Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


Not marked as such here:

dictionary.cambridge.org/pl/dictionary/english/sic-on

More info on it:

youtube.com/watch?v=iZldPl6q8CE

As a command for dogs I've only ever heard 'sic 'em' regardless of the number or sex of the target (and tbh I've only heard it used seriously in tv/movies, in real life I've only ever heard it as a joke)

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


Never heard this used by itself.... it's usually "sic 'em!"

Maybe "Atak!"

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [812]


German politicians need to stop laughing at him.... he was completely right in 2018 and Germany was wrong.

And yet...

politico.eu/article/donald-trump-germany-foreign-ministry-berlin/

Language / Help with female clergy titles or forms of address in polish? [54]


I think it's the idea that 'all women are uuhores...

Travel / Videos of Travelling Throughout Poland [30]


That you have a weird obsession with forum members and try to track and spy on them.... yeah I knew that. Have a little dignity and stop.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [812]


I don't think officially and political discussion goes on uninterrupted through the voting. The big problem comes though from the time zones and networks wanting to call the entire election for one candidate as soon as possible.... in one election (1980?) the networks called the election for one candidate while the west coast still had several hours of voting left... many people didn't bother and felt cheated out of their votes....

I don't necessarily think political discussion should stop but I'm against revealing too much of the results before the west coast polls are closed (Alaska and Hawaii can fend for themselves).

Travel / Videos of Travelling Throughout Poland [30]


By who? Kraków doesn't sound anything like GAE 'cracker' (neither vowel is close at all).

Cracker ranks with 'Poless' as one of the worst linguistic creations by anyone on the forum....

Language / Help with female clergy titles or forms of address in polish? [54]


Since when do Catholics care about scripture? That's a protestant thing....

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]

Also

Heel! = Do nogi!

A female dog is suka (b1tch) diminutive suczka. A few decades ago it was only used about canines but under translation pressure from English the word is also now used about women the speaker doesn't like....


Or just Źle! (bad!)

News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [184]

It's fun watching a narcissist jump through fire hoops backwards to avoid admitting that they were wrong.

Normal people: Okay, I was wrong, thanks for the correction.

Narcissist: Actually I was right because on page 238 of the Griderburg manual on line 27 (and on and on for hours).


Men who fantasize about punching nuns in the face.... seldom do anything positive with their lives.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


chodzić - by foot, no particular destination
iść - by foot with a destination

nb. some usage departs from that in set phrases but that's the basic distinction


Yes, it's called the imperative (tryb rozkazujący in Polish).

The second person singular familiar (that you would use with a dog) is made in various ways, they usually involve adding a -j to the final vowel of the stem or dropping the final vowel of the stem.

czytać: czyta- czytaj

pisać: pisze- pisz-

There are rules about which to use but at this stage just learn which with particular verbs.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]


Very good and very unique. Lots of very spicy meat/veg sauces eaten with a spongy kind of naleśnik (that is you use the naleśnik to pick up a bite and eat).

Some of the dishes are 'cooked' with acids from the spices rather than heat.

There's also a very nice honey liqueur called 'tej' (rhymes with fudge) and Ethiopian coffee is the best in the world imho.

Ethiopian music is (or was the last I knew) also very nice, very distinctive.


Mexico is like China or Italy, the cuisine is very regional. The US version is based on the extreme north (and US Southwest) which used to be Mexico.

Maybe you were in Monterrey? IIRC it's the simplest region, kind of meat and potatoes... I like central southern the best with things like chilaquiles and ceviche (fish 'cooked' in lemon juice).

News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]

Also, it was sad to hear about the death of Zającówna a gifted character actress who made lots of movies and tv series better.

News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]


No, it's a Polish cover of the Hank Williams song Jambalaya (and later covered by many different artists from different genres including rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival and the smooth pop duo the Carpenters).

I remember around 1980-81 an American news report about Poland and at one point they showed university students singing Jambalaya.... in impeccable British English... which was surreal. The song is not meant to be sung in the usual country music dialect but in a version of Cajun English (from Louisiana).

Here's a video of the original (with lyrics, which you can see are.... a little weird). Nb Jambalaya is a seafood rice dish from Louisiana.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


he's got a silly grudge against me for some reason (I can think of two don't know which is decisive) feel free to quote my posts so he will see them.. (or just quote me 'maf says 'X').
or don't.... whatever

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [187]


I agree with that. My first winter in Poland (after living in a place where winter was pretty mild and days weren't that much shorter or longer during the year) was pretty rough. I got used to the cold pretty quickly but I wasn't prepared for the dark. It took a few winters before I adapted to that. For a time a local greenhouse garden open to the public was very helpful in december through february...

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Exactly, X nie dorasta do pięt Y means that X is significantly inferior to Y in some respect..... I've heard it used in academic circles....

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]



More like 'to be significantly worse than'... but the expression is 'nie dorastać do pięt' which literally is more like to not reach smn's heels....

pięta is heel (of the foot, not of a shoe)

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [980]

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Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [187]

This year before the first day of class I had internalized the idea that my schedule was the same as last year. Then I doubled checked in the morning and either I had misread the first schedule or my first class had been moved forward and was about to begin in a few minutes.... I raced out the door calling the office on the way to let them know I was delayed but was on my way fortunately the streetcar showed up just as I was reaching the stop and everything else went smoothly... missed just about 20 minutes of that class....

Travel / Looking for a new long-term stay in Poland [18]


Has it caught up with the rest of Poland I remember when going there felt like going back in time 3-4 years....

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


How many people win lawsuits over wrongful dismissal due to speed limits?

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


But the health directives were wrong....

x.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1849591730452025461

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


well fava comes from Italian.... I think fava was used some in America (esp Italian Americans) but not a common name, I had no idea what fava beans were when Silence of the Lambs came out and though I did know broad beans I didn't connect the two

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


I think most Americans only know 'fava bean' from Hannibal Lecter... I'd always called them broad beans. I'd never had them fresh though before Poland... In the US I had only had snacks, some from Peru where they just throw it into a fire (very hard, tooth hazard) and Chinese (where they deep fry the total crap out of them).

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


aka fava bean or broad bean...

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Where I'm from (a supplier of places that eat them) apparently they used scissors.... there was a newspaper story on those in the local frog industry that caused a bit of an uproar....

Several months ago, at a dinner I had been invited to by several Chinese people, I tried one of the dishes and the eyes of those sitting next to me lit up..."Do you know what that is?" they asked, clearly delighted..... "Frogs"

It was... okay.... the Chinese there said the dishes very very authentic and I didn't recognize most of them (conceptually the weirdest were flat noodles that looked like tagliatelle but made of tofu....). Mostly there were bowls with solids suspended in sauce, the chinese plucked out the solids and mostly ignored the sauces.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]


Not only that.... russians tend to be bunglers and usually leave fingerprints all over the place... it would be screamingly obvious if they had been involved.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]


What I've always said is that it is something russians would do if they wanted and had the chance but.... there's no real evidence that they were involved (while AM's dodgy connections to russia have long been known, same as Morawiecki's dad....).

The unfortunate accident was weaponized by PiS.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


Or work.... and be able to afford rent and food.....

It was coercion, quite shamelessly so and the inability of people to recognize that is concerning.