Language / Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language [129]

I recommend:

Polish in 4 Weeks - Level 1: An intensive course in basic Polish (Kowalska)

Colloquial Polish by Mazur is also a good option, but I prefer Polish in 4 Weeks.

Law / Norwegian lad wishing to get a car driver's license in Poland but it's expensive [13]

That can't be right. When I was studying in Poland, several of my friends got driving license for motorcycle. They paid about 2500 zl for that including fees. So 7800 zl for a car driving license sounds like someone is trying to fool you.

Love / Marriage with a polish woman - Heaven or Forever Hell ? [60]

Plural of Polka is Polki.

(If you are talking about a specific number of Polish women, and it's 5 or more women the plural is Polek. Enjoy Polish grammar.)

Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

How can you learn grammar when using Rosetta Stone?

UK, Ireland / Poles leave Britain to return to Poland [89]


Most Poles are rather patriotic. Maybe they just miss their home-country and family.

Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

For a beginner it's not simple. The numerical system in most other European languages are more simple and straightforward. For example; English, German, Scandinavian languages etc. have much easier numerical systems. (The exception is Finnish.)

However, Polish gets much easier when you have learned enough grammar to understand the structuresof the languages. Compared to many other European languages, Polish grammar is quite complicated.

Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]


This is not necessary to know in detail for a beginner.

Nominative case:
Kobieta (singular)
Kobiety (plural 1-4)
Kobiet (plural 5 and above)

This is not always true for numbers above 10. But for now this simplification is enough.

Examples:
Jedna kobieta = One woman
Cztery kobiety = Four women
Siedem kobiet = Seven women

Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

Rosetta Stone is useless if you want to learn grammar. I suggest you get "Polish in 4 weeks" by Kowalska (level 1). It's cheap. However, 4 weeks is too optimistic.

Nouns, adjectives and many other words change ending depending on the case.

Here is a summary: But it's not enough explanations for a beginner.
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Polish/Noun_cases

These cases exist in the Polish language:
Nominative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Locative
Instrumental
Vocative (not so important)

Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]


Yes, if you read something that is 30 years old.

Love / ARE POLISH GIRLS GOLD-DIGGERS? [359]

Some people are, some are not. The same as in all other countries.

Many people have opinions. But I wounder how much they really know about Polish people. How many Polish people have they met? 3? You should be careful when you generalize.

Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]

That too.. hehe.

I can also mention that domówka means a party in somebodies house.
Impreza can be anywhere (in somebodies house or in a club etc.)

Language / What has been the hardest language for you to learn? [81]

For a Swedish person Norwegian and Danish are extremely easy to learn. English and German are rather easy to learn. Finnish is very difficult. Slavic languages are also very difficult to learn.

For Norwegian and Danish people the situation is the same.

Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]

Prywatka (plural prywatki) is not used anymore. Everybody say impreza instead.

Przyjęcia is very formal, and not used so often.

Po polsku / Dlaczego uczysz się Polskiego? [101]

Bo studiuję w Polsce. Lubię uczyć się języków obcych.

Life / Multiracial Poles [154]


There are quite a few Russians (and Chechens) living in Białýstok.

Life / Can I use Blackberry Messenger for free in Poland? [10]

SA-guy? Sturmabteilung? Maybe you should think a little before you choose that kind of user name on a Polish forum!?!

Real Estate / How bad was it? '' a 'luxury' apartment with electricity and heating" [21]


Now there are quite a lot of Polish textbooks for English-speakers.

Life / Have many Poles had enough of one another? [198]

Customer service is poor in PL compared to Western Europe. But it is slowly changing to the better.

UK, Ireland / Polish girlfriend is trying to claim working tax credit [12]


She is just using you. Why dont you break up with her? You dont dare?

Talk with your friends in real life. They will tell you to kick her ass out immediately.

Life / Help with address.. ('11 Listopada 20-o6') [5]

The name of the street is ul. 11-listopada.

20 is the number of the house/block.
6 is the number of the flat.

A common way to write is:

name
ul. 11-Listopada 20/6
post code city
Poland

Region is not necessary to write if it is not a village or very small town.

News / HIV infected Nigerian has bitten bus ticket's controler in Cracow! [56]

The risk of getting HIV by a bite is small.

Language / Double meanings, Polish slang and embarrassment [49]

Its better to listen to native speakers than trying to read phonetic rules.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

From a medical point of view, obesity is more dangerous in men than in women.

Cardiovascular disease is much more common in obese men than in obese women.

High risk = people with fat around the abdomen. It is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes type 2. And almost all obese men have a lot of fat around the abdomen. Most obese women have much more fat on the butt and thighs, than on the abdomen. That is one of the reasons why obesity is less dangerous in women.

Smoking is a much stronger risk factor for cardiovascular disease (and cancer) than moderate obesity, in women.

Language / Czesc/pa vs. no czesc/no pa [18]


Yes, it is.

It can also mean "well" (as a filling). And sometimes it is used to confirm something (instead of saying "yes").

Work / Polish salaries - New statistics [38]

The main problem is that prices have increased much more than salaries.

News / Will Poland ever host the Olympics? [18]

No Polish place have slopes good enough for Olympics. It would require a lot of work.

Let us see how the logistics for UEFA-2012 work out first. Everybody is talking about this now. And so far, there are still many problems.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

The average Polish girl is still much slimmer than the average Western European girl.

Overweight is probably a bigger problem among Polish men.


I hope that it was not the major reason to move. In that case, it says more about you, than about Polish girls.

Work / Polish salaries - New statistics [38]

Of course Polish doctors go abroad. They can get several hundred % higher salary.

Work / Polish salaries - New statistics [38]

What I wrote above was in medium/bigger cities.

However there are specialist doctors in smaller hospitals who earn as little as 3000 zl/m (brutto).

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But the average Pole is not a doctor.

If you exclude the "few" people who earn extremely much money, the salary for an "average" Poles are significantly lower than 3600 zl/m (brutto).