Language / How many tenses can be used for "pojechac" [24]

Sorry but I do not agree with you SzwedwPolsce “pójść” is very important because it is very often used.

When Polish native speakers imperfective and perfectiveverbs?

In the present tense we use only imperfective verbs.

In the past tense and in the future tens we use rather perfective verbs. If you want to use an imperfective verbs in the future tense or in the past tense you have to justify it.

BTW I hate names imperfective and perfective.

It is much better to call imperfective verbs >>> process verbs
And perfective verbs >>> result verbs.

Official theory about imperfective vesus perfective verbs is fucked up in my humble opinion (-:

Study / Studia niestacjonarne? (in Polish universities) [8]

Not really at least not always for ex ample not AT medical universities SeanBM.
I will drop a line later to explain it. It is interesting (-:

Study / Studia niestacjonarne? (in Polish universities) [8]

The Polish Constitution says that education also higher education has to be free. That is why high schools in Poland invented a trick to make possible to charge students for their studies. They offer “normal studies” ( studia dzienne) for free and other studies they call them “zaoczne” oder “niestacjonarne”. The form of these studies is sometimes different but sometimes the same. The point is to charge students (-:

The best example is medicine. The only one real difference between “studia dzienne” and “niestacjonarne” is money (-:

Language / 'much better' expression in Polish? [8]

Basically “much” as well as “more” mean "dużo/wiele/sporo"
We have no difference between “more” and “much” because the difference countable versus uncountable is not so important in Polish. That is why we say:

Dużo/wiele/sporo wody
Dużo/wiele/sporo ludzi

Two comments
1.When we use “dużo/wiele/sporo” with a noun we express the noun in the Genetive form.
2. countable nouns we use in plural after “dużo” / wiele/sporo” and uncountable in singular.

We can use “dużo” and “sporo” with comparative of adjectives and adverbs forms.
If we use “wiele”in this situation
we have to change it a bit:
Not just “wiele” but “o wiele”

Polish is logical! I like it (-:

Language / 'much better' expression in Polish? [8]

Yes, my mistake, I meant "much" and "many".
Thank you for your correction cinek.
Sorry if I confused anybody.

Language / będzie potrafił? [34]

"potrafić" is an imperfective verb

"ja potrafię" is a present tense form

"ja będę potrafił" is a correct future tense form

Good night and good luck (-:

UK, Ireland / Interest in Polish language grows in Britain [19]

The Polish language is enjoying a growing popularity in England.

I am very surprised by this but I can confirm it.
During the last 6 months for the first time ever
I have taught more learners from the UK than from Germany.

And, what is even more surprising, English people are able to learn
and – you will not believe –
to SPEAK Polish (-:

Albion Bravo!!! Keep going!!!

Language / How can I tell which conjugation group a verb ending in ~eć belongs to? [18]

Let me not agree with Lyzko.

Shapeshifter,
if you are able to understand logical rules,
you do not need to use the parrot method.
I know that people on this forum usually do not need Polish teachers,
but I can help you (for free). If you are really interested, e-mail me at polish.language.tutor@gmail
and I will send you a chart with a system that is consistent and easy to use.
Thanks to this you will be able to use all Polish verbs in the Present Tense.

Polish works like an algorithm. I admit it is sometimes a bit complicated but almost always logical.
I would prefer to understand an algorithm than learn it by heart. But people say there are different learning styles (-:

Good night and good luck!

Language / How can I tell which conjugation group a verb ending in ~eć belongs to? [18]

Lyzko,

My job is to find regularities in Polish to help people
to start to speak Polish as soon as possible.
And I can do it.

Polish Present Tense is regular and consistent if you know the system.
You can talk about it like about the same glass of water: that it is either half full or half empty. But I say that the glass is almost full. And it really is!

I speak German (as far as I remember you are German (-:) and I read a few Latin texts. These two languages are also quite regular.

I think the point is that your perspective is different. You know foreign languages and you enjoy learning them. I work with people who hate learning Polish. They do it to express respect to people they love or to work more efficiently in the Polish environment. They do not care about all details which may be interesting for you. They need Polish as a tool.

Polish as a tool - this is my focus.

There are people who first build their emotional attitude to a thing and then they start to understand the thing, and others who first want to understand what’s going on and then start to feel (-:

BTW this issue in scholastic philosophy was one of the biggest controversy between St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Thomas Aquinas

I like complicated issues but not when I teach Polish (-:
Good night and good luck!

Language / Pronunciation of vowels at the end of a word [28]

Unfortunately when you start to learn a foreign language your brain ignores sounds which are not essential from its point of you.
In other words: it ignores sounds which do not belong to its native language. There are differences between individuals. Some people start to hear foreign sounds faster others slower. From my experience (as a teacher as well as learner) discussing sounds does not help much. )-:

You need to listen to a lot of examples. This is another (well known on this forum) great tool to do it: ivona.com
It is also good to have somebody who can present the correct pronunciation to you and CORRECT YOUR WRONG PRONUNCIATION.

BTW vowels in Polish have always the same pronunciation. Their pronunciation does not depend on the position in a word or sentence. Polish pronunciation is very regular and close to the way of writing! Good night and good luck!

Work / How to get to job at Krakow Business Park? [5]

The best would be the train from Kraków Główny (the main train station) to Zabierzów (train stop Business Park)

You have also other options:

kbp.pl/english

Language / How hard is it to learn Polish? [178]

It depends on:

Somebody’s Individual predispositions, talent,
and experience in learning foreign languages as an adult.

How good somebody’s Polish teacher is
or if a learner have a good learning method.
(Please notice that buying a course book or a CD cannot be considered as a method (-:)

Level of your superstition and prejudices in reference to the Polish Language.
Sometimes this factor makes learning Polish just impossible.

Learning any foreign language is hard work. You have to take it under consideration.
If somebody says that Polish is not to learn ask her or him
how many other foreign languages she or he had learnt as an adult.

Be realistic not pessimistic (-:

Good night and Good luck

Language / How hard is it to learn Polish? [178]

blargh

Let me repeat:

Level of your superstition and prejudices in reference to the Polish Language.
Sometimes this factor makes learning Polish just impossible.

read posts above and you will understand what I mean.
5/6 years??
What are you talking about?

Polish girl/boyfriend doesn't help much.
Read posts on this forum about it.

The truth is, if you want to learn Polish you have to learn it. There is no other way (-:

Losers are never good advisers for a winner.

5/6 years??
Poor guys
Why not 25 years (-:

Language / Perfective vs Imperfective - grammar [150]

Lyzko, I am really sorry to say, but you are wrong.
“Chodzić “as well as “iść” are both imperfective.
“chodzić” has no perfective equivalent
“iść” has “pójść” as an perfective equivalent.
But what is more important:
the point is that the theory of imperfective versus perfective verbs does not work for foreigners.
I have been teaching Polish for foreigners for over 10 year and I cannot understand why Polish teachers repeat these confusing clichés.
Anyway I wish you success in learning Polish.
Good night and good luck!

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]

Do not perceive grammar as a number of abstract terms.
Grammar should be a kind of manual which tells you how to operate with words.

Learning vocabulary can be confusing and useless.
Knowing just word forms from a dictionary is not enough to produce Polish sentences.
To speak Polish you need to know how the Polish language works. The grammar explains it.

No grammar – no Polish. I got enough people to speak Polish to be sure that this is what the things look like (-:

USA, Canada / Polish tutor needed in Virginia Beach [9]

I think I can help you with your Polish.
Please email me if you are still interested in learning Polish.
My e-mail: polish.language.tutor@gmail
You are welcome (-:

USA, Canada / Polish language classes in Chicago or surrounding area? [44]

I can help you with your Polish. If you are interested just email me for more details:
polish.language.tutor@gmail

Australia / Looking for Polish lessons in Perth, Australia [32]

Hi, if you are interested in learning Polish email me at polish.language.tutor@gmail
I am a porfessional Polish teacher. However I am not Anna, even not girl.
I hope it does not matter. I hope to talk to you soon.

Language / From Turkey, learning Polish - any suggestions? [5]

acathexis

Hi Acathexis,
I have experience in teaching Polish to Turkish people.
If you are interested in my offer I can help you wherever you live.
Just email me: polish.language.tutor