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Joined: 27 Apr 2011 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 23 May 2013
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ryanb   
26 Oct 2011
Life / The best English newspapers about Poland? [22]

I need to follow Polish news as part of one of my classes, but I am not ready to try to do that in Polish. What are the best news sources about Polish politics written in English? When answering, please give me an idea of what their ideological position is (is it a left-wing or right-wing newspaper, for example).
ryanb   
26 Dec 2011
Language / Use of swoj [23]

Merged: moj vs swoj

I'm using Rosetta stone to try to improve my vocabulary. I think I understand how moja and twój are used, but I see swój and swoja used in first, second and third person. What is the rationale behind this usage?

Example- Kocham swoją matkę. I thought swoja was his/her, not my.

Also what is the difference between swojego and jego/jej?
ryanb   
27 Dec 2011
Language / Use of swoj [23]

Thanks a lot. I understand it now.
Polish has proved a lot more difficult than I had expected, which just makes me that much more determined to master it.
ryanb   
28 Dec 2011
Language / Polish post office vocabulary [7]

I live in Warsaw and I am going to the post office today. I need to mail a letter to someone in Poland, and I'd also like to get some stamps both for domestic and international mail so next time I don't have to go in to the post office. What stamps do I need? Can you give me phrases to use to ask for these?

Thanks a bundle.
ryanb   
11 Jan 2012
Study / Learning Polish in Warsaw - good school recommendation? [47]

I am taking classes at Polonicum at the University of Warsaw. My instructor has been very good but the class is too big (fifteen or so). My wife and I also took private lessons from polish4you.waw.pl/start.php?lang=en

I was extremely pleased with Anna Wojtasiak as a teacher. She tailored our course to our needs, came to us and taught in our apartment, and it was not as expensive as I had expected.
ryanb   
11 Jan 2012
Language / Polish post office vocabulary [7]

Thanks for your help.

One more additional question:

I need to ship a small parcel to a local address in a way that can be tracked. Does the polish post office offer this service? If so, how do I ask for tracking?
ryanb   
8 Mar 2012
Travel / Cheap flights from Warsaw to other European countries? [11]

I'd like to take my family out to see some more of Europe during the Easter holidays. We're on a fairly tight budget, and we'd like to find a way to search for flights by price instead of destination (we're very flexible on that). Any suggestions? any destination or airline that is consistently cheaper from Warsaw?

I know LOT has a page that does that but I can't seem to narrow the search down from all of 2012 and a great deal in November isn't very useful to me...
ryanb   
10 Mar 2012
Study / Polish preschools in Warsaw? [4]

What Polish preschool options are available for the children of foreigners in Warsaw? I'm not interested in preschools for foreigners- I'm considering putting my child into a polish preschool to help him learn Polish and make more local friends. Are there public preschools? How much would this cost?
ryanb   
12 Mar 2012
Travel / Krakow during Easter - good or bad idea? [19]

I've heard from some people that traveling in Poland during the Easter holidays is a bad idea because everything is way more crowded.

Any general thoughts? any thoughts specifically about the feasibility of visiting Krakow during the Easter holidays?
ryanb   
14 Apr 2012
Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [71]

I'm using Rosetta Stone and there are two examples I don't understand:

Mężczyźnie jest zimno.
Dziewczynce jest zimno.

Why not Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno? What case are they using here, and why not use the nominative if the noun is the subject of the sentence?
ryanb   
16 Apr 2012
Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [71]

Wow- leave a thread alone for a few days and watch it grow to astronomical proportions!

Thanks for the discussion. I think this pretty well answered my question:

Dziewczyna jest zimna. (Note that the ending of the Adj. must be in agreement with the gender of the noun).

It turns out I didn't recognize it because dative is not one of the cases I have studied so far. Now I know. Thank you.
ryanb   
2 Jun 2012
Language / What is the best way to say comfortable? [7]

What is the best way to say comfortable, in the context of a social situation or a location?
like

I am comfortable with these people, or I am comfortable in this house (not physically but socially)? I'm inclined to use Jestem spokojny w ten domu but I don't think that's right.
ryanb   
6 May 2013
USA, Canada / Sea freight to US from Poland [7]

I am moving back to the United States soon and I have a lot of stuff I need to ship back. Probably about one pallet's worth, packed in boxes. I used Polamer's sea cargo service to get the stuff here, and I was satisfied with that, but they only do air freight to the US for some reason. I don't really want to use the postal service here. Any recommendations? I don't mind if it is slow as long as my stuff will actually get there eventually, and I need something inexpensive.
ryanb   
6 May 2013
USA, Canada / Sea freight to US from Poland [7]

Thanks for the recommendation. I called Polonez and they said they only handle shipping from the US to Poland, not the reverse. They told me to contact IC Shipping, but IC shipping won't do anything smaller than a full container. I've only got a pallet or so and a container is way more than I need.

Any other recommendations?
ryanb   
23 May 2013
Law / Where to obtain license plate in Poland? How long it takes? [24]

I'm getting ready to return home from Poland and I have a family member who collects license plates that is hoping I can bring one back with me.

Any suggestions where to legally obtain a random license plate?