Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Yes, that's it. Congratulations ) I very much recommend watching it when you have a chance.

You've won the right to post the next one :)

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


more or less, although not necessarily for kids :)
It might be difficult, I know. Wonder if anybody else here has seen it.

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Thanks!


This one is not as popular as Miś ;)

Ok, here it goes:

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Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]


Nope :) not Prussian, but German, yes... after all my ancestors lived under the General Government.

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]


Then I'm Austrian too. And Hungarian.

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


That's easy, Quo vadis. According to Kawalerowicz, they had petunias in ancient Rome.

The two guys covered with foam - Seksmisja (obiekt niezidentyfikowany - papieros)

I wanted to put a scene from one of my favourite films but the image link includes the title. How to get around it? Do I need to copy it to some Image Shack or something similar?

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Cybulski and Czyżewska... Giuseppe w Warszawie maybe?

News / Kaczyński presents alternative to PO thievery [26]

First I expect him to build the 3 000 000 apartments he promised when coming into the office in 2005.

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]


Automatic transmission is rare so it's harder to drive when talking on the phone.

Real Estate / Neighbourhoods in Warsaw - how safe? [23]


Whose? And what?

Language / Nominative (Mianownik) vs Accusative (Biernik)? [17]


Because it's "taking a bath", the name of the activity.
Siedzę w kąpieli - I'm sitting in a bathtub full of water.
Kąpiel gotowa - the bath is ready.
"Kąpiel" basically means getting wet.
The thing that you have in your bathroom is called wanna. Kąpiel w wannie - taking a bath in a bathtub. But kąpiel w jeziorze means swimming in a lake.


You can, but the dictionary doesn't know which meaning of a word you need. You looked up "bath" and got "kąpiel". If you had checked "bathtub", you'd have got "wanna". Best to get a dictionary which gives examples of usage in sentences, this helps a lot.

I'm sure you'll do better next year :)

Language / Nominative (Mianownik) vs Accusative (Biernik)? [17]


They ask you to simply ennumerate four objects, so I'd go with the Nominative.
Alternatively, you could write a full sentence: widzę lustro, wannę, szczoteczkę do zębów - and then the nouns need to be declined.


How many points did you get for this part? Kąpiel is wrong, toaleta is doubtful at best, but szczoteczka do zębów is correct and lustra could also be ok if you have got more than one in your bathroom (Nom. pl.)

Law / Rights of a consumer when dealing with faulty goods in Poland? [65]


I was checked once at Rossmann - spent too much time at the mascara stall. A voucher, you say? Hm...
I asked them if they would apologise if I'm clear, and they did. Not a nice experience though.


A suspicion of theft is enough. They may ask you to take everything out of your bag, pockets etc. but they can't touch you. If you refuse, they call the police. I don't think the police can search you without a prosecutor's order, but they can take you to the police station to further clear the matter.

Law / Rights of a consumer when dealing with faulty goods in Poland? [65]

From my experience, LeRoi Merlin are good (did I spell it right?). Media Markt are absolutely worst.
With electrical/electronic items, it's always wiser to buy them in smaller shops, they care about the customer more.

Love / Do Polish girls like a guy to kiss them on the first date? [13]


google Kaliningrad :)

News / What Poland can't do right [113]

And it took you four years to notice this? Congratulations.

Language / "to believe is to see?" - Getting a Tattoo in Polish and Want Proper Grammar! [30]

widać is not a verb, it means "can be seen", more or less. The verb you need is widzieć, as has already been stated above.

Language / Ł -- English double-u or hard L sound? [30]


You beat me to it. Also, sometimes you can hear it in old editions of Polska Kronika Filmowa, coming from the 1950-s or 60-s, but that's about it.

Po polsku / Jak wryty. Co to znaczy? [7]

Jak wryty - zupełnie nieruchomy, jak wmurowany albo wkopany w ziemię.
Wryć tutaj znaczy mniej więcej to samo co wbić, wkopać, na przykład słupek w ziemię.

Cats, pisz więcej po polsku :)

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


Do you really mean to say that it's Kurds who sell all the ogórki and biały ser in the UK? lol
Then what is the Hudson guy about?

Life / Where to buy inexpensive furniture in Poland? [5]

Try JYSK, there are a couple of them in town.
There are also a few shops that carry relatively inexpensive pinewood furniture.
Once you're here and know exactly what you want, I might be able to suggest where to look.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


like hamsters :)

Now I remember the net below the machinery; when you stand down there, it's over your head.


A shot from the hip: Oliwa?

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

IMO Hudsonhicks used to be an owner of a corner shop which has since gone off business due to multitude of Polski Skleps in the neighbourhood.

That's my opinion after reading about a gazillion of his threads where the Polski Skleps seem to be his main target.
Well, Hudson, that's already been revenged: lots of Polish corner shops owners have gone bankrupt after Tesco or similar opened in their neighbourhood.
But wait... they might have been the same ones who later went to UK and opened new businesses there...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Is it part of the Gdańsk Crane - something to do with lifting cargo off the ships?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Pawian, you must be getting old or something. We've already seen the picture with the ostrich egg ;)

Life / Pole vs foreigner abroad [2]

That's Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Sexual needs are at the very bottom - they come first. After these have been satisfied, the needs for resources and property come next.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I feel your pain, my mother has a cherry tree near her balcony - near, but still 3 meters too far :)

Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]


I wouldn't try it with anyone below 70 and even then you might just get a funny look. "Dzień dobry" is much safer.

Travel / Kantor and using credit cards in Poland [12]


There are casinos in every bigger city and yes, they should take credit cards so it might be a plausible option. But I'm not much of a casino-goer so wait till somebody more wordly confirms it.

The simplest way would be just to bring some cash or a debit card with you, but I guess that for some reason it's not an option.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


oh, ok, I've checked it at last ;)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche
a very creative use of the word, I must say