Language / which 'if' (jeśli, gdyż or gdyby) use in conversation? [13]

'gdyż' is not very popular in spoken conversations, it's more written language, and it means 'because'

'jeśli' is used most in first conditional sentences: Jeśli nie będzie dzisiaj padać, pójdziemy na spacer (If it doesn't rain today, we'll go for a walk). Jeśli chcesz, możemy iść do kina (If you want, we can go to the cinema).

'gdyby' is used most in second, third and mixed conditional sentences: Gdyby nie padało, moglibyśmy pójść na spacer (If it wasn't raining, we could go for a walk). Gdyby on tyle nie wypił, nie byłby teraz w szpitalu (If he hadn't drunk so much, he wouldn't be in hospital now).

Did that help? :)

Travel / Going to Tricity (Trojmiasto) soon. What to see, where to go - not so obvious but interesting places [14]

The Zoo in Gdansk is really interesting, if you have time and the weather's sunny you should definitely check it out. Keep in mind that it's not in the city centre, and you'll need a bit of time to see most of animals there (it took me 5 hours last time, but then I wanted to see everything :P)

Two more things to see in Gdańsk are the Amber Museum (Gdańsk, Targ Węglowy 26) and the Aquarium (Gdynia, al. Jana Pawła II 1).

If you're interested in cars, Gdynia has a really nice Automobile Museum with old cars and bikes (ul. Żwirowa 2c Gdynia - Chylonia), and you can get there by SKM. It's quite tiny and out of the town, but I thought it was really interesting. The owner of the museum gives you a tour and explains the history behind the object, last time he asked his son to describe everything in English for my friends (don't know though if it wasn't just a stroke of luck that his son was around, or if they have the translation option all the time).

Good luck with Trojmiasto, it's a really nice place to visit, and it's got good SKM communication, so you'll be able to get everywhere quite quick :)