gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]
it is all but secondary, my friend
it is all but secondary, my friend
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]
Gazeta.pl portal is fourth among big news portas in Poland after wp.pl , onet.pl and interia.pl - it has a good couple of million views less monthly than the three latter portals
and by far its most popular news portal...
Gazeta.pl portal is fourth among big news portas in Poland after wp.pl , onet.pl and interia.pl - it has a good couple of million views less monthly than the three latter portals
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
I don't think you are right - a native speaker has every right to say their English is better than that of a foreing learner - and no Lyzko is not a patronising individual - he is somewhat snobbish about langauge but I thinks this more or less comes naturally with greater elloquence
To even say that you are better than other person in something is already extremely low and rude, your low class is evident, did your parents teach you to be that low or did you learn this behaviour?
I don't think you are right - a native speaker has every right to say their English is better than that of a foreing learner - and no Lyzko is not a patronising individual - he is somewhat snobbish about langauge but I thinks this more or less comes naturally with greater elloquence
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]
yeah Gazeta Wyborcza's circulation is around 100 thousand daily - I wouldn't call it many in the scale of a 40 million country Newsweek is not better and it's weekly
yeah Gazeta Wyborcza's circulation is around 100 thousand daily - I wouldn't call it many in the scale of a 40 million country Newsweek is not better and it's weekly
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
interpreting constitution differently than the PO yes - but it is open to interpretation
which neighbours and how?
the state media were willing supporters of the previous government - their propaganda tube - I don't call it objective or even independent media
Attacking the constitution
interpreting constitution differently than the PO yes - but it is open to interpretation
antagonising the country's neighbours
which neighbours and how?
compromising the independence of state media.
the state media were willing supporters of the previous government - their propaganda tube - I don't call it objective or even independent media
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
they haven't done anything serious so far - maybe just sit and wait and don't judge beforehand
So far everything they have done has been a mess.
they haven't done anything serious so far - maybe just sit and wait and don't judge beforehand
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
and well I am always open for native speakers to correct me - but most here don't bother to :P
I for once haven't mastered English so far - perhaps I am on advanced level (I hold the CAE) but I'm very far from proficiency
and well I am always open for native speakers to correct me - but most here don't bother to :P
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
well the average Polish person's English is not very good Chemikiem and people really often overestimate their language abilities in English - what I believe is Lyzko falls into a trap of switching to Polish when he sees that communication in English is somehow not fluent or hampered but he doesn't notice that him trying to speak Polish is equally awkward to Polish ears as Poles trying to communicate in English with him (I think he overestimates his Polish proficiency as well) - having said that English is a strange beast - it seems easy because you can easily start to communicate in it but to speak it well demands a lot of learning and excercise - I for once haven't mastered English so far - perhaps I am on advanced level (I hold the CAE) but I'm very far from proficiency
well the average Polish person's English is not very good Chemikiem and people really often overestimate their language abilities in English - what I believe is Lyzko falls into a trap of switching to Polish when he sees that communication in English is somehow not fluent or hampered but he doesn't notice that him trying to speak Polish is equally awkward to Polish ears as Poles trying to communicate in English with him (I think he overestimates his Polish proficiency as well) - having said that English is a strange beast - it seems easy because you can easily start to communicate in it but to speak it well demands a lot of learning and excercise - I for once haven't mastered English so far - perhaps I am on advanced level (I hold the CAE) but I'm very far from proficiency
gumishu
30 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
as usual you only see one side of the coin - I assure you that PiS opponents use a very malicious and often primitive abuse forms on PiS, Jarosław Kaczyński and their supporters - and no this is nothing new it started with the anit-PiS media campaign in 2005
Even the crude way in which PiS supporters abuse the opposition is very reminiscent of how the PZPR did the same to their enemies.
as usual you only see one side of the coin - I assure you that PiS opponents use a very malicious and often primitive abuse forms on PiS, Jarosław Kaczyński and their supporters - and no this is nothing new it started with the anit-PiS media campaign in 2005
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
what a lovely choice of words jon - I congratulate you
natural wastage
what a lovely choice of words jon - I congratulate you
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
the rest mostly didn't care (almost 50 per cent) - what are you going to do about that?
What about the rest ?
the rest mostly didn't care (almost 50 per cent) - what are you going to do about that?
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
the turnout was over 50 per cent and was higher than in the parliamentary elections in 2011 - Polish parliamentary election turnout never crossed the 55 per cent threshold since 1989
name the lies of PiS in the campaing will you ? - or what do you mean by hysteria actually - care to elaborate?
They got in due to a low turnout with only 18% of voters falling for their lies and hysteria.
the turnout was over 50 per cent and was higher than in the parliamentary elections in 2011 - Polish parliamentary election turnout never crossed the 55 per cent threshold since 1989
name the lies of PiS in the campaing will you ? - or what do you mean by hysteria actually - care to elaborate?
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
are you aware that just throwing money into a system doesn't necesarilly make it better in the short run - you need structural changes and a long term policy - and you first need to recognize the many problems public education has and think about possible solutions - lastly the money the state is going to pay to parents can well end up being spent on education of the children just not in the public system
for the 17 billion or so that it's going to cost, we could have an amazing educational system.
are you aware that just throwing money into a system doesn't necesarilly make it better in the short run - you need structural changes and a long term policy - and you first need to recognize the many problems public education has and think about possible solutions - lastly the money the state is going to pay to parents can well end up being spent on education of the children just not in the public system
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
have you seen the scenes at the borders - why all policemen and border guards wear protectory masks? because they think it is funny?
.who states that refugees "bring diseases....."
have you seen the scenes at the borders - why all policemen and border guards wear protectory masks? because they think it is funny?
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
do you make up things as you go or do you repeat Gazeta Wyborcza's propaganda?
The fact that someone even thought that it was acceptable to take 20 million złoty from hospices to give to a priest is unbelievable.
do you make up things as you go or do you repeat Gazeta Wyborcza's propaganda?
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
no the 'je' in Podlasie is pronounced whit double j (jje) - presumably to avoid confusion
no the 'je' in Podlasie is pronounced whit double j (jje) - presumably to avoid confusion
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
chrząść indeed is not a word in Polish but 'chrzęść' is - it is singular second person imperative of 'chrzęścić' (to scrunch more or less)
chrząść
chrząść indeed is not a word in Polish but 'chrzęść' is - it is singular second person imperative of 'chrzęścić' (to scrunch more or less)
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]
the other one - sure the word laska existed in Polish for centuries before but the meaning of girlfriend then a girl in general then hot girl was borrowed from the Czech language in like late 70's or even 80's
Did you mean the word laska or its "hot chick" meaning
the other one - sure the word laska existed in Polish for centuries before but the meaning of girlfriend then a girl in general then hot girl was borrowed from the Czech language in like late 70's or even 80's
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]
which media - are PiS closing the likes of Gazeta Wyborcza, Newsweek or TVN - how do they actuallly stiffle them? care to elaborate?
you should be well aware of the severe criticism of the PiS regime for trying to stifle media that questions their economic programme and their attacks on the constitution
which media - are PiS closing the likes of Gazeta Wyborcza, Newsweek or TVN - how do they actuallly stiffle them? care to elaborate?
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
News / Poland -- 23rd most innovative country [8]
you seem to forget PO robbed the retirement funds to save the budget and still they planned huge deficit the next year (with minimal wefare)
you seem to forget PO robbed the retirement funds to save the budget and still they planned huge deficit the next year (with minimal wefare)
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
actually this may have been -śta but I am not sure now
I don't recall anything peculiar for the second person plural ending - I think it was -ście all the way.
actually this may have been -śta but I am not sure now
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
I don't recall anything peculiar for the second person plural ending - I think it was -ście all the way.
Was there anything similar in the second person plural?
I don't recall anything peculiar for the second person plural ending - I think it was -ście all the way.
gumishu
29 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
not only western Poland - my grandparents on the side of my mom were from Łomża region and they spoke a dialect similiar to the dialect of Kurpie and they used the pattern of robilim.
In western Poland there was an old -m plural as in robilim (instead of robiliśmy).
not only western Poland - my grandparents on the side of my mom were from Łomża region and they spoke a dialect similiar to the dialect of Kurpie and they used the pattern of robilim.
gumishu
28 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
well there were two more extinct past tenses in the Middle Ages in Polish (aorist and imperfectum) -but I am not sure when they were used as opposed to the complex past tense (the current past tense ja byłem is a complex past tense from historical point of view)they survived a bit longer in some dialects and are testified in some old surnames but not much else (some cases endings were different in the past as well)
well there were two more extinct past tenses in the Middle Ages in Polish (aorist and imperfectum) -but I am not sure when they were used as opposed to the complex past tense (the current past tense ja byłem is a complex past tense from historical point of view)they survived a bit longer in some dialects and are testified in some old surnames but not much else (some cases endings were different in the past as well)
gumishu
28 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
this was not a traditional alphabet - this is a list of fonts or letters which were ever used to represent the sounds of the Polish language - appart from the loss of long e(accented e) and the final equalization of long o (accented o = ó) with u and merging of the sounds h and ch with the inventory of sounds of Polish language haven't changed - just take a look at how many z forms are there in the list - these were all used to represent just the three sounds z, ż and ź at some point in time (before the crystalising of the standard)
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this was not a traditional alphabet - this is a list of fonts or letters which were ever used to represent the sounds of the Polish language - appart from the loss of long e(accented e) and the final equalization of long o (accented o = ó) with u and merging of the sounds h and ch with the inventory of sounds of Polish language haven't changed - just take a look at how many z forms are there in the list - these were all used to represent just the three sounds z, ż and ź at some point in time (before the crystalising of the standard)
gumishu
28 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
Polish ortography didn't change much since the time it was more or less firmly established (somewhere in the middle of 16th century) and before that time there was not so much material written or printed in Polish
Much harder than modern day Polish, an insane number of letters in the alphabet, and much harder grammar.
Polish ortography didn't change much since the time it was more or less firmly established (somewhere in the middle of 16th century) and before that time there was not so much material written or printed in Polish
gumishu
28 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
Czech one evolved just fine just as the Polish - the sort of rż pronounciation is an archaic feature and hardly anybody speaks that way normally in the Czech Republic
Czech stopped evolving at the rż stage, according to linguist Prof. Miodek.
Czech one evolved just fine just as the Polish - the sort of rż pronounciation is an archaic feature and hardly anybody speaks that way normally in the Czech Republic
gumishu
28 Jan 2016
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]
laska and the diminutive laseczka is a quite fresh borrowing from the Czech language - 'laska' in Czech means 'love' also a person one loves or has a crush on
at first 'laska' or 'moja laska' meant a girlfriend then it developed a meaning of girl in general and then 'hot girl'
'ale laseczki'
laska and the diminutive laseczka is a quite fresh borrowing from the Czech language - 'laska' in Czech means 'love' also a person one loves or has a crush on
at first 'laska' or 'moja laska' meant a girlfriend then it developed a meaning of girl in general and then 'hot girl'
gumishu
27 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
your Polish is not bad but it's far from fluency Lyzko
I find it far, far easier to communicate with Poles in Polish!
your Polish is not bad but it's far from fluency Lyzko