Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]


The trouble is that after all these years I have become so lazy myself and I know of these things when asked but probably never use them myself anymore. At home, talking with the wife, I can get away with almost anything. My wife catches me out as I will even say "ja do garazu" without bothering with any verb such as ide at all and she says "juz mowisz jak amerykanin". I will have to do a refresher course in Polish grammar when I get time.


I have already written about it above the word simply means a fresh carrot.

Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

Also remember that there are other forms for such as the special nominative form for for men which is obaj, dwaj, trzej, and czterej.


It is a naughty word and a nice girl like you is not supposed to know about such things.

Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]


No that is not right. The word 'willy' is spelled chuj. It is the same word in Russian too.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Pala is also a term for a fail grade after an examination.

Real Estate / The current property boom in Poland is a bubble [342]

You can find that you are thinking that you are buying something in Poland and then find that you do not own it at all. Yes, I agree, beware!

Study / Studying in Poland in English [35]

As in England, it all depends on a mixture of family background, the school itself and the individual-Poland is no exception to that. Some is obviously good, some of it can be terrible, I remember my education in Moscow and some of it was ghastly!

Study / Studying in Poland in English [35]

If you are going to study in English, would it not be better to stay at home and save money? All that Polish education is not always as good as you think it is!

How much does a flight cost from the United States of America to go to Poland? Would it really be worth it anyway?

Study / Studying in Poland in English [35]

It would depend on what you want to study. I have heard that there is a very good undergraduate course in International Affairs held in Wroclaw that is conducted in English. I would think that contacting an educational department within the Polish Embassy in the country where you are domicile would be able to help you most.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]

I am not uneducated.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]

I think that it is the uneducated who speak like that

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


I think that actually the word itself is actually a Russian slav word that has spread around Eastern Europe.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


Yes, sorry, you are right. I suppose I meant it light heartedly as a joke but yes, in England people all know the term 'solidarity'. I must say that I do not know the term redzina-fertile soil-in English daily usage.

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


There is-solidarnosc

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]

I have mentioned somewhere on this forum how the Polish Language has definitely gone to the dogs over the last ten years or so. I do not visit Poland but I do stay in touch by watching a few television programmes such as M jak Milosc and I do notice the deterioration in the quality of the language in everyday usage. The whole script is just full of English words "Sorry, ale ja musze isc na casting dzis ale mam czas na kawe. Chodz na break ze mna. Another fifty years and the grammatical tables will begin to break down as the English words do not fit any pattern as Latin died out, so too in time will Polish. It is one of the reasons why I do not visit the country as why should I spend my money in a country where the people have such little self esteem and pride in their language?

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]

I think you might be right actually, I think it is something genetic!


In the summer time the countryside is very nice-a little like England would have been a hundred years ago.

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]


If you actually look, you started it all and to be honest you are very childish. Your comments have nothing to do with Polish or Poland anyway.

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]

You are both very pleased that you do not live here and nor must you. I can be just as rude as you are. Yes, different generation. Spend more time studying than writing insults!

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]

You could not afford to, anyway!

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]


Some of what you are saying here is similar to the beginnings of Hitler in the 1930's.

I did some shopping yesterday in Tesco with my boy and when we came out at about 8p.m. all the Eastern European were coming out too going to their bus. Many were Polish. I drove my car out of the car park, lowered my window down to get a better look at them and drove past them. There they were leaning on their trolleys smoking awaiting their transport back to the farm. I looked carefully at them and they returned the compliment and stared me out in return. The point was that I could see that these would never pass the Polish matura examination and make university. Even less likely would they be acceptable in the armed forces or at least would cope with two years national service and a three year stint in the navy. I am sure that a lot of these so called 'workers' are simply 'draft dogging' as they must go to university or serve in the armed forces, fruit picking is simply their trade as escapism instead.

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]


Sorry, I am just showing my age. Actually, somewhere, I have still got some old tram tickets, unused, but they are written in old prices from Krakow. I wonder if I could still use them even though they are twenty two years old?!

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

It does not sound a bad price for the course at today's rates. Mind you, you may be banned from giving private lessons. Watch your contract1 years ago, I was in Czestochowa and teachers at a particular school were not allowed to give private tuition, I suppose that the school was afraid that teachers would poach students from the school.

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

I am not very good at maths-my education is a bit limited though I do remember when there were 10,000 zl notes a long time ago. I expect you mean divide by 6.

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

How much money is that in English currency. I did a TESOL in Guildford in 2000 and it cost me £520 but probably cost more now with inflation.

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

Yes, I am sure that you will have no trouble finding work. Many years ago I was in Krasnik, near or at least not that very far from Czestochowa. I met the librarian there who in turn introduced me to the Russian girl who had been hired by the school to teach English. She was from Kiyiew if I remember rightly and her English was very average to say the least. I do not think she earned much money as the State System did not pay much in those days. Schools in the area lacked teachers and openly recruited from the Former Soviet Union to fill the spaces. This would be around 1994'ish so things might have changed since. As far as I know Poland is still rather a 'third world country' and will take on any applicant. I remember how TheKrug on this forum stated that his school even has a native Brazilian as a native Englishman!



Does that mean you pay for the flat or that the school supplies 1000zl per month towards youraccommodation? I ask as I knew someone once who worked in Warsaw for Target. I do not know if they still exist but he was promised accommodation and it turned out to be a settee in someone's living room!

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

I do not know anything about you past education but it could be well worth your while trying to get a job even now because as a native speaker, I am sure that most schools would 'welcone you with open arms'.

Work / Any TEFL teachers in Poland out there? [28]

Dave's ESL Cafe is very good for all around the world and even has separate areas for China and South Korea. I would have thought Warsaw would be better for looking for jobs as it would have more language schools though I do know that Poland is a popular destination for new teachers of English-it might be that standards are lower as South Korea and Turkey only accept university graduates but CELTA qualified teachers are welcome in Eastern Europe.


I have a Trinity Certificate that I have never used-have mine for free! I honestly do not think that they are worth the money. Can I ask you, how much is it to do the course now?

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

Most of my wife's family have brown eyes but my wife's eyes are blue.

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]


Ha ha!! I was in France in La Rochelle recently on holiday and it is a nice town with a lot of history. I thought that it was strange as I had not seen any homeless people until I walked in to the centre of town and there, by the main statue, was a group of young men who looked homeless with big dogs twice the size that they were. One young lad had a huge dog to keep and feed and I mean HUGE!! As I passed by I could hear them talking and the first word I heard was the Polish word 'kurwa' and I realized that already I was once more back home!!

Genealogy / How hard is it to get a Polish passport? [74]


I did not slag off the Poles. My son had a Polish passport, though it is out of date now. What do you want one for anyway? If you live overseas, it is very expensive. I think we paid £46 and that is thirteen years ago. If you want to buy property or land it may help too. I am not sure if foreigners can buy land now-they could not until very recently. The last time I was in Czestochowa you had to have Polish citizenship, a passport or a pobyt na stale for a minimum of two years in order to apply to buy.

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]


Part of the reason is that the rest of Europe does not allow them in to work legally.


It is still a hell of a lot of people in a small country

I went to Leatherhead late this morning and I saw there is a Polish cafe just opened up called Blue Cafe. There were three Polish people inside running it, a man even bigger than I am. I am 184 centimeters but he dwarfed me! Two Polish ladies were helping him and one, a youngish girl, who brought me my coffee was quite nice looking too! I do not know if they were impressed with my Polish or not, I suppose they are just there earning a living at the end of the day but they agreed that a lot had changed since 1985. I drove on towards Guildford and dropped in at a charity shop in Bookham and two Polish girls with what looked like their mother were trying on clothes. I drove on to yet another second charity shop at Burpham on my way home, just outside Guildford and there were yet another three Polish women buying clothes so it does look as if it is difficult to ignore them in England now.