Feniks
16 Mar 2025
Feniks
16 Mar 2025
Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [40]
I don't think dill is far behind it.
Even dogs like it.....
Poland must be the world capital of marjoram.
I don't think dill is far behind it.
Even dogs like it.....
Feniks
16 Mar 2025
Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]
Me too. Horseradish sauce in the UK is way too creamy, I prefer Polish plus it is stronger tasting too.
Are you thinking of devilled eggs?
I like horseradish in Poland but nowhere else
Me too. Horseradish sauce in the UK is way too creamy, I prefer Polish plus it is stronger tasting too.
We have/had something very similar in the U.K. in roughly the same period
Are you thinking of devilled eggs?
Feniks
15 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
I always abbreviate it too. I only gave the full version for anyone that might be unaware of it.
but lots of people abbreviate it and it's slightly harder to use the abbreviated version, l
I always abbreviate it too. I only gave the full version for anyone that might be unaware of it.
Feniks
15 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
I've read this definition and also to be living in cloud cuckoo land/under a rock/on a different planet. That's if I have the correct idiom, Urwać się z choinki?
To be born yesterday.
I've read this definition and also to be living in cloud cuckoo land/under a rock/on a different planet. That's if I have the correct idiom, Urwać się z choinki?
Feniks
15 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
Don't count your chickens.
You shouldn't rely on the outcome of something until it's actually happened. The full idiom is " Don't count your chickens before they hatch".
Nie licz swoich kurczaków
Don't count your chickens.
You shouldn't rely on the outcome of something until it's actually happened. The full idiom is " Don't count your chickens before they hatch".
Feniks
14 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
If I remember rightly it's part of a song although I haven't heard it for years.
This one I find hard:
Czy rak trzyma w szczypcach strzęp szczawiu czy trzy części trzciny
I'm not a pheasant plucker,
If I remember rightly it's part of a song although I haven't heard it for years.
This one I find hard:
Czy rak trzyma w szczypcach strzęp szczawiu czy trzy części trzciny
Feniks
13 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [840]
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Feniks
13 Mar 2025
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [840]
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Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [675]
He also claimed that you were the owner of the forum so should we believe him about that too?
Johhny claims it and I believe him
He also claimed that you were the owner of the forum so should we believe him about that too?
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [675]
Don't presume about things which aren't true:-
Don`t presume about things which aren`t riddles.
Don't presume about things which aren't true:-
as a mod
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [675]
I'm not a mod and if you can't see his posts then I presumed it was because you had blocked him which all PF members have the option to do.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
I'm not psychic.
as a mod you shouldn`t reveal the insider information about posters because it is unethical.
I'm not a mod and if you can't see his posts then I presumed it was because you had blocked him which all PF members have the option to do.
you are wasting your and our time babbling about "riddles" which weren`t asked.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
you would have known that I put nothing on that plate cos it wasn`t mine. Mine are white and blue.
I'm not psychic.
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
Yep. If you don't use it you lose it. Many students once they've left school, unless they're working in the tourism sector maybe, or studying at University to teach English, might hardly ever encounter English speakers on a regular basis.
I spent a year working in France many moons ago and was fluent but now I would definitely struggle in conversation. Last time I was in France I picked up a newspaper and was happy to find I could still read French pretty well :)
That's interesting. Nice to think my French might be lying dormant somewhere.
Might be due to variations in dialect or the speed with which people speak. Not everyone speaks clearly and depending where some people are from, I have a job to understand them!
end up having no practical reason to use it in their daily lives and it atrophies.
Yep. If you don't use it you lose it. Many students once they've left school, unless they're working in the tourism sector maybe, or studying at University to teach English, might hardly ever encounter English speakers on a regular basis.
I spent a year working in France many moons ago and was fluent but now I would definitely struggle in conversation. Last time I was in France I picked up a newspaper and was happy to find I could still read French pretty well :)
it got a lot better after a couple of meetings as the knowledge wasn't gone, just dormant and needed to be wakened.
That's interesting. Nice to think my French might be lying dormant somewhere.
when I came to UK I had problems understanding people.
Might be due to variations in dialect or the speed with which people speak. Not everyone speaks clearly and depending where some people are from, I have a job to understand them!
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
I'm not surprised. I think Pawian overestimates how widely English is spoken in Poland. And how well it's spoken. Those under 25 will know some but when I go to Poland I inevitably end up speaking Polish as even talking to younger Poles in English often results in blank stares.
Exactly.
Most people I know don't speak English.
I'm not surprised. I think Pawian overestimates how widely English is spoken in Poland. And how well it's spoken. Those under 25 will know some but when I go to Poland I inevitably end up speaking Polish as even talking to younger Poles in English often results in blank stares.
outcomes in school language acquisition are not always what you'd hope for.
Exactly.
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [675]
You have blocked his posts.
Could be anything as you tend to put weird things together.
If I had to guess it would be beetroot, ogórki, bread, sausage, tomatoes, surówka or possibly eggs.
Maf, my computer still blocks your posts.
You have blocked his posts.
What ingredients did the consumed dish contain?
Could be anything as you tend to put weird things together.
If I had to guess it would be beetroot, ogórki, bread, sausage, tomatoes, surówka or possibly eggs.
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
That's ridiculous.
None of my Polish friends are elderly. Most are in their mid forties and learned Russian or German at school. In the early to mid nineties, English language wasn't widely taught, at least outside big cities. The children of my friends were taught English in Poland which helped when they came to the UK.
Only if they are elderly can they be excused from not knowing English. :):):)
That's ridiculous.
None of my Polish friends are elderly. Most are in their mid forties and learned Russian or German at school. In the early to mid nineties, English language wasn't widely taught, at least outside big cities. The children of my friends were taught English in Poland which helped when they came to the UK.
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
I really don't know where you're going with this. In the PRL Poles had to figure out solutions to problems or they would have had nothing. A sort of survival mechanism if you like. Although I also think it's a way of life and part of Polish culture. What I've said doesn't really cover why though.
Why this specific word kombinować developed such a meaning?
I really don't know where you're going with this. In the PRL Poles had to figure out solutions to problems or they would have had nothing. A sort of survival mechanism if you like. Although I also think it's a way of life and part of Polish culture. What I've said doesn't really cover why though.
Feniks
10 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
Acquiring a lot of money?
Acquiring a lot of money?
Feniks
9 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
Thanks maf, now I know where's he's coming from. I've heard examples of this many times before especially , as you say, under communism. It's a way of beating the system.
Scheming possibly.
kombinować is _very_ expressive and has no good equivalent in English*. It implies a mix of guile, improvization and get things done in a not entirely legal or ethical way.
Thanks maf, now I know where's he's coming from. I've heard examples of this many times before especially , as you say, under communism. It's a way of beating the system.
maybe the UK has something
Scheming possibly.
Feniks
9 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
It can be translated in many ways depending on what one wants to say. Don't know the slang meaning. Anything to do with unity?
direct Polish translation of combine in slang/colloqiual meaning.
It can be translated in many ways depending on what one wants to say. Don't know the slang meaning. Anything to do with unity?
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
Because I was talking about the end result. She was removed from the village. Never really thought about it to be honest.
Thanks for the explanation.
I really don't have much idea about this one...
Why are you using Past Simple when talking about the plot??? V
Because I was talking about the end result. She was removed from the village. Never really thought about it to be honest.
Used in communist times by furious workers who dealt with their good for nothing bosses nominated by the communist party.
Thanks for the explanation.
They combined with
I really don't have much idea about this one...
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
On a cart.
How???
On a cart.
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
OK, she was ejected from the village and subjected to humiliation from the villagers. The origins lie in humiliation or am I barking up the wrong tree?
The fate that Jagna meets in the novel/film adaptation is is the herald of wheelbarrow drive. :):):)
OK, she was ejected from the village and subjected to humiliation from the villagers. The origins lie in humiliation or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
No idea I'm afraid.
Connected? Linked together?
origin of the wheelbarrow idiom.
No idea I'm afraid.
They combined with
Connected? Linked together?
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
Haha. I've never heard that substitution from Poles but then most of the Poles I know didn't learn English until they came to the UK or they'd had a crash course prior to coming here.
That substitution is sometimes used by English people, due to laziness I think.
This is true. Forgot about that.
they had free bikes on offer in the Red Market Square in Moscow while in fact it was 3 only.
Haha. I've never heard that substitution from Poles but then most of the Poles I know didn't learn English until they came to the UK or they'd had a crash course prior to coming here.
That substitution is sometimes used by English people, due to laziness I think.
It does. When used by Scots.
This is true. Forgot about that.
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Life / Polish Music. [289]
I really like this tune:
L.U.C. & Rebel Babel Film Orchestra ft. Kayah, Laboratorium Pieśni - Jesień - Tańcuj - Chłopi
and this
Kwiat Jabłoni ft. Ralph Kaminski - "Wodymidaj"
I really like this tune:
L.U.C. & Rebel Babel Film Orchestra ft. Kayah, Laboratorium Pieśni - Jesień - Tańcuj - Chłopi
and this
Kwiat Jabłoni ft. Ralph Kaminski - "Wodymidaj"
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
Not everyone can. I have never forgotten my Polish friend telling me that her daughter came in turd place for a race in her school sports day.........
My problem when I first started learning Polish was rolling the letter 'r'. That sound doesn't exist in English language just as 'th' doesn't in Polish. Took me a long time to learn how to do it. Found it easier to roll the 'r' if it was in the middle of a word rather than at the start. 'Kurwa' often became part of my vocabulary ;)
I mastered the pronunciation of it
Not everyone can. I have never forgotten my Polish friend telling me that her daughter came in turd place for a race in her school sports day.........
My problem when I first started learning Polish was rolling the letter 'r'. That sound doesn't exist in English language just as 'th' doesn't in Polish. Took me a long time to learn how to do it. Found it easier to roll the 'r' if it was in the middle of a word rather than at the start. 'Kurwa' often became part of my vocabulary ;)
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Life / Don't Forget: Tomorrow, March 8 is Women's Day in Poland! [140]
Thank you! :)
Happy Women`s Day to all women of the forum!
Thank you! :)
Feniks
8 Mar 2025
Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]
One of them has 'th' in, many Poles struggle to pronounce this letter combination.
Those twisters with swishing sounds are a piece of cake for obvious reasons.
One of them has 'th' in, many Poles struggle to pronounce this letter combination.
Feniks
7 Mar 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [629]
To expose someone to financial loss or large expenses?
To kick someone out of somewhere?
until he strikes you on your pockets!!
To expose someone to financial loss or large expenses?
to drive sb out on the wheelbarrow
To kick someone out of somewhere?