Work / Are there any Americans teachers left in Poland? [38]

I have been to Bialystok myself many years ago. I would have thought that the local newspaper would be a good place to look or even a telephone book may help as there may well be a section under English, English Language or even English Language Schools. Poland used to a popular destination for teachers but I am not so sure about now. You must also remember that Bialystok is in the East of Poland and that side is poorer with higher unemployment figures than other parts of Poland (or at least, so I have been told). Have a looked around town as there may well be private school offering foreign languages. Once you are established for a bit and get used to the country, its customs and the language (if you do not already know any), you will gain more contacts of your own with the passing of time. Clients needing English for the firms they work for maybe able later to offer you at least part time work within that organization. Dave's Internet Cafe is good for looking for TESOL jobs though they tend to be centred on Japan, China and South Korea more so than on Eastern Europe.

Love / I`m Polish bloke lookin`for an English girl. Is it gonna work out? [51]


So are Polish women!

Real Estate / Foreigners can now buy houses in Poland [55]


No but Poles can come to England for free and send their little 'bachorzy' to our state schools for free from day one as well as making use of our free state medical care!

Study / Help learning polish language in Wroclaw (any good language school)? [26]

Wrocław is a big university town so perhaps one of the university's building is open during the evening for such lessons as Polish? It would be worth having a look. Perhaps the local library would have information?

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]


Chleb is not even a Polish word or a slavonic at all. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon word loaf.

Language / Can you recognise the nationality of foreign Polish speakers by their accent? [43]

Of course a Pole can recognize a foreigner and an English accent stands out like a sore thumb! If I am in Poland and my Polish relatives hear me speaking, it is obvious to them straight away that I come from somewhere overseas. It might be, of course, on meeting a Pole in England and on speaking in Polish to him that he might not recognize nor detect straight away a non native speaker of Polish' accent but in Poland whilst Poles are surounded by nothing but Poles-forget it if you think that you could get one over on them!

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]


It is an h sound but h and ch sound the same in Polish.

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]

cinek
In Czech the h sound is an h sound but in Polish it is more gutural like the German loch but it is not a harsh sound.

Language / ch - antychryst - chłeb [13]

cinek
It is technically not the English h sound but more like the Russian ch. There is also a distinction in Dutch between the gutural g and the soft sch version, which in this case, is more like the Polish 'h' sound.

Language / WHY IS SATELITA MASCULINE? [25]

Krzysztof
Das madchen is a diminutive and all such endings are neuter in German.

Language / twoj wasz [12]

chaza
Like ton-ta and votre in French.

Language / Which is the BEST, EASIEST to learn & most helpful"POLISH FOR FOREIGNERS"course? [32]

Marina1993
Maybe you should practice your English grammar first before you start on Polish! Look at Ebay listings-there are sometimes good Linguaphone courses for sale and you should pick one up for around twenty pounds plus the postage, which to Poland would be quite a lot.

Language / 'ucha' [23]

chaza
No, it is not a diminutive because there is a Polish word mucha, which means a fly. The word ucho does mean an ear, if that is what you were originally talking about but I imagine there are a lot of words ending in ucha.

An oko is a mesh and has the plural oka but when meaning eyes the plural is oczy as has been explained above.

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

Osiedle_Ruda
I never use any of these words myself.

Language / Can accidentally using the wrong gender form cause offence? [26]

Crazy Toad
No, none whatsoever.

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

Ogien
Yes, and this is the word we use at home, so why an English equivalent? There are many good Polish-English dictionaries so look up the words. It is simply lazy to do otherwise.

Language / I need some encouragement from Polish language speakers! [30]

MrSchool100
No, even Arabic is far harder than Polish.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

joland
They say that the grammar in Finnish is difficult too. I very much doubt if Polish is anywhere near the hardest language to learn.

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

Magdalena
I was watching M Jak Milosc on Polonia T.V. this evening and they even used the English term 'baby boom' just like in English.

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


No, Czech is more like Russian than Polish is. Czech is similar to Serb and Russian whilst Polish has more of a German influence.

Language / When do you use 'się'? And what does it mean? [37]

caveman
It is used to make transitive verbs throughout the slav World. In Russian it is sja and in Czech it is se. It is no big deal.

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

Magdalena
If you studied Russian for eight years your Russian should be very good if you know Czech. If not, either you are stupid or you need to change teachers.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

angelboy
Yes, bit how well can you actually speak it?

Language / Does anyone know where I can learn Polish for free? [35]

Louis001
There are also some thirty six million Poles on the streets!

Language / When do you use 'się'? And what does it mean? [37]

SzwedwPolsce
it can also be translated as 'on your own'. Rób to sam-do it yourself, do it on your own ect

Language / 'MOZNA' - When is this used? [27]

vndunne
This is not in fact a Polish word. It is, in fact, a Russian word, which has been incorporated into the Polish Language. In fact, the Poles have taken many Russian words over the generations. In Polish it is used just the same as in the original Russian Language and means, may I? Can I ? ect.

Language / brakować, braknąć, zabraknąć [9]

Zabraknąć is perfective and means to lake something-czegoś, or to be short of something
brakować and braknąć are both imperfective verbs meaning to be lacking or to be missing but braknąć is only used in the third person singular.

Language / Coming back to Polish language studies [8]

WhiteEagle
Polish grammar seems difficult, especially with the case system but most Slovanic Languages have the same thing and work in a similar way. These language courses such as Pimsleurs, which I believe does not use texts would be of very little help to you. A good course with cassettes such as Colloquial Polish by B.W.Mazur would be much more beneficial to you in your studies. Polish in 4 Weeks sounds a bore and similar to Pimsleur! Are you a student at Lancaster University?

Language / brakować, braknąć, zabraknąć [9]

gumishu
Is any of this relevant to the original question about brakować?

Love / They seem nice, but could Polish girls be "gold diggers"? [196]


They are and they do but then all men get sucked in by women, especially Polish women. I think that there is a high level of lesbian genes in most Polish women and that is where their nastieness comes from. Stay clear of all Polish women-they are simply trouble.