Po polsku / Apel o pojednanie z Rosją [29]


that was actually funny

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [176]


I have seen sentences like "Shall I close the widnow?" in English textbooks - is it not how English native speakers talk now?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1677]


well, maybe you know something that I do not, but I never encountered it in this form, but rather this form: "Złapać dwie sroki za jeden ogon"

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [176]


like: "you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition"?

Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [103]


Johnny the Magician ;)

Life / Poland and the neighboring Baltic States [5]


I don't know about the volume of the trade - however many products made in Poland have descriptions in all languages of the Baltic states on the packaging if this is any indicator

Life / Poland and the neighboring Baltic States [5]


Lithuania is probably the most visited of all these and mostly Vilnius (Wilno in Polish) - one thing: proximity; secondly: Polish heritage - besides Vilnius, Lithuania is fields, forests, lakes and the Baltic - we have all of these in Poland

for Latvia and Estonia the main attraction for Poles would also probably be their respective capitals (the language barrier in the capitals is the least I would presume because more people speak English there - the national languages between the countries are very different - even Latvian and Lithuanian which are related are not quite mutually intelligible)

I don't personally know anyone who's been in these places, though - but I live a secluded life on the other end of Poland (though I have seen videos on youtube made by Polish travellers to Vilnius a couple of years back)

Po polsku / Apel o pojednanie z Rosją [29]


skąd to pytanie, Korvinus?

Classifieds / How do you feel about the interslavic language? (For my school project) [10]


I have never seen or heard it used - even on the internet

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1677]


I'm far from being an expert, but shouldn't that read: "To catch(grab?) two magpies by one tail"

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [224]


I guess then temperatures in the Wicklow mountains would have been much worse, Kildare is just next to the Wicklow mountains, isn't it (just nobody lives there in the mountains)

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [224]


the temperature of -19 C was probably recorded somewhere in the mountais of Ireland like the Wicklows

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


they are tests if the teacher takes time to check if the homework is done

also don't acquire a skill by simple looking (a lot of the time - I certainly didn't) - you need some training and this is what homework is for (unless parents are stupid enough to do their child's homework instead of the child)

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


skills should be tested - within a 45 minute unit with 2-6 units per week how many kids can be tested in the class? - hence homework and in-class tests - having said that I can say that Polish kids could use a lot less history and geography lessons (especially history as tought here teaches the wrong lessons)

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


I am all for homework in the boundaries of sense and reason (so that kids don't spend 3 hours at home just doing homework or that that really difficult homework should be optional granting good marks to the pupils who do it (althouth there is a risk of interference of adults in the process of doing such homework))

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


how do you reconcile that with a positive outlook on the so called "democratic block" - or maybe you have changed your mind on their "competency" and "anti-populism" -

btw you were critical of the discontinuing of the Polish "gimanzja" (middle schools?) back then - do you think that move by PiS was populistic?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1677]


za tych co nam orzą is simply a deliberate alteration/corruption/mockery of the toast "za tych co na morzu" (it's obvious by the sound and look of the toast) ("za tych co na morzu roughly means "to those on the sea" or whatever preposition you use in that case in English)

Life / danger of animals during hiking in poland [21]


this is means they are more dangerous actually

Life / danger of animals during hiking in poland [21]


vipers are usually less than 1m long (70 cm long specimens are considered big) and they are said to be 'lazy' ('lazy' doesn't mean it won't bite you if you step on it or within reach of it's fangs - it means they,unlike for example European grass snakes (which are not considered poisonous) often won't flee from you especially if they are basking in the sun)

Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [614]

@gad123

clearly Ukrainian

Life / danger of animals during hiking in poland [21]


there is a real chance that you happen upon a viper (a poisonous snake) - it typically looks like this:



(there are also more brownish and completely black varieties) - there are 3 other species of snakes in Poland that are not dangerous - in any case just careful with snakes

wild boars might be dangerous too if you have too close an encounter (those that live in the forest - there are wild boars living within the cities in Poland and they typically don't pose a threat)

UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [269]


I couldn't put it any better, Joker

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [160]


fully agreed

Life / Fresh water fishing in Poland [31]


salmon is fished in the rivers near the sea in their season (salmon is seldom encountered in rivers further inland because main Polish rivers carry a lot of pollution)

in mountainous regions trout is quite common, in lakes and slow moving rivers you can find pikes, perch, bream and catfish. Some people like fishing for carp (they are thought to put up a lot of fight) but carp prefer shallow warm waters

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [229]


the thing is Donald Tusk (who is currently in charge here as a prime minister) and his band of merry Eurofederalists don't like Trump (mostly because Germans don't like Trump)

History / Have skirts or kilts ever been important for men to wear in Polands past? [7]

nope: skirts/kilts were never part of Polish men's attire

Work / Poland's National VISA and work permit [10]


this is not an official website of any Polish government institution - this is actually a private forum where private people share their views and sometimes help others with their queries

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [374]


because about half of the Polish population watched TVP? (especially the elderly) and they couldn't afford to lose out on the market - Republika will never have as much viewers as TVP previously had because of it's profile