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	Polish and other slavic language differences 2 60 - Thanks, NoToForeigners.... Languageclifborder4fm - 2 Jun 2010 / Lyzko - 7 Dec 2019
	Interslavic artificial language 2 35 - Nearly all languages have at least some foreign borrowing, Ratko, even Icelandic! :-)... LanguageNoToForeigners - 26 Nov 2019 / Lyzko - 7 Dec 2019
	Unknown language of old prayer from grandparents - they spoke a mixture of Polish, Slovak & Hungarian 15 - I don't think I can make such assumptions based only on a prayer said by an American descendant of... Languagebadtranslator - 26 Nov 2019 / kaprys - 3 Dec 2019
	Old Polish Vs New Polish 29 - Glad to have been of service. How would one translate the above phrase though which looks to me like... LanguagePatrycja19 - 27 Dec 2008 / Lyzko - 25 Nov 2019
	Why don't you always pronounce the last ę as "eom" 4 - Very possibly, Maf, you're probably right. I should add, of course, that the "a"-sound with "kreska" in any... LanguageH2N2 - 17 Nov 2019 / Lyzko - 18 Nov 2019
	What are więcej przykładów of the Locative case - other examples in the Polish language 4 - @Skyman, Contrary to gumishu, Polish isn't useless at all, only, it is something which requires ever so serious,... LanguageSkyman - 2 Nov 2019 / Lyzko - 2 Nov 2019
	Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English 2 40 - Admittedly, he surely had an editor, a native Englishman most likely:-) Yes, kaprys is right. At least this woman... Languagekie - 30 Oct 2011 / Lyzko - 31 Oct 2019
	What language is this? Kashubian or Silesian? 2 37 - There was beautiful rapport on Serbian TV about Kashubs, native Europeans. It was about Kashubian past, present and future.... LanguageBartkowiak - 13 Aug 2016 / Crow - 30 Oct 2019
	Having difficulties to speak in Polish... how to improve my speaking? 19 - Here is another one: You need Bogusław Linda putting a gun to your head and telling you to... LanguagePioneergirl - 21 Apr 2011 / pawian - 28 Oct 2019
	Can I learn Polish? I have a lisp disorder. 6 - I've always said jokingly that Yiddish sounds a little like German damaged on deliveryLOL... LanguageSzczeszcz - 13 Jun 2018 / Lyzko - 16 Oct 2019
	Saying the YEARS in Polish WORDS 18 - Yes, Iron, Polish is difficult. But don`t give up and we promise to help you whenever you are at... Languagejunogemini - 4 Mar 2013 / pawian - 13 Oct 2019
	Is it too late for me to learn Polish..? 2 3 65 - In answer to the original thread post, NIGDY!! It's never to late to start, but it's always too early... LanguageFreedom - 9 May 2007 / Lyzko - 13 Oct 2019
	Etymology of samochod and other related automotive words 12 - Bryka comes from a carriage and fura from a horse cart.... Languageclifborder4fm - 16 May 2010 / pawian - 12 Oct 2019
	Getting the wrong ending of a word - do Polish still understand? 25 - Herein the gentle pitfalls of knowing a foreign language, in your case English, without fully knowing the culture and... Languagevndunne - 7 Apr 2010 / Lyzko - 3 Oct 2019
	"zi" as "zee", "si" as "see" , "RZ" as R Z.. etc in Polish language 29 - Not something that gets said a lot.... For myself I think that it would be nice if... LanguageH2N - 11 Sep 2019 / mafketis - 14 Sep 2019
	English borrowings in Polish 2 38 - You got me that time.... LanguageGuest - 11 Dec 2005 / Lyzko - 28 Aug 2019
	men.male - Polish pronunciation? 8 - Samiec. [ sʌmjets] How simple.... Languagechaza - 1 Mar 2010 / pawian - 27 Aug 2019
	Sticklers for grammar? 17 - haha OK.... LanguageJS08K - 15 Jan 2010 / pawian - 27 Aug 2019
	'MOZNA' - When is this used? 27 - Mozna functions like trzeba in it's impersonal usage, doesn't it? I'm thinking of the stock phrase "Zreszta nie trzeba!"... Languagevndunne - 21 Oct 2009 / Lyzko - 24 Aug 2019
	So why did you give up learning Polish? 2 3 4 105 - Certainly, Poles would strenuously object to being "Teutonicized":-) "Zwis meski"??? I love it!!:-)... Languagejames2 - 11 Jul 2010 / Lyzko - 24 Aug 2019
	WHY THE HELL CANT I LEARN POLISH?? 2 3 64 - I happen to concur with the first part of your statement at any rate:-)... LanguageRaj_ryder - 2 Dec 2009 / Lyzko - 21 Aug 2019
	Spelling of a Polish name? 2 38 - See my private mail on this point. We do agree on that, at least:-) Coincidence is usually difficult... Languagekelvin 101 - 1 Jan 2017 / Lyzko - 18 Aug 2019
	Are there "Spelling Bee" competitions in Poland? (ie. Polish version of USA's "Scripps National Spelling Bee") 16 - However I've yet to encounter any Polish "palatals" quite so palatalized as in, for example Russian.... LanguageNienazwane - 8 Aug 2019 / Lyzko - 10 Aug 2019
	Please help with the translation in Polish of a set of English sentences 3 - gumishu, Thank you very much for all this! I'll keep close as a reference, and we will see... LanguageCharlie Wengain - 5 Aug 2019 / Charlie Wengain - 5 Aug 2019
	How Polish sounds to other Slavs 2 32 - "Wordy" perhaps, because Polish too doesn't believe in excessive compounding as does, for instance, German! Some monstrosity bent on... LanguageBobko - 10 May 2017 / Lyzko - 19 Jul 2019
	How many words does it take to be fluent in (the Polish) language? 21 - Exactly! Although, Zlatko, be careful of many words in related languages which might appear to look the same... LanguageForest625 - 13 Feb 2015 / Lyzko - 10 Jul 2019
	Myśląc "Polska" - Does new PiS motto.... really mean anything? 20 - There is no such language as "American". You speak English.Yes, there are a few subtle differences, but they... Languagemafketis - 8 Jul 2019 / Miloslaw - 8 Jul 2019
	Looking for meaning of a phrase ("Yatz Gatz Spetagamie") 2 47 - Hey, I also believe in giving credit where credit is due:-) No thanks necessary, although I appreciate all the... LanguageJJKK - 24 Jun 2019 / Lyzko - 2 Jul 2019
	Addressing a follow up email to an embassy of the Republic of Poland 3 - @Tlum Thanks, and you are right zapytać does make more sense here than potwierdzić.... LanguagePolakNieMaly - 1 Jul 2019 / PolakNieMaly - 1 Jul 2019
	"Pan" or "Ty" - how people address each other in Poland? 2 55 - So I exaggerated the brevity of my stay. Fact is, I already had studied Polish for at least four... LanguageKazikowski - 9 Feb 2012 / Lyzko - 16 Jun 2019
	Pronunciation question: ę at the end of a sentence 5 - In rapid speech, I've only very rarely heard the final "e-sound" distinctly pronounced, except actually for my Polish teacher... Languagemhurwicz - 10 Jun 2019 / Lyzko - 10 Jun 2019
	The rule determining pronunciation of " sprawdź " in the Polish language 3 - Palatalization in Polish can indeed be challenging, as that final "z + mnaki znak" almost seems to disappear if... Languagemhurwicz - 6 Jun 2019 / Lyzko - 6 Jun 2019
	The Slavic accents 4 - All such "labels" in the end are meaningless, Vlad! Any manner of speaking is subject to purely subjective... LanguageVlad1234 - 20 May 2019 / Lyzko - 20 May 2019
	If nominative singular noun ends in "-(not -c-) + ha", is dative & locative singular ending still "-sze"? 16 - (Partial translations below...I did my best LOL): sjp.pwn.pl/poradnia/haslo/;11744 Question: "Form of noun 'wataha' in locative case as 'watadze'... LanguageLri - 13 May 2019 / Lri - 14 May 2019
	What "YOU" is the correct one? Polish language question. 2 50 - We as well. To be continued:-)... LanguageNightshadow - 6 May 2019 / Lyzko - 9 May 2019
	Polish-American Grandma used to say this word! 18 - google.com/amp/s/slask.onet.pl/starki-i-starziki-felieton-marka-szoltyska-po-slasku/xce89.amp Have a look at it.... Languageerinegront - 26 Apr 2019 / kaprys - 26 Apr 2019
	What do foreigners find the hardest part of Polish? 2 3 63 - So long as you don't desire to discourage others such as Lori from learning, enjoying, and using her new-found... LanguageLyzko - 15 Apr 2019 / Lyzko - 18 Apr 2019
	Etymology of Paragon 4 - What makes you think that?... LanguageAnotherPeter - 12 Apr 2019 / jon357 - 15 Apr 2019
	The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) 2 3 4 5 6 7 203 - "Cwiczenie czyni mistrza!", literally "Exercise does/makes master", which sounds odd in English to say the least:-)... LanguagePolonius3 - 16 May 2011 / Lyzko - 25 Mar 2019
	Why is Polish such an ugly language? 22 - Such is part of what makes Polish Polish!! How unbearably boring this planet if all languages sounded alike, were... LanguageCharmouche - 26 Jan 2018 / Lyzko - 11 Mar 2019
	"Pan Tadeusz" - difficult English translations? 10 - Probably somewhere in the middle, pawian:-)... Languagepasssivus - 6 Mar 2019 / Lyzko - 10 Mar 2019
	What do you like in Polish language? 2 3 70 - Gosh, thanks so much kaprys! Guess, I must have heard a much older dialect speaker then:-) The Polish... Languagezetigrek - 13 Aug 2010 / Lyzko - 6 Mar 2019
	Site I've been using to learn Polish--what do you people think? 18 - Guided movie watching with easily deletable closed captions in Polish instead of English (or whatever the learner's native language)... LanguagePlusa10 - 8 Jul 2010 / Lyzko - 5 Mar 2019
	Meaning of zrewanżować in this context 4 - @Nathans Thank you! So the sense would be, "I read your illegible letters, but you don't seem to want... Languagemhurwicz - 2 Mar 2019 / mhurwicz - 2 Mar 2019
	Advice needed for learning Polish Language 2 41 - Preferrably a native speaker who is willing to teach one what they WANT, not merely what the teacher thinks... LanguageSzalawa - 13 Apr 2014 / Lyzko - 20 Feb 2019
	Ukrainian language similar to Polish? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 236 - I don't deny there are many borrowings, but I think many words which sound similar can be a... Languagenobody - 9 Dec 2008 / Vlad1234 - 19 Feb 2019
	How many tenses and cases in Polish? 2 33 - Of course I can speak Polish. By that definition, your English is scarcely perfect, ergo, that makes my... LanguageKris85 - 28 Mar 2016 / Lyzko - 17 Feb 2019
	How to pronounce the Polish word "w" in sentences? 15 - I trend to pronounce "w" more or less like "f", particularly in rapid speech.... Languageraith09 - 23 May 2011 / Lyzko - 6 Feb 2019
	Trying to find an old Polish song 6 - thanks! I cant understand polish, but some of the words/versus that she sings really do coincide with the lyrics... Languagejoiceale - 25 Jan 2019 / joiceale - 27 Jan 2019
	Opinions on Google Translate for Polish 28 - Thanks for that, mhurwicz. Will ck it out ASAP!... Languagemhurwicz - 18 Dec 2018 / Lyzko - 20 Jan 2019
	Polish words that sound funny? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 224 - Now, I see the world through my Americanized eyes. That means I don't trust anybody and anything. I remember... Languagesimonfla - 27 Feb 2011 / Rich Mazur - 12 Jan 2019
	I will be "Druhna" in Poland and giving the speech in Polish - please help translate from English 3 - Dobry Wieczór! W pierwszej kolejności gratulacje dla Państwa Młodych oraz podziękowanie dla was wszystkich za przybycie aby świętować... LanguageLinelleJeziorska - 6 Jan 2019 / majkel - 11 Jan 2019
	I'm Moving from UK To Poland to learn Polish and live there 11 - Wish you luck, Simon! Learning the language, that is, the culture's half the battle. Hopefully, yours won't be an... LanguageSimon1 - 25 Jan 2017 / Lyzko - 5 Jan 2019
	Diminutive help? Wiktoria, Mikołaj, Elzbieta 9 - When I was an exchange student in Poland my first family should play affectionately with dimunatives so Ela would... Languagemarzanna - 17 Apr 2018 / Ela eluniu - 4 Jan 2019
	Intermediate / Advanced Learners of Polish. How do you improve your language? 14 - Nevertheless, learning a language as an adult by seeing, rather than merely hearing, what is being said, is an... Languagekie - 3 Feb 2012 / Lyzko - 2 Jan 2019
	Student register = indeks in Poland? 3 - Until a few years ago, an indeks was what Polish university students had instead of transcripts. There were no... Languagemhurwicz - 28 Dec 2018 / mafketis - 28 Dec 2018
	Adjective endings for Polish surnames - the role of the suffixes? 8 - All names are CATASTROPHIC. For instance: Hell; Dorin; Gazda; Satan... LanguageRudy5 - 7 Jun 2012 / Lexus The Killer - 28 Dec 2018
	Writing "to" and "from" on gifts in Polish. 2 41 - To Dad is "dla taty"?... LanguageThe Elves - 25 Dec 2017 / More Elves - 26 Dec 2018
	Meaning of "w tern" in Polish 27 - those look like tem's to me (the word search for those is visual not digital so rn and m... Languagemhurwicz - 16 Dec 2018 / mafketis - 19 Dec 2018
	Sense of "duchowego" 13 - As often the case, the English term is somewhat more limited than the Polish:-)... Languagemhurwicz - 16 Dec 2018 / Lyzko - 17 Dec 2018

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