Genealogy / CHERDIA - What or where could it be?! [15]


Podolsk is a city, so I don't know what Cherdia would be... Some village in the administrative area of Podolsk that later became part of the city maybe? No idea...


The letter "d" when written in the handwritten Cyrillic script looks like Latin "g". So maybe someone made a mistake when translating from Russian and it's "Cherga"?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherga

That's a wild guess though...

Ah, sorry, no, that would be the other way around... If it was Cherda then it could be mistakenly written down as Cherga in Latin alphabet... No idea then...

Law / Can I Legally Adopt My Girlfriend's Child? [3]

@Videobroker, yes, you can legally adopt your girlfriend's child:

cuk.pl/porady/przysposobienie-dziecka


According to that link it can take around 2 years.


Yes, correct, but it would speed up the process.


Sorry, no idea. If your girlfriend is Polish, can't she look for such information herself? Unless you're looking for foreigners with similar experiences on this forum?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


What about ars amandi? :)))


Depends. There are different types of sex. Sex can be beautiful - for example, when it's called "making love" :) And it's an important part of a romantic relationship (unless the couple is asexual).


I think it depends... When ballet is your whole life... Or music... Or art... Artists often have a great need to create, for some it's like eating, sex and all other basic things... Being able to create becomes part of you. If they can't paint for some reason, they may get depressed. I imagine it can be the same for professional dancers...

Law / Obtaining Polish Citizenship from Poland-born Father [3]

@winogrona, I have no idea, but I've found this:

polishcitizenship.pl/law/

"The new act provides that the foreigners who in the past had Polish citizenship, but lost them before 1 January 1999, can apply for the restoration of Polish citizenship. It is vital that the acquisition of Polish citizenship shall happen on the day in which the decision on restoring Polish citizenship has become final. This means that the applicant's children shall also acquire citizenship, but only when they were minor on the day of its granting."

Maybe you should contact the Polish consulate in Chicago about this?

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@RussianAntiPutin, I hope you'll get well soon!
Keep us updated, if you can :)


Yes, it is. Don't give anyone on this forum your phone number or personal information. Especially to johnny_reb. Him and his buddies stalked people from this forum and some of their family members in real life to a disturbing extent.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@RussianAntiPutin, are you in a hospital now?

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]


Vomiting blood is considered a medical emergency. You probably should go to a hospital... What is going on?

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]


I don't. I must admit though that I had moments when I thought that your English is too good for a 16-year-old :)) How long have you been studying it, if you don't mind saying?


It depends. I prefer honest people. Besides, I'm not here to win friends.


Yes, some people do. Including you.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@jon357, RussianAntiPutin (no matter whether she is who she claims she is) isn't forcing you to be buddies with Strzelec35. It's been going on for quite some time already, it's just I haven't been writing in public about how it bothers me.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@RussianAntiPutin, yes, I've noticed :)


Let us see how long it will last :)) (long, hopefully)

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@jon357, I'm using my right to free speech to state that I find your attitude towards Strzelec35 disturbing.


I didn't claim that I do.


He's a sociopath. One of the biggest bullies and liars on this forum... He and his buddies chased out quite a few people from PolishForums. Including a nice British lady, a former moderator, who was genuinely interested in Poland, unlike johnny_reb...

But who knows, maybe he's going to be nice to you :)

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@jon357, Strzelec35 has expressed really f*cked up views many times on this forum and you shrug them off too. Makes me wonder whether you share those views.


I don't shrug them off. Neither do I shrug off Strzelec35's views. Unlike you.


No, he isn't. He's a sociopath.


Yes, I find it disturbing that you're so OK with Strzelec35. I've also made clear what I think of johnny_reb, so I'm not the one who's a hypocrite here. You are.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@jon357, you are choosing to support Strzelec35. On regular basis.


It doesn't change the fact that Strzelec35's comments are perverted, off topic and the girl is clearly bothered by them. Any normal human being would be able to realise that.


I don't care, to be honest. It's not only about RussianAntiPutin. You being so friendly with Strzelec35 has been disturbing for me for quite some time already.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

@jon357, it's sad and disappointing that apparently you're choosing a lying, prejudiced, misogynist, hateful peado pervert, who's also a convict, over a new PF member who didn't harm anyone.


So? It doesn't mean that people can trash off-topic threads at will, especially with such perverted, deranged spam comments, like in case of Strzelec35.


By PF standards? lol Not really. There have been threads like this before.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]


Pawian is great! :))) He's been a great asset to this forum and made many threads about Poland and Polish related stuff :)

One of my favourite threads of his is "Poland in photo riddles", because I like solving riddles :)):

https://polishforums.com/travel/poland-photo-riddles-part-85223/41/

Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

I've stumbled upon this:

facebook.com/groups/allcreatures1/permalink/2339621803011907/

;D


Maybe it sensed your inner witcher lol

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]

@RussianAntiPutin, I knew about Niżyński, but not about the rest... Thanks for the information, it's nice and interesting to know that Poles had some contribution to ballet! :)

✨🩰✨

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]

@jon357, maybe it isn't organised, but the end result is the same - juries' voting results are often ridiculously predictable lol This is why people complain that Eurovision is political...


I wonder how this come about... Did they make some kind of secret meetings? ;D In Poland's case I could understand Georgia and Romania, but why San Marino, Azerbaijan and Montenegro of all countries? lol


Maybe they were afraid that they'll get disqualified too?

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]

@jon357, yeah, but why? Did they vote for each other also in the finale?
Btw, I guess Greece and Cyprus should get their votes annulled too every year when they're competing lol I won't hold my breath though...

Pro-Russian hackers attempted to disrupt voting for Eurovision, but Italian police foiled that hacking attempt:

bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61463364

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]

@jon357, wow, I think it's the first time that a jury from Poland did something like this... TVPiS, eh? Figures...
They've shown only the semi-finals 2 votes though... What was wrong with the votes from the finale?

Love / Do you think these renowned Poles are hot? [150]


I'm a Gemini, I always strive for objectiveness :)) Hotness is subjective though and Dzierżyński isn't my type :) From an objective point of view - he's fairly good looking and probably he could be considered handsome or "hot" for someone who's into an intelectual dandy type.


;D

History / Ski- Suffix of names [12]

@RussianAntiPutin, you're welcome :)

Love / Do you think these renowned Poles are hot? [150]


To whom? To you?
You seem to have some kind of man-crush on him lol


Because we're normal people?


O_O

Dzierżyński and Piłsudski were distant cousins, btw.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


Didn't it cross your mind that people aren't doing it because it's "cool", but simply want to show their support because they care? Sure it would be great if they did more than this (and maybe many do), but I don't understand why you have such a problem with people demonstrating their support for Ukraine. Ukrainians themselves appreciate it. So, why does it bother you so much?

Language / Polish from Russian [14]


Cool! :) Congrats! 👏


Yes, this info is on your forum profile :):

https://polishforums.com/index.php?action=userinfo&user=60641


I've read one theory concerning this, but I'm afraid we'll have to continue this in the thread to which off topic posts are moved - I answered it in that thread (Random Chat Poland):

polishforums.com/off-topic/poland-random-chat-74400/72/#msg1850652

History / Ski- Suffix of names [12]

@Alien, what do you mean by "two different faces"?


Thanks, I guess...

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


I don't know and since he lives in a war-torn country, I'm not going to bother him with such idiotic questions.


lol

History / Ski- Suffix of names [12]

@pawian, I'm a zodiacal Gemini, so I like gathering and spreading information :))


In a way, I guess, it is... It seems to be part of my nature :)

History / Ski- Suffix of names [12]

@BB, my pleasure :)

History / Ski- Suffix of names [12]

The suffix -ski is a continuation of Proto-Slavic -ьskь-jь. It defined belonging and was also used for creation of adjectives:

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ski_(formant)

As for surnames, at first it was used to create surnames of Polish nobility in the 13th century - surnames were made up of a city/town/village name which belonged to a particular noble family and the suffix -ski was added at the end:

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ski_(nazwisko)

For example:

City: Tarnów = surname: Tarnowski
City: Zamość = surname: Zamojski

Later surnames with the suffix -ski became more common. For example, one of the most common surnames in Poland is Kowalski. It probably denotes someone's profession since "kowal" means "a smith" (blacksmith) in Polish. It's an equivalent of the English surname "Smith".


I guess it does since from what I can see in Russian a long "y" ("й") is added at the end:

Russian: Дзержинский
Polish: Dzierżyński

In Polish there's only the short "i" ("и") at the end, without the long "j" ("й").