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History / Polish Atlantis (pre-war Warsaw, Poland in pictures). [38]

Have you seen this one?

youtu.be/igv038Pqr34

Genealogy / Looking for a person living in Warsaw - any online phone book in Poland? [33]

Actually there were no regular phone books before rodo.
Ustawa o ochronie danych osobowych etc.

Language / Can I buy the Polish language certificate B1? [12]

@Cargo pants
But he could print some hearts and flowers on it.

News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]

@dolnoslask
I won't give you an exact name now as it is something I vaguely remember from school but one (British?) woman present at the site after the graves had been discovered pointed out the soldiers' clothes didn't really fit into the season they were supposed to have been killed by Germans.

But Soviets denied everything.
Imagine children of the victims being taught at schools that it hadn't been a Soviet crime. The families knew. .

Just a film but. ..

youtu.be/40odyHxnXNU

News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]

@Vesko Vukovic
So you put a quote by Piłsudski to make yourself more reliable.
It died work I'm afraid.
We know our past - Poles of Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox religions were killed by Soviets in Katyń and other places around.
Those who signed the orders were of different ethinicies - Russian, Armenian and Jewish if I remember well. Those who took the orders - I don't . Neither do you. Most probably regular soldiers in the Soviet army. I doubt there were no Russians among them.

@call1n
Polish Jews were also killed in Katyń.

Families of the victims were denied the truth for decades. So the least you can do is to stop bringing your anti-semitic propaganda and honour the victims.

Language / Can I buy the Polish language certificate B1? [12]

Why don't you just print it or something?

News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]

@Vesko Vukovic
Stop bringing your anti-semitism into the discussion.
It's such hatred that leads to wars and genocide.

Polish Jews were also among the victims.
Let them all, Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox or whatever else their religion was, rest in peace.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1428]

Just to make it clear cwikla is grated beetroots with horseradish but grated horseradish is also one of traditional Easter foods.
Both available and eaten all year round.

Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

@mafketis
He was born roughly 250 years ago so I haven't had a chance to ask :)

Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

Gniewomir could be Gniewcio :D

Yeah, we can come up with a diminutive for every name, I think.

And I found a Hiacynt in my family tree - got really confused but then I saw a record of him as Jacek as well.

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

@Ziemowit
As I said above it's a mistake. Though a lot of people make it.

Life / What is Poland going to be like in the 2050s? [72]

I don't know what Poland will be like in a year not to mention 30 years :)

Who would have thought of the present day situation a year ago?

Genealogy / Looking for a town in Germany-Poland (circa 1868-1882) Kronow [3]

There are several places called Kronowo
pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronowo

I guess all of them would have been in the Prussian partition.

Some records from one of these places are indexed here
geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=14wm&rid=2272&search_lastname=&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

@mafketis
You're into linguistics more than I am - you tell me :)
I don't know if you guys know Smolen and Laskowik but in one of their legendary comedy shows Smolen plays a role of a simple lady in a babushka who at some point says 'se zapomniałam' :)

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

@jon357
My godson also made the same mistake when learning to speak.
In a way poszłem may have resulted from hearing poszłam and just changing the ending to the masculine one but that's just a guess.

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

The same with Polish liczba and ilość - a lot of people confuse these two.
If the poster says poszłem instead of poszedłem, it's not a big deal as a lot of native speakers of Polish make the same mistake.

However, if he says poszłam then he may get a smirk or two.

I remember reading one of Mark Twain's novels in English and some characters 'used' 'incorrect' English -according to what I had been taught. But was it really incorrect?

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]

@Ajlfc1991
Both Ryszard and Jastrzebski are not uncommon names. What year was he born?

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

Perhaps your right but I would of thought they matter.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1428]

@pawian
I made them with sauerkraut and mushrooms.
Unless you don't even eat fried foods during the Lent.

Actually, the religious idea of not eating certain foods is not that bad healthwise, IMO.

Language / Poszłam or poszedłem [30]

Poszłam suggests a female did the action
Poszedłem - a male.

In colloquial speech (incorrect though) some say poszłem instead of poszedłem.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Mail carriers are happy to contribute to the elections according to this article
google.com/amp/s/aszdziennik.pl/amp/129161,zaszczyt-dla-listonoszy-zaryzykuja-zyciem-by-spelnic-marzenie-70-latka

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1428]

@pawian
Never heard of them before, tbh.
I need to try making them one day.
Still digesting krokiety :)

Language / Instrumental case in the Polish language. Am I understanding it right? [68]

And I forgot to post the link about batonik.
Anyway, it's jeść batonik, nie jeść batonika.

Language / Instrumental case in the Polish language. Am I understanding it right? [68]

@ForumUser
About 'batonik' :)

Piosenki rockowe sounds more natural than rockowe piosenki - I don't know the rule behind it, though.
Also: 'pieśni or arie operowe' rather than piosenki.

News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

Some mayors and presidents refused to organise elections in their towns.
It won't be safe for the voters and the people in the commisions. Especially that the latter have to attend some preparatory meetings.

Language / Instrumental case in the Polish language. Am I understanding it right? [68]

@ForumUser
Not necessarilly. It's not Łoszyngton :)

(Kaprys adding her random comment in a serious discussion. ..)

I guess most Poles think of English sh as an equivalent of Polish sz.

Language / Instrumental case in the Polish language. Am I understanding it right? [68]

Well, George Washington is Jerzy Waszyngton in Polish.

Language / Instrumental case in the Polish language. Am I understanding it right? [68]

@ForumUser
My previous post about 'sh' referred to your 'Marsże' ;)