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Posts by Nika  

Joined: 21 Jul 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 9 Jan 2011
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Posts: Total: 507 / Live: 380 / Archived: 127 		From: Krakow, Poland
Speaks Polish?: Yes
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Nika   
15 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

If you live 1 month in Poland and don't learn na zdrowie you should get a prize or something.

agreed!
I think 1 evening is enough to learn na zdrowie ;)
Nika   
15 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

but do they say na zdrowie or they say cheers (kurwa may be the most popular Polish word but na zdrowie is the most popular Polish expression)?
Nika   
15 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

ha ha ha, kurwa being one the most popular Polish words, everybody knows it!
Once they get their fck*** beer do they say na zdrrrrrrrrrrrrrowie or cheers? ;)
Nika   
15 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

interesting feed-backs, thanks!!!!

honestly, I really admire foreigners that speak Polish (even if it is just basic) because it seems to me that Polish must be very complicated to learn.

How do you deal with all the cases and genders? How can you actually learn it when you are not a native speaker?
Nika   
11 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

Polish vocabulary seems more limited. When I ask someone to translate something complicated for me, the Polish version often seems rather basic.

I disagree about the limited vocabulary, maybe the Polish version is basic because the people that translate don't master the Polish or English language enough. Translation is difficult and sometimes it is hard to find the right words.

Often when I am asked how to say something more complicated in Polish I just translate the general meaning 'cause I don't feel like making efforts - lazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....
Nika   
10 Aug 2009
Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

after some time spent in my host country (soon ex-host country) I can actually say that I master the national language pretty well, at least 1 out the 2 national languages - sorry Flemish!

I was wondering how many expats living in Poland speak Polish a little bit/quite a bit/well/ very well/perfectly...
And if you do speak Polish then how did you learn it and what do you think about it?
Nika   
9 Aug 2009
Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]

Krzysztof:
normally "motylek" in Nominative and "motylku" in Vocative (so when you're saying it to somebody you use "motylku" when saying about somebody you use "motylek"), and it's a masculine gender noun, so it might be a little confusing when used about/to a girl :)

K is right, however even though the word is of masculine gender you may use without problem as a pet name for a girl.
Nika   
4 Aug 2009
Love / Polish Girls negative or positive personality trait? [267]

i used to ask my ex why he didn't buy me flowers and his answer was always 'because they die'. boyfriends die too, it just takes them longer than flowers.

Dobre JustysiaS, this bit really made ma laugh!!!!!!!
Nika   
4 Aug 2009
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

thanks for making me laugh tj123!
In general, I definitely prefer the European model.
I work my 35 hours a week, get paid every extra hour I do, after my work, instead of going to another job, I can go to a café have a drink or two or spend the whole evening at a terrasse when the weather is nice and still I can pay all my bills, my rent, travels and plenty of other things.

Żyć nie umierać! Life in Europe is beautiful!
Nika   
4 Aug 2009
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

Nowhere in my post did I say the Polish work week is superior, I just answered to the previous post about 35 h work week, I am sure there is more European countries where people work more than that.

However, even though Europeans work less than the Americans, the social and health care is so much better here and I get the general impressions that the wealth is more balanced in Europe - I've never seen so many poor, homeless people in Europe as I have in New York for example, this really shocked me.
Nika   
4 Aug 2009
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

The 35-hour week is not everywhere in Europe.
In Poland there is 40 h. work week.
This actually allows you to better ballance work and private life and I find it better than the American "I work 2 shifts and still can't pay my bills" system.
Nika   
4 Aug 2009
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

Everything connects me to Poland:
I was born in Poland, grew up in Poland, left Poland and am coming back to Poland soon (for good this time, hopefully).
Nika   
3 Aug 2009
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

I looooooooooooooooooooooooove Dębowa - it is very mild compared to other vodkas. Tastes very good with apple or pineapple juice mniammmmm........
Nika   
2 Aug 2009
Life / Things that annoy you in Poland. [114]

How about charging for the loo in a restaurant when you already spent a substantial amount of money.

now that's annoying :)

That is annoying but it's not in Poland only - they do the same in Belgium ;)