the Centre's launching a new course in less than 2 weeks from now, and they're giving some huge "last minute" discounts on it (15%, the website says).

Life / You are Polish if... [433]

Pieróg.

Language / Can you recognise the nationality of foreign Polish speakers by their accent? [43]

Sometimes you can hear that, sometimes you can't. It all depends on how well they got the language/accent mastered, but naturally it is more difficult for some (e.g. I guess it is harder for native French or US English speakers who learn Polish to drop their native accent than, say, for other Slavic language speakers).

Language / udać, udać się "confusion" [5]

Yup.

Life / Metal scene in Poland [39]

As for the clubs:

No Mercy s a well known club with metal/gothic parties going on there (although I've never been there), and Club Rock is a nice place with music of various degrees of "heaviness" on various days.

Btw. the best metal band name I've ever heard was "Cryptic Vomit", and they had a song (for lack of a better word) called "I throw my crap on your car". Epic.

Law / How much is the maximum daily limit to withdraw zloty from ATM in PL. [14]

polomintz is correct. It doesn't depend on the ATM, but on your own account settings.

Life / Is it true that you cannot swear in public in Poland? [13]

AFAIK, there is some rule that says swearing in public places may cost you up to 50 PLN (somebody correct me if i'm wrong) - in practice it would be pretty much impossible to execute it. If you stand in front of a cop yelling out obscenities, you'll get a fine, that's for sure. Other than that, don't worry, you'd have to have real bad luck to get fined for swearing :)

Travel / Karaoke Places in Warsaw? [4]

They used to organize pretty decent karaoke nights in Organza Shot Bar on Thursdays and Tuesdays, but lately someone told me that they don't anymore - don't know whether it's true.

Another place with karaoke is Nora (don't know on what days though) on Krakowskie Przedmiescie (right next to the University) - the name of the place (sth between a den and a hovel) pretty much reflects the design, atmosphere and clientele, but if you just wanna get tipsy and scream your lungs out, that's the place.

Also Bolek in Pola Mokotowskie, they used to have a large selection of songs, but that was like 2 years ago, I don't know about now.

I hope somebody here knows some decent and fun karaoke places in Warsaw, cuz I myself would love to find one!

Love / Tonight, I'm asking my Polish girlfriend if she'll marry me [36]

"Czy wyjdziesz za mnie?" or "Czy zostaniesz moją żoną?" (will you be my wife?).
Good luck :)

Language / have a sip - Chcesz łyka? [56]

"chcesz łyka?" is very much used and alive.

Btw, "łycha" is also colloquially used to refer to whiskey (although rarely, I suppose), so "chcesz łychą" might not only be an offer of hitting your interlocutor with a spoon, but also of spilling whiskey on them :)

Language / Łejterka dostaje duże typy? [16]

I've come across "Kakrocie biegają po garbedziu", although I can't tell whether it was sb saying this for real or a joke.

Language / Bookstore in Warsaw - Polish in 4 weeks LEVEL 2 [19]


It is actually called Akademia bookstore and it has several locations around Warsaw. You'll find the list of their bookstores here:

www. ksiazki.org/contact_us.php

Language / How do you add and 'ing' to the end of the verb in Polish? If you do. [17]


"Pisuję", I guess?

Study / Good cheap course to learn Polish in Warsaw [44]

I know one good and not expensive teacher in Krakow. She is a friend of my teacher. Her number is 601 593 217 - Joanna.

Good luck :)