Language / The Polish word for fart? [28]

My GF uses pierdzić, which I have of course now learned!

Love / Are all beautiful Polish girls as crazy as this? [262]


Heh. No, we don't, do we!

Language / Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language [129]

Here is a dictionary site I came across lately for the first time (Doesn't mean it hasn't been posted on PF before though) - looks to be quite good:

Language / I'm gonna learn Polish in a month! [86]

Yes! I wonder too. 23 months on...
How does your learning of Polish go plk123?

Language / abbrevations: t.z.w. wne rys. r.n.e. ark wyd kl. [8]

Thanks!
Abbreviations are tricky to work out sometimes.

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in the UK. Ch. 5 - Racism [259]

Hmm, haven't got time to read the whole thread, so reply is based on Ksysia start post. apologies if I offend anyone else's deeply held beliefs etc because I didn't read their post - it's not meant to be a racist or any other kind of slur...

In Finland I was branded a f***ing Russian (I had bad Finnish and they didn't speak English). White with dark hair, can't speak Finnish properly, = must be a Ruskie.

In England I was a Paddy (and other negative comments), subhuman.
In Paris I wasn't a Parisian (and therefore subhuman of some kind).
In Harvey IL, USA (a black suburb of Chicago) I was a honkie, subhuman.
In Romania they thought I was a Hungarian as I was too white and had bad Romanian, subhuman.
In Sweden they decided I was a Finn (I was with Finns), subhuman.

I hasten to add that this was a small minority of people in each country. Most people are basically ok. We notice those who aren't.

In all of the above personal experiences of racism, it was occasional and generally the exception.

I do get a constant trickle of innate anti-Irish racism from many English acquaintances, mainly those who can't understand why Ireland ever wanted to be independent of the UK. It's a sort of post-imperial thing or whatnot.

They don't even realize that they are being racist, and certainly don't mean to be so.

Of course we the Irish have lots of nice words for the English too :D

Language / Polish Language Learning Links [40]

Google Translate has improved a lot lately. Here it is hard linked to Polish: translate.google.co.uk/?hl=pl#

To switch it to Polish - English click on zamień.

I would recommend it for checking meanings as it frequently makes some silly mistakes.

Language / Polish Language Learning Links [40]

Here's another one, hopefully not a repost: polish-bilus.blogspot.com/

Credit to SzwedwPolsce for finding it :)

Language / Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language [129]

A good teacher is such a great advantage to have.
My teacher really brought Polish to life for me. No way would I have stuck with it without having a teacher.

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]

Definitely a collector's car, better built than the Trabant.

Language / Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language [129]

Some links to Polish language learning resources here too: polishforums.com/language-17/learning-links-8328/

History / The Celts in Poland. [71]

Interesting map. There are similarities in roots between the Irish and Turkish languages and in the old story telling song styles (Sean Nós in Irish) of both cultures.

Looks like the Celts were generally aiming for America even back then :)

Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]

A shop that sells quality gaseous products perhaps...

Language / Is rosetta stone any good for learning Polish? [51]

Rosetta Stone is very basic. Go here for a free and more comprehensive Polish course: polish.slavic.pitt.edu/

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]


Hey careful there you might get caught in a propeller and end up being led to somewhere like the South China Sea........, all those strings hanging about the world and that.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

Polish woman. Sigh!

Language / The Plural of Zloty? [46]

złotych is the plural when referring to the currency unit.

Language / Help in finding household object [8]


Hey Polishgirl, you're cool, nicely done - chemistry in action :) Way t' go!

Language / Poland in different languages? [74]


Aggh, you beat me to it. This is of course Poland in Irish - a very relevant language to all the Polish living in Ireland these days, who will undoubtedly notice it.

Polska = Puola - in Finnish

Language / Bought "Rosetta Stone" software and trying to learn Polish... [59]

Yeaaah, but, it's still skimpy...
But I hasten to add it is very useful as an add-on for speech practice, which is what I use it for.

Language / Bought "Rosetta Stone" software and trying to learn Polish... [59]

I think you won't learn Polish from Rosetta Stone on it's own.
It consists of lots of short drills, where you repeat sentences and learn their meaning from pictures.
There is no vocabulary explanation or grammar analysis.
I would suggest that you combine it with this course, which is a free download: polish.slavic.pitt.edu

Or buy an old Linguaphone Polish course, produced in the 1980s (on ebay for example)

Language / I'm gonna learn Polish in a month! [86]


Stokrotka, stokortka..........,


Ok, Ok, another month, no worries. I've been trying to learn PL for years so I'm really interested in your method (once proven sucessful of course), so another month.

Don't forget to use The Force ;)

Polonia / Ever been to Sweden? [185]

... haven't been back to Sweden yet.
But Stockholm was nice (did the duty free shuttle run from Helsinki a few times...).
Very tough language though, Finnish is much easier, Polish too.

Language / I'm gonna learn Polish in a month! [86]

...hmm, wish I could lean Polish in a month...!

Good Luck and May the Force be with you.

Language / Polish Language Learning Links [40]

Some useful links there Tele
Polish is going to be easy mow with so many resources around!

Here's another link, this one discovered by Sausage:

goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENPL/ENPL-all.zip
- Goethe-verlag Book2 mp3s - 64 MB download

goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENPL/ENPL002.HTM - Content listing

... and yet another link:

bloggypolish.blogspot.com

Thanks to Sapphire for finding this one. It includes mp3 files and vids.
Well worth a look.

Here's another useful link. A little bit of grammar.
Thanks to Vincent for posting it.

people.bath.ac.uk/ma1jas/polish.html

Polish online test time!:

glossa.pl/polish/english/test.php?test=1&jezyk=polish

transparent.com/tlquiz/proftest/polish/tlpoltest.htm

Language / Polish Language Learning Links [40]

Here are a few more links, all discovereded lately by Telefonitika:

digitaldialects.com/Polish.htm
grzegorj.w.interia.pl/kurs/
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Polish_language_course
happychild.org.uk/freeway/polish/index.htm

usborne-quicklinks.com/uk/uk_entity_pages/uk_select_page.asp?lvl=1&men u=s26&id=2403

Some useful FREE resources here :) Thanks Tele

Language / The Polish language - it's bloody hard! [210]

In Ireland we also say "yez", a sort of extra-pluraly form of youz, for example:
Are yez commin out fer a drink...?
(The singular of yez is of course ya)
youz can be singular or plural.

Language / Polish language grammar books [59]

You will find some more links to useful free polish resources on this thread:

polishforums.com/polish_language_learning_links-17_8328_0.html

UK, Ireland / What do Polish people think about Wales and Welsh people? [191]

Wales - Cymru: Gotta love the place.
Coal, castles, rugby, er singing, and a language that looks like it might be harder to learn than Polish...
Conway is my favourite town in Wales.

Travel / Starbucks in Poland? [149]

Agreed - I take my coffee seriously - and Starbucks, naah. Can't beat a good small cafe. I Nero in the UK (haven't seen them in Ireland) is good.