Lyzko
25 May 2022
Lyzko
25 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Cojestdocholery, the Church has nothing to do with science, but only with (outdated) ideology! The Good Book was the first attempt to explain the physical world to a bunch of ignorant illiterates who didn't understand what was going on around them.
Back to my evolution analogy, in the Bible, it is stated that the world was created in seven days. Yet, do we actually know how long "a day" was measured to be? How can we be sure?
Cojestdocholery, the Church has nothing to do with science, but only with (outdated) ideology! The Good Book was the first attempt to explain the physical world to a bunch of ignorant illiterates who didn't understand what was going on around them.
Back to my evolution analogy, in the Bible, it is stated that the world was created in seven days. Yet, do we actually know how long "a day" was measured to be? How can we be sure?
Lyzko
25 May 2022
Lyzko
25 May 2022
Lyzko
25 May 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
"Narabiac" off the top of my head without checking in my dictionary
means "to earn", I think.
Wonder if it's somehow a related verb w/"(z)robic". What with perfective vs.
imperfective verb stem changes ("f.ex. "mowic"/"mawiac" etc.), I often get confused as a foreigner still
perfecting his Polish:-)
"Narabiac" off the top of my head without checking in my dictionary
means "to earn", I think.
Wonder if it's somehow a related verb w/"(z)robic". What with perfective vs.
imperfective verb stem changes ("f.ex. "mowic"/"mawiac" etc.), I often get confused as a foreigner still
perfecting his Polish:-)
Lyzko
25 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Sad isn't it when emotional psychological game playing influences rational argumentation concerning the entire abortion issue.
How many times can one single person stand being shouted down as a "baby killer" when all they do is enter an abortion clinic? Is what just happened in Texas actually comparable with having an abortion??!
Come on, folks!
Sad isn't it when emotional psychological game playing influences rational argumentation concerning the entire abortion issue.
How many times can one single person stand being shouted down as a "baby killer" when all they do is enter an abortion clinic? Is what just happened in Texas actually comparable with having an abortion??!
Come on, folks!
Lyzko
25 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
No, it wasn't a joke, Rich!
Bad English usually seems "fine" when there's something in it for the American for whom a favor, pleasure aka money or sex will be exacted:-)
Our institute just welcomed a multi-mega-million Chinese tycoon into one of my Business English classes.
His English skills are as ****-poor as his business skills are impressive. Am I going to tell him his English stinks and risk LOTS OF MULLAH coming into our school??
When he apologized through an interpreter for his "poor English, I of course immediately chimed in that his English was "good" in order to ensure a steady stream of classes.
In point of fact, most foreigners on the average speak English badly. This is an honest assessment. Business though has rarely much to do with honesty and this nameless Chinaman's "poor" English promises to make all of us "rich.
Back to the topic at long last, I've found in my many years of teaching, Poles to be far more modest and willing to admit to lacking English than the Russians.
No, it wasn't a joke, Rich!
Bad English usually seems "fine" when there's something in it for the American for whom a favor, pleasure aka money or sex will be exacted:-)
Our institute just welcomed a multi-mega-million Chinese tycoon into one of my Business English classes.
His English skills are as ****-poor as his business skills are impressive. Am I going to tell him his English stinks and risk LOTS OF MULLAH coming into our school??
When he apologized through an interpreter for his "poor English, I of course immediately chimed in that his English was "good" in order to ensure a steady stream of classes.
In point of fact, most foreigners on the average speak English badly. This is an honest assessment. Business though has rarely much to do with honesty and this nameless Chinaman's "poor" English promises to make all of us "rich.
Back to the topic at long last, I've found in my many years of teaching, Poles to be far more modest and willing to admit to lacking English than the Russians.
Lyzko
25 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
BINGO!
BINGO!
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
I see A (one) house? Which house? THE house (That one) there on THE hill!
I see A (one) house? Which house? THE house (That one) there on THE hill!
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
I work in house. = I work full time, not free-lance! I work in THE house.= I work from [MY] home! He's [still] in office. = He's in politics. He's in THE office= He's still at work.
I work in house. = I work full time, not free-lance! I work in THE house.= I work from [MY] home! He's [still] in office. = He's in politics. He's in THE office= He's still at work.
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
The entire abortion question itself is such a conundrum, AntV!
When does "life" begin? What IS "life"? Saying it's the opposite of "death" is by definition a tautology which makes no sense.
The entire abortion question itself is such a conundrum, AntV!
When does "life" begin? What IS "life"? Saying it's the opposite of "death" is by definition a tautology which makes no sense.
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Lenka, what's the name of that once famous, much maligned, abortion doctor in Poland?
Lenka, what's the name of that once famous, much maligned, abortion doctor in Poland?
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
The choice to legally terminate a pregnancy before it becomes one!
Any sober scientist who hasn't been somehow paid off by Far Right groups or the NRA etc. knows that a fetus isn't yet a sentient being.
The choice to legally terminate a pregnancy before it becomes one!
Any sober scientist who hasn't been somehow paid off by Far Right groups or the NRA etc. knows that a fetus isn't yet a sentient being.
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
The issue isn't black or white, yellow or brown, green or yelllow, Richie!
The debate centers around the woman's right to choose regardless of color, as was the Scopes debate whether someone has the right to their own thoughts:-)
The issue isn't black or white, yellow or brown, green or yelllow, Richie!
The debate centers around the woman's right to choose regardless of color, as was the Scopes debate whether someone has the right to their own thoughts:-)
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
Women should nonetheless have a choice over their own bodies, Rich!
Schumer's right when he stated that anything other than freedom of PERSONAL choice is downright un-American.
The debate is not whether abortion is right or wrong, but whether it is the woman's choice.
Cf. this with the erstwhile debate almost one-hundred years ago, in 1924, when a court in Tennessee ruled that evolution couldn't be taught in US schools. The right to teach wasn't on trial, rather, as pointed out years later, the right to THINK.
Women should nonetheless have a choice over their own bodies, Rich!
Schumer's right when he stated that anything other than freedom of PERSONAL choice is downright un-American.
The debate is not whether abortion is right or wrong, but whether it is the woman's choice.
Cf. this with the erstwhile debate almost one-hundred years ago, in 1924, when a court in Tennessee ruled that evolution couldn't be taught in US schools. The right to teach wasn't on trial, rather, as pointed out years later, the right to THINK.
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
@Bobko,
I already know rudimentary Russian, problem is that were I to mail you privately (which I might well do), I'd only be able to type in phonetically aka Latin rather than in the original Cyrillic script, which for a native Russian speaker such as yourself is a royal pain the tooches LOL
Most Russians whom I've taught also struggle for years with the definite vs. indefinite article, not to mention with English "to be" vs. "to have", both essentially defective verbs in Russian, as they are sometimes known:-)
tarsape@gmail.com
@Bobko,
I already know rudimentary Russian, problem is that were I to mail you privately (which I might well do), I'd only be able to type in phonetically aka Latin rather than in the original Cyrillic script, which for a native Russian speaker such as yourself is a royal pain the tooches LOL
Most Russians whom I've taught also struggle for years with the definite vs. indefinite article, not to mention with English "to be" vs. "to have", both essentially defective verbs in Russian, as they are sometimes known:-)
tarsape@gmail.com
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
That's becoming more true nowadays, jon. Yet Duda, for instance, admires the US and was painted by our press as fairly hotsy-totsy with Trump:-)
That's becoming more true nowadays, jon. Yet Duda, for instance, admires the US and was painted by our press as fairly hotsy-totsy with Trump:-)
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
Exceptions abound, Bobkoshka.
As Russian has no "the" or "a" concept, of course it'll never become truly second nature, forget about learning correct American pronunciation!
All I meant was that the basic rules of standard English grammar are far more generally transparent for, say, Russian, German or certain other foreign native speakers than, for example Finnish, Hungarian or Italian would be for a monolingual Anglophone.On the other hand, we've been speaking exclusively about European native speakers up till now. The run-of-the-mill Chinaman, Korean or Japanese will find English next to impossible to master.
Exposure, dedication, and internal motivation are always sure fire elements in anybody's success in mastering a foreign language. The relation between any given language only tends to ease the process.
Exceptions abound, Bobkoshka.
As Russian has no "the" or "a" concept, of course it'll never become truly second nature, forget about learning correct American pronunciation!
All I meant was that the basic rules of standard English grammar are far more generally transparent for, say, Russian, German or certain other foreign native speakers than, for example Finnish, Hungarian or Italian would be for a monolingual Anglophone.On the other hand, we've been speaking exclusively about European native speakers up till now. The run-of-the-mill Chinaman, Korean or Japanese will find English next to impossible to master.
Exposure, dedication, and internal motivation are always sure fire elements in anybody's success in mastering a foreign language. The relation between any given language only tends to ease the process.
Lyzko
24 May 2022
Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [76]
Was recently teaching an ESL class and heard something so hilarious (if unintentional, I'm almost certain),
I nearly lost over thirty years of schoolroom cool and had to chortle a belly laugh:
Yours truly: In my spare time, ahhemm, in my free time, I enjoy painting in my studio But I must buy a new smock! Do you know what a "smock" is?
Katarzyna: Yesss, ai know it. Ai gave bad man smock in face.....
Thought I was going to lose it big time, I swear!!!
Was recently teaching an ESL class and heard something so hilarious (if unintentional, I'm almost certain),
I nearly lost over thirty years of schoolroom cool and had to chortle a belly laugh:
Yours truly: In my spare time, ahhemm, in my free time, I enjoy painting in my studio But I must buy a new smock! Do you know what a "smock" is?
Katarzyna: Yesss, ai know it. Ai gave bad man smock in face.....
Thought I was going to lose it big time, I swear!!!
Lyzko
24 May 2022
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]
It'll sure be interesting how abortion rights in Poland will play out if, heaven forbid, Roe v. Wade is somehow overturned. Poland, as with much of Europe, does tend to mimic the United States, if not in all respects such as privatized medicine or Social Security.
It'll sure be interesting how abortion rights in Poland will play out if, heaven forbid, Roe v. Wade is somehow overturned. Poland, as with much of Europe, does tend to mimic the United States, if not in all respects such as privatized medicine or Social Security.
Lyzko
21 May 2022
Lyzko
19 May 2022
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
Above all, I'd say, we're hopefully an OPEN forum, open to all who are willing, and if so, welcome!
Above all, I'd say, we're hopefully an OPEN forum, open to all who are willing, and if so, welcome!
Lyzko
18 May 2022
Classifieds / Looking for property to rent or accommodation in Gdansk [10]
@Atch, curious as to how accurate the behavior is of average countryside Poles as compared with the manner in which they are represented in the movie "Wesele" quite a few years back!
Just wondering whether that was a caricature or realistic.
@Atch, curious as to how accurate the behavior is of average countryside Poles as compared with the manner in which they are represented in the movie "Wesele" quite a few years back!
Just wondering whether that was a caricature or realistic.
Lyzko
17 May 2022
Travel / Photos from Poland [258]
Stauffenberg, Hans & Sophie Scholl, Alfred Delp, Prof. Kurt Huber along with all those who gave their lives for truth and freedom were bona fide heroes whose memory deserves to be enshrined in all our hearts!
Many, if few in the total picture out of the entire German population, did resist Hitler and showed that there were good Germans who refused to merely troop along by following the party line.
Stauffenberg, Hans & Sophie Scholl, Alfred Delp, Prof. Kurt Huber along with all those who gave their lives for truth and freedom were bona fide heroes whose memory deserves to be enshrined in all our hearts!
Many, if few in the total picture out of the entire German population, did resist Hitler and showed that there were good Germans who refused to merely troop along by following the party line.
Lyzko
16 May 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
I chalk it up to British vs. American, jon. In the States, no significant difference there.
I chalk it up to British vs. American, jon. In the States, no significant difference there.
Lyzko
16 May 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
Exactly, much as in English. Lexically, "Take care!" or "Take it easy!" are essentially interchangeable.
Exactly, much as in English. Lexically, "Take care!" or "Take it easy!" are essentially interchangeable.
Lyzko
16 May 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
"Trzymac (sie)" means literally "to keep", as in the expression though not directly translated,"Trzymaj sie!" or "Take it easy!", word for word, "Hold/Keep yourself strong!".
@ForumUser, always remind yourself that it's not the case in every instance to say something differently in another language, but to say different things because we think different thoughts when communicating in any other than our mother tongue:-)
"Trzymac (sie)" means literally "to keep", as in the expression though not directly translated,"Trzymaj sie!" or "Take it easy!", word for word, "Hold/Keep yourself strong!".
@ForumUser, always remind yourself that it's not the case in every instance to say something differently in another language, but to say different things because we think different thoughts when communicating in any other than our mother tongue:-)
Lyzko
13 May 2022
Lyzko
13 May 2022
Language / Polish from Russian [14]
As someone who once attempted same, only in reverse namely Russian from Polish, learning one Slavic language from another, at least for me as a native bilingual German speaker, was tough owing to a preponderance of numerous "false friends"!
While Russian grammar is rather similar to Polish, they are NOT identical in any way, shape or form. This is only from the morphological end. Both the lexical and semic differences are legion.
What's more, Polish is a pronoun-drop language, Russian isn't.
Pronunciation issues are also significant, being that Polish is way easier to pronounce, in my opinion anyway! Russian palatalscan take a long time to get right, plus the "soft" vs. "hard" l-sound can seem impossible to recognize until ultra reinforced by a patient Russian native speaking teacher:-)
If you wish to exchange experiences in depth on this topic, contact me off line, if you wish, at tarsape@gmail.com My name is Mark.
As someone who once attempted same, only in reverse namely Russian from Polish, learning one Slavic language from another, at least for me as a native bilingual German speaker, was tough owing to a preponderance of numerous "false friends"!
While Russian grammar is rather similar to Polish, they are NOT identical in any way, shape or form. This is only from the morphological end. Both the lexical and semic differences are legion.
What's more, Polish is a pronoun-drop language, Russian isn't.
Pronunciation issues are also significant, being that Polish is way easier to pronounce, in my opinion anyway! Russian palatalscan take a long time to get right, plus the "soft" vs. "hard" l-sound can seem impossible to recognize until ultra reinforced by a patient Russian native speaking teacher:-)
If you wish to exchange experiences in depth on this topic, contact me off line, if you wish, at tarsape@gmail.com My name is Mark.