Language / "Ego" as an ending in Polish Names? [19]

The endings of polish nouns and adjectives change depending on the part they play in the sentence. “Klepacki" is the basic form and is used for the subject of a verb. "Klepackiego" is used for a variety of functions amongst which are the direct object of a verb and the sense of "belonging to Klepacki". To complicate matters further, there are female forms (eg Klepacka) and plural forms (eg Klepaccy).

Genealogy / Looking for Kulczycki family from Turza Slaska, Poland [14]


Which one?

Language / "Ego" as an ending in Polish Names? [19]

It's a pleasure :-)

History / Pokłosie (film on Jedwabne) [36]

I saw it last night. Pretty good.

History / Pokłosie (film on Jedwabne) [36]

Well, it was a work of fiction not a documentary, so it just showed the point of view
of the protagonists. There was nothing very controversial or very much detail about the historical context.

UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [161]

Because the world is running out of serious problems, someone has decided to make an academic study of this topic:

esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/19261/what-we-mean-when-we-ask-for-the-milk.aspx

UK, Ireland / Best way to get boxes from UK to Poland? [25]

Merged: Transport some large, heavy and valuable boxes from Manchester to Gdańsk, any removals firm?

I need to transport some large, heavy and valuable boxes (audio equipment) from Manchester to Gdańsk. Does anyone know of a reliable removals firm that could do this for a reasonable price?

Law / A parent born in Poland. Obtaining a Polish birth certificate? [38]

@Iza22
lengthy and overpriced? It took me a couple of months and cost 50zł! Are you paying an intermediary?

Law / A parent born in Poland. Obtaining a Polish birth certificate? [38]

@Iza22
Thanks!
But you don't need to register your birth until after you get confirmation of citizenship and the same applies to the PESEL.
So all you need is:
a) your birth certificate and translation
b) your parents' birth certificates
c) your parent's marriage certificate and translation if they were married outside Poland.
As for having your documents apostilled, if you go to the office with the originals, they will copy them and give them back to you.

Law / A parent born in Poland. Obtaining a Polish birth certificate? [38]

Yes, they will be enough. Bear in mind though, that to get your passport, you will still need a PESEL and to get that you will still need to get your birth certificate transcribed to the Polish registry. It's just that it's not necessary for confirmation of citizenship.

If by "apostille" you mean getting your Australian birth certificate certified for international recognition, I don't think it is necessary. Maybe the rules are different within the EU, but I didn't have to get it done. However, you will need a sworn translation ( łumaczenie przysięgłe).

Law / A parent born in Poland. Obtaining a Polish birth certificate? [38]

You are welcome.
Unfortunately I've just been to get my birth certificate registered and they wanted to retain the original, so if you want to keep yours you should get a new copy from your registry office in Australia.

Real Estate / How can I see house prices on property search websites in Poland? [7]

Is there a website such as the Land Registry in the UK, which lists sold house prices?

Real Estate / How can I see house prices on property search websites in Poland? [7]

Cool. Thanks

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

As far as I understand it, the situation is as follows. Citizenship was assigned on the basis of the 1920 citizenship law, which said that anyone born on the territory of what had just become Poland, and had not taken citizenship elsewhere, was entitled to Polish citizenship. This would have applied to Karol until 1938, when he acquired US citizenship. Any of Karol's descendants born between 1918 and 1938 would also have had it. However, I don't think Charles would have benefited because he was born on foreign soil BEFORE Karol himself obtained Polish citizenship. I could be wrong and I think it is worth checking, because if you can establish that Charles had Polish citizenship and that it wasn't renounced in any subsequent generations, then your wife would also have it by descent.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

The basic principle is that if your parent is a Polish citizen when you are born, you are also a Polish citizen. You don't have to apply for citizenship - you already have it. All you need to do is have it confirmed if there is any doubt. Obviously, people born before the foundation of the Second Republic are an edge case and there the rule was that if you had not other nationality but were settled in Poland in 1920 or born there you were Polish. I would guess, this means that Charles was not Polish because Karol was not a citizen when he was born ie the 1920 act was not retroactive (and Charles wasn't settled or born in Poland). Harry is right that Karol would probably have lost his citizenship through lack of military service in 1929, but Charles would have been an adult by then so this would not have affected him. However the key point seems to be that he was not born a citizen of Poland simply because at the time of his birth, it didn't exist.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

You are welcome. I would just say I am not an expert at all, so it may still be worth consulting a professional, but at least you will know what questions to ask.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

If you've got the documentation, I think you have a good chance.

Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

According to the table on this page, only Deutsche Bank
ebroker.pl/wiedza/konto-dla-obcokrajowca-jak-je-zalozyc/4369

Any bank will accept dollars, but they'll give you a poor exchange rate. It would be best to use a company such as Transfer.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

When was your mother born?

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

My understanding is that by becoming naturalised Canadian citizens in 1949 they renounced their Polish citizenship before your mother was born. This means that she did not inherit it. See under Loss Criteria here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law

Language / First Year Polish Second Edition Revised and Expanded - Oscar E. Swan (White Cover) [13]

You can find that extract in the white covered book in Google books:
books.google.pl/books?hl=pl&id=UkOAAAAAIAAJ&dq=pas%2C+mapa%2C+karp%3B+ten%2C+kot%2C+data%3B+kura%2C+oko%2C+rok+swann+polish&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=pas%2C+mapa%2C+karp%3B+ten%2C+kot%2C+data%3B+kura%2C+oko%2C+rok

It looks like it is the same as in your copy.

Language / First Year Polish Second Edition Revised and Expanded - Oscar E. Swan (White Cover) [13]

@devilslayer
I'm not a librarian, but I was under the impression that if two books have the same ISBN, they also have the same content.

I've heard that Oscar Swann is very helpful if contacted but it might be a bit of a stretch to ask for technical help.

Language / First Year Polish Second Edition Revised and Expanded - Oscar E. Swan (White Cover) [13]

OK. Glad you got there in the end. Good luck with your Polish.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


Either you write political satire in your spare time or you have entirely failed to understand how a justice system is actually supposed to work.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]

The system starts from the impartiality of the judge and uses that to assess the guilt of the suspect.
It doesn't start from the guilt of the suspect and use that to assess the impartiality of the judge.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]

You have no argument against the point I'm making so you decide to go on a fishing trip through my past posts to dredge up some kompromat. How very pre-1989 of you.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


Brexit's not going well is it? Do you envisage that Polexit would be better?

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]

@Ironside
Your approach is to start from the obvious guilt of certain individuals and proceed from there. PiS will not govern forever. How would you feel if a future

government decided that Beata Szydło was obviously guilty of unconstitutional behaviour in not publishing the judgements of the Constitutional Tribunal and punished her without a trial? If what is obvious to one person were obvious to all, there would be not need of a court system at all.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]

@kondzior
It's exactly the sort of issue that should be concerning the EU. The single market relies on a common regulatory framework. Any regulatory framework

relies on the rule of law. Therefore, if the rule of law is threatened, as the EU believes it is in Poland, the single market is threatened.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


It's not an assumption. You wrote


The logical inference is that any judge who doesn't find him guilty is not worth his salt. As noted above, a future government could decide that any judge who didn't find

Beata Szydło guilty of breaking the constitution was not worth their salt and take appropriate action against them. Would you be happy with that?