Life / The Polish Way to Ask Questions [41]


I agree with Maaarysia, this question doesn't translate into Polish at all. It would sound as awkward as in English.

Language / Grammar help; Dokąd? and Gdzie? [19]


You're right, mea culpa.
Using "gdzie" with motion verbs is a mistake. Most Poles however would use it anyway. It can be found even in the Bible:

"Ja jestem z tobą i będę cię strzegł, gdziekolwiek się udasz; a potem sprowadzę cię do tego kraju." (Rdz, 28,15)


I agree.

Language / Grammar help; Dokąd? and Gdzie? [19]


Acz słyszeć to będziem, dokąd naroda nie wykształcim i do mowy starannej nie przyuczym ;)

Language / Grammar help; Dokąd? and Gdzie? [19]


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Gdzie idziemy? - Where are we going?
Dokąd idziemy? - Where are we going?

Gdzie on poszedł? - Where did he go?
Dokąd on poszedł? - Where did he go?

Gdzie mieszkasz? - Where do you live?
but:
Dokąd mieszkasz? - WRONG

Travel / A good kebab place in Warsaw? [45]

Sapko - Aleja Jana Pawła II 46/48

Life / I got beaten and kicks in my face just cuz i dont look polish [205]


Heheh... wow. For a moment there I thought this was a serious discussion. You got me :)

Life / I got beaten and kicks in my face just cuz i dont look polish [205]


My intuition tells me otherwise. I'd really like to check the statistics. Have you actually seen some data on this subject, or are we both merely speculating here?


That would be my guess as well.

Life / I got beaten and kicks in my face just cuz i dont look polish [205]


Yeah, you are right. You can always get beaten up for no reason at all. I'd argue however that it's much easier to get beaten up when you're a foreigner. Wouldn't you agree?


I don't know. I'm not one.

Life / I got beaten and kicks in my face just cuz i dont look polish [205]


what?

I'd agree with George8600. You'll find racism everywhere.
As for the news from the court, I'm not an expert, but... well... I wouldn't expect much.

Study / Which Polish Universities are multilingual, and teach Psychology? [36]

Warsaw School of Social Psychology - it's a private school. You can study psychology in english there. No campus though.

Language / How to express that you want something. [6]

Poproszę herbatę - Tea please (you use POproszę when you ask to be given something. I'd use this one or the one that Bzibzioh mentioned)

Proszę herbatę - Tea please (this one is also ok, but the previous one sounds better imo)
Mam ochotę na herbatę - I feel like drinking tea (kind of...)
Chcę herbatę - I want tea (demanding)
Chciałabym herbatę - I'd like some tea


no, these expresions can be used in both situations

Language / Correct usage for 'going' in Polish [25]


Yeah, it has several meanings, but it usually means 'what'.

Language / Correct usage for 'going' in Polish [25]


You can say 'co poniedziałek' or 'w każdy poniedziałek'. It means every monday.
If you want to say 'every week', you say 'co tydzień', not 'w każdy tydzień'.

Language / Correct usage for 'going' in Polish [25]

Yes, in some cases you can.

Idę do szkoły - I'm going to school
Chodzę do szkoły - I go to school

Idę do kina - I'm going to the cinema
Chodzę do kina co sobotę - I go to the cinema every saturday

PS: Have you noticed?


The sentence above is ok. Pójść is not exactly in the past (my mistake). It's in the perfective aspect.

Language / Correct usage for 'going' in Polish [25]

The exact translation of 'to be going to' would be 'mieć zamiar' or 'zamierzać':

Mam zamiar kupić ten samochód.
Zamierzam pójść na koncert.

In most situations however, using only the future tense should be sufficient:
I am going to get my ticket. - Pójdę po swój bilet or pójdę kupić/odebrać swój bilet (depending on what is that you want to say)

I am going to see what I can do. - Zobaczę co się da zrobić.
Are you going to be there? - Będziesz tam? (in this case, 'Zamierzasz tam być?' sounds good as well)

This is how I'd say it. Sounds more natural to me :)

Language / Correct usage for 'going' in Polish [25]

pójść - to go (in the past)
Idę do domu (now).
Poszedłem do domu (I went home).

wyjść - to exit or to go out of somewhere (btw. wejść - to enter)

przyjść - to come

News / Ruski a slur like Pollack? [53]



Exactly. "Ma ruska dziewczyne" sounds awful.
I'd say: ma dziewczynę Rosjankę/ma chłopaka Rosjanina. I'd also say "rosyjski film" (or "radziecki" in case of a movie made in the USSR) instead of "ruski film".

"Ruskie pierogi" is fine though.

News / Ruski a slur like Pollack? [53]

I'd never call any of my russian friends "rusek" or "ruski". It is a slur. Not a very harsh one imo, but still...

Language / Polish keyboard 214 is best [34]

I've never seen a laptop like this (and I've seen a lot of laptops), but it should be possible somehow...
You can always get a keyboard cover with 214 configuration or use stickers.

Language / Polish keyboard 214 is best [34]


Yeah, that's probably true. Most Poles however use the polish programmer's keyboard, so if you get used to 214, it will be hard for you to use a computer in Poland.


Actually, I think Dvorak Keyboard allows you to type even faster :)

Love / I treat my Polish colleague like I would treat my older sister, Confused [9]


I guess it depends on what do you mean by 'treating someone like family'.

Life / Imitating old peasant-type Polish dialects - polite? [11]


I think it might be seen that way. I wouldn't do that.