News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Poland is not blocking Ukrainian exports - the government is more than happy to provide transit for Ukrainian produce if it is not sold in Poland

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


it doesn't - it was just a way to attract your attention

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


this article in Polish is especially for pawian (it's from okopress but pawian probably doesn't even know what okopress stands for) -
oko.press/afera-wizowa-informacje-i-manipulacje-o-masowym-naplywie-migrantow-sprawdzamy-fakty-i-liczby

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


I read about Judith Polgar (a Hungarian female chess player) who won against top male players and was ranked 8th in the general chess world ranking

History / This anti-Ukrainian propaganda for no valid reasons must stop [70]

@dolnoslask

welcome back, dolnoslask - good to hear you are still among living :)

Law / Urgently need somewhere in Poland to stay - short-term government assistance? [17]


you probably haven't noticed but OP posted his questions in 2014 - mods please clean this unnecessary recent mess

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


I haven't followed the news very closely but from what I can gather the girl was granted an abortion a couple days later in Warsaw

History / Did Poles living in Germany support Hitler's rise to power before World War II? [135]


Silesians in Opole region, Masurians in East Prussia were not foreing implants - their ancestors lived in their respective areas for centuries and they retained their language (one can argue if it was actually Polish in case of Silesians) in spite of the pressure for germanization since at least the middle of 18th century

Life / Gas / Benzyna prices in Poland [29]


I read an article about it just now and it never said 'should have' there, just 'can have' and as far as I know production of fuel grade ethanol is more expensive than buying crude oil from overseas (at the moment)

Language / When do I use certain characters? [33]


only it isn't? I say "potrzebuję komputera" (genetive) and not "potrzebuję komputer" (like "widzę komputer" with computer in accusative) (komputer is countable as opposed to "czas" or "spokój")

co chcesz is ungrammatical coloquialism, that's all

Life / Gas / Benzyna prices in Poland [29]


in other words you don't know what you are talking about: Polska Presse was bought by Orlen like 2 years ago (not that it made a lot of sense from economic point of view)

also the PiS government is keen on buying back companies PO and company sold (bank Pekao, PKP Energetyka come to mind)

Language / When do I use certain characters? [33]


"sukienkę" is the same as "torebkę" - it's accusative - which doesen't make sense since you would probably agree that "czasu" as in "potrzebuję czasu" is not accusative but genetive - which doestn't make sense unless you insist on a new case for Polish nouns that sometimes looks like the accusative and sometimes as genetive

Life / Gas / Benzyna prices in Poland [29]

the thing is we don't know what E10 and Super are - we are used to octane numbering here in Poland (for example 95 and 98 are 95 and 98 octane gasoline) -

the 98 octane gas costs less than 7 pln at most stations - and 95 is cheaper (the more octanes the better)

News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]


if they didn't support the Soviet Union, Hitler might as well have won the war

Language / When do I use certain characters? [33]


it doesn't make sense from the grammatical point of view (unless you want a new case in declination of Polish nouns : if you say: "potrzebuję torebkę" then according to Polish grammar you should also say "potrzebuję czas" instead of "potrzebuję czasu" - which I doubt you do)

Language / When do I use certain characters? [33]


when I was a kid hardly anybody was saying "potrzebuję torebkę" (instead of "torebki")

Language / When do I use certain characters? [33]


in other words Duolingo is sh** at teaching people Polish - also: unless a learner of Polish is living or going to live in Poland learning the language is pretty useless

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


the thing is noone of any significance in Poland is calling for ANY land grabs - and the Polish military buildup is caused by the Russian neighbourhood nothing else

History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]


a couple of Polish warships played a part in artillery support of the landing British and Canadian troops (look up Polish wikipedia on the subject)

Law / Polish Graduate Working in Poland with GERMAN VISA? [27]


I don't think so (never heard about it)- I met a couple of immigrants without a trace of Polish language knowledge (apart from 'dobry' which stood for 'dzień dobry' ;) )

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


I confirm, you have to reapply each year

Food / Polish dishes with foreign origin in the name [99]


ryba po grecku - nom nom :)

Law / Climate change/environmental businesses or NGOs in Poland [66]

I don't remember any details now but I read years ago that photosyntesis in plants significantly increases with the increase of CO2 content in the atmosphere - go figure

edit: newscientist.com/article/2309890-photosynthesis-rates-are-increasing-globally-due-to-rising-co2-levels/

Real Estate / Polish landlord - Walks into my apartment without asking or when i am not at home and wants half rent in cash. [36]


that needs some clarification - Poles are not regarded as people who keep solidarity with their countrymen by the outsiders (but also by many Poles themselves) - and that's in spite of the famous Polish independent trade union name suggests)

Real Estate / Polish landlord - Walks into my apartment without asking or when i am not at home and wants half rent in cash. [36]


to avoid paying some taxes - that's obvious (most Polish landlords never paid any taxes on their incomes from real estate in the past -not sure about now)

as to why landlords in Poland feel free to enter the premises they believe they own: it's a cultural thing and they are definitely not unusual in that respect

Real Estate / Polish landlord - Walks into my apartment without asking or when i am not at home and wants half rent in cash. [36]


that's nonsense, Lyzko - to the point that the opposite is almost proverbial in several Western countries

Genealogy / SKI...SKY...ZKI...Polish surname endings [38]

most of Polish surnames ending in -ski, -cki and -dzki are derived from place names - Molędzki probably means 'of (or 'from') Molędy (or perhaps Molęda) - there is a village called Molendy (previously Molędy) in southern Masovia (Masovia is the region where Warsaw lies)

Genealogy / Help Translating 1880s Marriage Bann (Chicago - Polish) [24]

Roscibórz (or Rościbórz) is not Racibórz - it's Racibórz which is in Upper Silesia - I haven't found any Ros(/ś)cibórz to be honest but this what the written documents seem to indicate

Genealogy / Help Translating 1880s Marriage Bann (Chicago - Polish) [24]

@Lenka

Franiczek Goliński was born in Pelplin ('urodzony w Pelplinie') - the only Pelplin I know is near Gdańsk - Antonina Dudzik seems to be born in a place called Roscibórz (although my quick Google search hasn't found any such place)

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]


an LPG central heating furnace plus the gas tank cost more than 15 000 PLN now (on top of the cost of radiators, pipes and the installators' fee that typically costs another 10 000 PLN)

we spent about 10 000 PLN for the whole thing (coal furnace and the whole installation plus the fees) back in the day - additionally LPG heating to the same temperatures cost about 50 per cent more than coal heating back then


I can't answer for all Poles - I personally never mocked Russia for this

also I don't think you understand the difference between LPG (liquid petrol cas - which is mostly a mixture of propane and butane and comes from oil fields degassing) and natural gas (which is mostly methane) - LPG was never distributed through gas grids in Poland and is significantly more expensive than natural gas (if you want an LPG central heating you need to invest in a tank - we didn't have neither money nor space for LPG installation (vide: the tank)