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SzwedwPolsce   
3 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Poles leave Britain to return to Poland [89]

There must be exceptional circumstances why any Pole would move here then go back.

Most Poles are rather patriotic. Maybe they just miss their home-country and family.
SzwedwPolsce   
3 Nov 2012
Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

For a beginner it's not simple. The numerical system in most other European languages are more simple and straightforward. For example; English, German, Scandinavian languages etc. have much easier numerical systems. (The exception is Finnish.)

However, Polish gets much easier when you have learned enough grammar to understand the structuresof the languages. Compared to many other European languages, Polish grammar is quite complicated.
SzwedwPolsce   
3 Nov 2012
Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

kobiet, kobiety, kobieta...when do I use them?

This is not necessary to know in detail for a beginner.

Nominative case:
Kobieta (singular)
Kobiety (plural 1-4)
Kobiet (plural 5 and above)

This is not always true for numbers above 10. But for now this simplification is enough.

Examples:
Jedna kobieta = One woman
Cztery kobiety = Four women
Siedem kobiet = Seven women
SzwedwPolsce   
3 Nov 2012
Language / Beginner learner of Polish having trouble with nouns - they change as well as numbers? [27]

Rosetta Stone is useless if you want to learn grammar. I suggest you get "Polish in 4 weeks" by Kowalska (level 1). It's cheap. However, 4 weeks is too optimistic.

Nouns, adjectives and many other words change ending depending on the case.

Here is a summary: But it's not enough explanations for a beginner.
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Polish/Noun_cases

These cases exist in the Polish language:
Nominative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Locative
Instrumental
Vocative (not so important)
SzwedwPolsce   
3 Nov 2012
Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]

so am i right to think "prywatka" is a private "przyjecia" ?

Yes, if you read something that is 30 years old.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Language / Jeden hamburger / jednego hamburgera [7]

I've heard some different version of these expressions in Poland.

Which do you prefer? (a) or (b)?

1.
(a) Poproszę jeden hamburger.
(b) Poproszę jednego hamburgera.

2.
(a) Właśnie zjadłem jeden hamburger.
(b) Właśnie zjadłem jednego hamburgera.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Love / Google: Polish women "easier" than English women - official! [52]

I've yet to meet a Polish girl who didn't 'give out' the minute they were asked!!!!

In quite a few cases this is a correct description. I have lived 5 years in Poland, and I can see this tendency. But of course it's not true in all cases.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Love / ARE POLISH GIRLS GOLD-DIGGERS? [359]

Some people are, some are not. The same as in all other countries.

Many people have opinions. But I wounder how much they really know about Polish people. How many Polish people have they met? 3? You should be careful when you generalize.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Love / Should I forgive my cheating Polish girlfriend? [73]

I know how difficult it is to say "I don't want to see you anymore" to somebody you love. It's very difficult! But you have been fighting a lot. And she has been cheating on you. The outlook for the relationship is bad.

There is huge risk that the longer you stay with her, the more she will hurt you.

However, I know it's very difficult.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Love / Should I forgive my cheating Polish girlfriend? [73]

Does she really want to be forgiven? Has she really begged to be forgiven? I mean really begged.

It looks like she has lost some of her feelings for you.
I understand that you are heartbroken.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]

That too.. hehe.

I can also mention that domówka means a party in somebodies house.
Impreza can be anywhere (in somebodies house or in a club etc.)
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Language / What has been the hardest language for you to learn? [81]

For a Swedish person Norwegian and Danish are extremely easy to learn. English and German are rather easy to learn. Finnish is very difficult. Slavic languages are also very difficult to learn.

For Norwegian and Danish people the situation is the same.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Language / prywatki & przyjęcia...difference? [10]

Prywatka (plural prywatki) is not used anymore. Everybody say impreza instead.

Przyjęcia is very formal, and not used so often.
SzwedwPolsce   
2 Nov 2012
Love / Google: Polish women "easier" than English women - official! [52]

What a huge statistic material. (Please note the irony.)

On-topic: There is a big difference between Polish girls abroad and Polish girls in Poland. The reasons have been discussed in several threads before.
SzwedwPolsce   
6 Jan 2012
Life / Multiracial Poles [154]

What can be done to increase the number of Russians in Poland?

There are quite a few Russians (and Chechens) living in Białýstok.
SzwedwPolsce   
6 Jan 2012
Food / Your all time favourite Polish Dishes! [108]

Kotlet Schabowy (pork steak hammered flat and breadcrumbed) is in many ways the national dish.

Kotlet Schabowy is very similar to Austrian/German Schnitzel. Easier to do than pierogi. Can also be done with chicken fillet. It's very tasty.

Different kinds of soups are also very commonly served in PL, especially as an entrée (e.g. barszcz czerwony, rosół).
SzwedwPolsce   
26 Dec 2011
Language / Use of swoj [23]

Swój is the "possessive object" of the subject. It always refers to the "thing" that the subject possesses.

In 1st and 2nd person it's possible to use twój, mój etc. instead of swój. However in 3rd person it's sometimes necessary to use swój, to avoid misunderstandings. (See Vincent's post above.)

Lubię swoje buty. = I like my shoes.
Czy lubisz swoje buty? = Do you like your shoes?
On lubi swoje buty. = He likes his shoes.
Lubimy swoje buty. = We like our shoes.
Oni lubią swoje buty. = They like their shoes.

Swój is declined as an adjective, with the same endings. (Just like twój, mój etc.)

Czy kochasz swoją żonę? = Do you love your wife?
On nie lubi swojego samochodu. = He doesn't like his car.
SzwedwPolsce   
8 Sep 2011
Law / Getting Married in Poland without a visa? [23]

Actually delph, it is not quite true. I got married here over a year ago when I was still a legal resident of the Netherlands.

But you were in Poland legally. NL is in the EU as you know. You never need a VISA in Poland.
SzwedwPolsce   
16 Aug 2011
Real Estate / How bad was it? '' a 'luxury' apartment with electricity and heating" [21]

hat textbook was published in 1983 and can still be bought new on Amazon for $35. I applaud the author of the book for getting a textbook out there when there probably weren't too many, but man what kind of image is he sending about Poland?

Now there are quite a lot of Polish textbooks for English-speakers.
SzwedwPolsce   
13 Aug 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish girlfriend is trying to claim working tax credit [12]

My girlfriend is trying to claim working tax credit but we live together as a couple but should found out she has told them she rents a room off of me . I confronted her and she doesnt seem to care what she is doing

She is just using you. Why dont you break up with her? You dont dare?

Talk with your friends in real life. They will tell you to kick her ass out immediately.