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Speaks Polish?: I'm learning the very basics of it...

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Ohamer   
2 Jan 2010
Language / DECLENSIONS (the difference between suffixes) [11]

Ohamer:So.. what exactly IS the difference between these suffixes? Don't both sentences answer the same question (gdzie jest?)

Wow.. that's it?
I should've guessed that by now.. thanks.
so it's żółtej for female and żółtym for neuter and male?
Or is there a male from as well?
hmm.. and I guess plurals have also got their own form, right?
Ohamer   
2 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [631]

What about converts?

From what I know, there weren't many of those in Poland.
As I said, Poland was a center of religious Judaism, unlike Germany, which saw the biggest movements of secular Jews.

vetala

Yeah, because Jews only moved to Poland right before Nazi occupation.

Huh?
I was talking about the misinformed fact that was brought here before, that claimed Poland held more of 3/4 of the Jewish world.
5 million European Jews survived the Holocaust. Add it up to the 6 million that were killed, and the other few millions scattered across north Africa, the Arabian peninsula and America.

2.5 million is not really that big of a percentage.
Ohamer   
2 Jan 2010
Language / DECLENSIONS (the difference between suffixes) [11]

I'm probably not the first nor the last one to ask for help with this specific topic.
I'm using Livemocha.com's Polish 101 course, and even though it's a nice way of enhancing the vocabulary, there are no real grammar classes and tools.. so I'm having quie a hard time with the declensions.

This is part of my last submission:

Sekretarka nie jest na żółta kanapie. Ona jest na brązowy krześle.

Yes, I know I have got some mistakes.
I got help from a few people, saying that it should be żółtej and brązowym, and someone added that the difference between the suffixes has to do with the difference between the questions jakiej and jakim.

So.. what exactly IS the difference between these suffixes? Don't both sentences answer the same question (gdzie jest?)

Thank you!!
Ohamer   
2 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [631]

There were about 2,500,000 Jews in Poland before Nazi Germany occupation, which doesn't even come CLOSE to 3/4 of the Jewish population at those times.

Besides, you guys are forgetting that Jews are generally forbidden to marry peolpe from other religions.
Considering the fact that most Jews in Poland were very religious, especially until the emancipation, I don't really think it's probable that most Poles have got Jewish roots.