USA, Canada / I embrace the term "Polak" or "Pollack" in the US [33]

I've embraced the term polak and use it often.
when you own /use a hurtful pejorative, you neutralize it as blacks have done.

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]

the New York Times summary of his life:


nytimes.com/2014/05/26/world/europe/gen-wojciech-jaruzelski-polands-last-communist-leader-dies-at-90.html

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]


Lenko,
one needn't go to the Polish border. The Red Army was stationed at all the major cities just ready to spring into action

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]

The decission has been made- Jaruzelski will be buried on Powązki
Good! That's exactly here he belongs.

I happened to be living in Poland at the time Jaruzelski declared a state of emergency. It as very scary. I don't remember a single person, not a one, cursing him or declaring him a traitor. I think history's going to be kind to him.

Language / Grammar of traditional birthday song "Sto Lat" [13]

Turbowicz, don't overthink this one. It is what it is :)
We wish the celebrant a hundred years in the third person.

Travel / Which parts of Poland are more beautifull? (North, South, East, West or center) [13]

just started going there with my cousins - very pretty

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


Exactly my point!
Native speakers have memorized it cold. Most of them can't tell you why a certain grammatical rule applies they simply shrug their shoulders and say "bo tak jest".

Lol
such is the agony of grammar for the newbie
Slog on Mochadot18!
You have our undying support :)

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


Mocha,
adjectives do not end in o
please commit that to memory

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


wow you really have a block don't you?
białó[b][/b] is NOT AN OPTION!
Earth to Mocha! HALO!
an o is not an ending befitting an adjective!
let's try it in French un joint n'est pas une fin pour un adjectif

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


it's true for NOUNS not for adjectives

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


\n','')dot18]Why Zielone???? Can't it also be Zielono????[/quote]
where are you getting the "o" option for an ending?
your choices are limited to a, y and e.

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]

green = zielony (masculine), zielona (feminine), zielone(plural)
spodnie = plural = ?
which form would you pick?

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

funny you say that Wulkan!
while at work I stream radio Trójka and my patients are consistently guessing that it's Portuguese coming out the speaker! lol
I never wold have made that connection even though i worked in a Portuguese section of New Jersey for several years :)

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]

mocha it's białe, not biawae
białe spodnie
białe not biały because spodnie is plural
bialy pies white dog
białe psy white dogs
rozumiesz?

Food / What food and drinks should I buy a Polish friend who is missing Poland? [12]

Soplica is delicious! I highly recommend it
(tried it for the first time this summer

Language / Is Polish an easy language to learn and is there a way of learning it easily? [105]


Very good advice

Language / Is Polish an easy language to learn and is there a way of learning it easily? [105]

I salute your wish to honor your ancestry but, truth be told, Polish is a very complicated language. One does not learn it easily (think Latin).

Be patient and learn your declinations. Plenty of folks on here you can ask for advice.
Powodzenie!

Life / Poland: The land of -isms [63]


this could be understood to mean you were indeed denied service, in defence of Delphiandomine

Life / Poland: The land of -isms [63]

I'm sorry ET in P. I thought I might've divined an excuse for them but I'm at a loss. Someone really said "biała siła"?? Shameful really.

Life / Poland: The land of -isms [63]

I personally am saddened to hear this ETinP. I would love for you to elaborate (it's obvi ok if you don't want to). Far be it from me to serve as Poland's apologist but.........

Life / How can I change 100 PLN bank notes for smaller currency? [17]


have you ever dealt with the credit card companies?
I have and they want their pound of flesh.
You want low prices?
Come with cash.

Food / Is Domino's Pizza popular in Poland? [18]

for now the Polish palate seems quite satisfied by bland and not-so-bland :(

News / Poland and Germany should unite, says Lech Walesa [72]

maybe in a couple of generations when Poles, who still remember are gone, can the remainder say jawol! to this nutty idea (Wałęsa-endorced or not)

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]


are you certain they weren't simply hookers (no offence)?

USA, Canada / Pulaski Day (celebrated in the US only) [54]

I was at the one in New York.
It was a lot of fun seeing all the Poles out there in their red and white
one gripe: where was the Polish food???

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


my Polish ex-wife was the baby of the family.
She also was a monster.

Genealogy / Ancestors from Galicia - does this mean you are Polish? [18]

my mother was from Stanisławów.
she considered herself 100% Polish

Law / we are thinking to open asian bistro/ take away in wroclaw [13]

they really don't
I was just over there last month.
my cousins took me to an Italian restaurant where we ordered pizza.
Along with the pie came two red sauces: one zwykły (regular), the other pikantny(spicy)
I tasted very little difference in the sauces. For me they were both tame.
My cousins, on the other hand, used the "spicy" sauce judiciously, for it was hot for them.

Study / My experience in Poland (Poznan) as a student who recently moved from Syria [117]

priceless stuff!
keep em coming Dany!

Language / HEE-nuff-Skee? American trying to find the correct pronunciation of his Polish last name. [9]

let me give it a go
hay-nuh-v-ski