Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [71]


Both are understandable. In the first sentence there is an assumption that the complete sentence would be; Dziewczyna jest piękną....dziewczyną. This guess is acceptable.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]


I don't think so.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

Palestine won.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]


No, but he is non binary what that even means.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

However, Croatia was the best.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

A devilishly good performance from Ireland.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]


Sneakers, good shoes for the president.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

What has happened is that Germany today shares the ESC cover together with Austria and Switzerland. And this is on One, a TV station that no one watches anyway.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]


The song is in English.

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]


This has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Maybe he was just an ordinary spy and had prepared his escape.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

And I like the German song. I always listen to it on the radio on my way to work. But the studio version is definitely better than the live performance.

Travel / 5 days in Poland [19]


Yes, but in the 1980s it was not an economic necessity, after all, there were guest workers from Turkey and Yugoslavia in Germany. These visas were a fight against communism. Poles went west and then wanted changes at home.

Travel / 5 days in Poland [19]


I'll tell you a secret that it was the other way around.
But seriously, the West Germans themselves issued more than 1 million visas a year to Poles in the 1980s, and entry to West Berlin was possible without a visa.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

I see it bleakly, Germany survived World War II, the division, the Cold War, the defeat in football against France, but it will not survive this. What? Well, a kebab costs 10 Euro.

Travel / 5 days in Poland [19]


It reminds me a bit of 5-day trips to London. I don't remember why they had to be 5 days long, either because of the ferry or the 5-day visa. Anyway, I made such a trip from Poland to London in 1986. I saw all of London ( in 5 days ).

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


This word is certainly an Anglicanism but commonly used in Polish.

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


I buy round sponge cakes in the Czech Republic. Interestingly, sometimes they are of Polish production.


On our holidays in England, Mrs. Alien and I always went for tea for two and Eccles cakes. They were delicious. We didn't bring sweets back from our holidays on the islands.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]

I wonder who will win this year's ESC, Israel or Palestine? 🤔

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]

Most interestingly, in March 2023, a 19-year-old Polish woman was found on a beach in the Netherlands and she also died of natural causes. Sudden cardiac arrest?

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


Polish sponge cakes/biszkopty and biscuits/herbatniki are very good.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]


I admit that you are absolutely right... but why are you writing about it in the thread about Eurovision?

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [586]


So it's good that I didn't see it.

Polonia / Serbia`s free trade agreament with China, great chance for Polish business [31]


You know that if Serbia joins the EU, it will have to break the bilateral agreement with China.

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


With cherry marmalade, I hope.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Of course, in Canada, the Czech Republic, Russia. e.t.c.

History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [317]


He will certainly do his job well.😀

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]


I don't know if this is entirely true. There are nations that are more enterprising.

News / Homosexual lobby steps up infiltration in Poland [110]


They can also be beautiful girls whom men cannot satisfy. 👩👩‍🦰

History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [317]


I don't think so.

Off-Topic / Serbia etc. thread 3 [437]

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