Genealogy / How can I find my family in Poland? (Hochajzel) Malinowska. [15]

Daniela, send me your introduction with your email address and I will forward this info to Agnieszka through my naszaklasa account. She will be able to reply directly to you via email.

Language / Przyczółkowa - Pronunciation question [11]


Hello = cześć
thank you = dziękuję
copy and paste into the text to speech program to hear them both

Language / Przyczółkowa - Pronunciation question [11]

Choose Polish and paste Przyczółkowa. The pronunciation is very good (Krzysztof has the best)

oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php

Law / Polish Passport and Polish Citizenship (dual with American) [14]

Polish nationality law says that a child born to a Polish parent is a Polish citizen at birth. It doesn't matter where the child was born. Even If only one parent is Polish and the child was born outside Poland, the child is Polish citizen. If a parent doesn't want the child to be a Polish citizen, Polish citizenship for the child can be disclaimed within 3 months of the child's birth.

If you father didn't do it then you are Polish citizen already. You just need a Polish passport and most importantly PESEL (same as SIN in US)

soderkoping.org.ua/page12010.html

Your father didn't loose his Polish citizenship just because he became an US citizen.

Here is some info on how you can confirm your Polish citizenship: polishconsulateny.org
Confirmation of Polish citizenship
Citizens who do not have valid documents proving Polish citizenship (a Polish passport or ID) or whose personal data and citizenship cannot be ascertained, may apply for confirmation of Polish citizenship.

Citizens over 18 years old, who were born outside of Poland and/or have never possessed documents proving their Polish citizenship (a Polish passport or ID), prior to applying for the Polish passport at the Consulate must obtain a certificate confirming their Polish citizenship.

Certificate of confirmation of Polish citizenship or its loss, or refusal of its confirmation, is issued by a Provincial Governor (Wojewoda). Applicants residing abroad submit an application through the Consulate according to their place of residence. After verification, the application is transferred by the Consulate to the Provincial Governor Office, in accord with the applicant's last place of residence in Poland (in case of the applicants who have never resided in Poland - to the Provincial Governor Office in Warsaw). The decision of the Wojewoda is forwarded to the applicant through the the person residing in Poland authorized by an applicant for the service of correspondence.. from the Provincial Governor's Office.

Language / "to believe is to see?" - Getting a Tattoo in Polish and Want Proper Grammar! [30]


sounds like an optometrist office advertising slogan - :)

Language / "to believe is to see?" - Getting a Tattoo in Polish and Want Proper Grammar! [30]


Wouldn't this sound more natural in Polish: wierzyć znaczy zobaczyć or uwierzyć znaczy zobaczyć ?

Wierzyć to widzieć - sounds more like: to believe is to be able to see (most likely because i have eyes) :)

Po polsku / Jak wryty. Co to znaczy? [7]

Stanąć jak wryty - zatrzymać się nagle, gwałtownie, zwykle pod wpływem strachu, zdumienia, na widok czegoś - (Słownik Języka Polskiego)

USA, Canada / Is there anyone in the US who has a Maluch that is legal to be driven? [13]

There is one in Toronto (Mississauga). I saw it on a street last Monday. It has "POLMOZBIT" written accross. Polmozbit is a car garage in Mississauga. Perhaps they can help you with parts.

directory4cars.com/directory/profile/id/polmozbit-auto-repair-ltd/city/brampton/cdi/40578/

USA, Canada / I have a Canadian and Polish passport. Travel on Polish / Canadian passport in Europe? [10]

I always travel with both my passports: Canadian and Polish. Based on my experience it is much faster to got through customs and immigration at the airport in Rome on Polish (EU) passport than on a Canadian. 5 minutes for me on Polish passport and 1 hour and half for my travel companion on a Canadian passport. You enter EU once. There is no passport control as you travel from one EU country to another.

I leave North America (sometimes from Toronto, sometimes from Buffalo or New York) on my Canadian passport but always enter EU on my Polish passport. For ticket reservation purposes i always give my Canadian passport number.

I return to US or Canada on my Canadian passport.

Also don't forget, you will get many discounts as an EU citizen in Europe vs. non-EU citizen. For e.g.. discounts on entrance fees to all main tourist attraction in Rome, etc.I believe Coliseum was half price for EU citizens.

USA, Canada / Marriage certificate required for Polish passport (I'm a Polish-American) [9]


These are the legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 29 września 1986 r. o aktach stanu cywilnego

By law all Polish citizens must have their marriage registered in Poland. If a Polish citizen doesn't have a permanent address in Poland (never lived in Poland) she/he must register the marriage in Urząd Stanu Cywilnego Warszawa-Śródmiecie. You don't have to do it in person. Familly member or friend can do it for you.

And God forbid, if you ever divorce your wife, you will have to get divorced in Poland too or legally you will still be married in Poland Speaking from experience, I inherited some land in Poland. I had to find my ex, who I divorced in Canada 13 years earlier and beg him to sign some legal papers. He was surprisingly kind enough not to ask for a half of my inheritance but legally he could

To clarify, you don't need to get married in Poland, you need to register/report your marriage to obtain a marriage certificate, the same way you would register a birth of a child to get a birth certificate.

But because you don't have PESEL yet, I suggest you do it through the nearest Polish Consulate. It will take a bit longer and cost much more money.

Language / Common errors in Polish grammar or spelling [26]


poszłem, weszłem, przyszłem -I can't stand when people speak like that and just heard it on TV.
Very common error among native speakers.

correct of course: poszedłem, wszedłem, przyszedłem

Language / Ty ślepaku, what case is ślepak in and why? [15]

Only if the person is not really short. For eg. when one can't reach something high you can say jokingly: Ty kurduplu or Ty kurduplu jeden.

Language / Mam silnego kaca! Why is this genitive/dopełniacz? [34]

I don't why buy most health related masculine nouns behave like virile masculine nouns. Mam raka (tfu, tfu), mam mięsaka, mam syfa, mam tluszczaka, mam guza, mam siniaka..... but mam odcisk, mam łupież, mam zarost. Perhaps somebody smart here can explain it.

But to confuse you even more: mam Mercedesa, mam Fiata, mam Volkswagena ( I guess some people think a car is a living thing..lol).
Also some mushrooms (why? , I have no clue) Znalazłam prawdziwka, znalazłam podgrzybka, maślaka.

Masz papierosa? Tak, mam papierosa.

Zatańczymy poloneza, a moze walca lub foxtrota?

I think I confused you enough. You are welcome :)

Language / What is the dopełniacz/genitive plural of lekcja or restauracja and rules for this? [3]

genitive plural and singular are the same and end with ji
singural and plural - lekcji
singular and plural - restauracji

This rule applies to nouns of foreign origin ending with ja after s, z or c. Other examples:
instrukcja
misja
stacja
konstrukcja
sesja

Love / help needed to warn off troublesome pole [25]


This is not your business. Why would you want to get involved?? This is up to your son to tell this girl how he feels about her. Apparently he is not clear with his message and gets her confused. Please speak to him, not to her. The messagge from him must be clear.

Po polsku / Chef - polskie tlumaczenie [6]


:) znalazlam tam rowniez pomoc mastera shushi

Dzieki Strzyga. Chyba pozostaje przetlumaczenie chef jako kucharz i opisanie obowiazkow.

Tlumaczenie jest dla kogos kto kilka lat pracowal jako private chef, potem w restauracji jako chefodpowiedzialny za seafood, ale nie jako executive chef czyl szef kuchni odpowiedzialny za cale menu. Jako seafood chef mial jednego sous chefa.

Po polsku / Chef - polskie tlumaczenie [6]

Dzieki. Sama sie nad tym szefem kuchni zastanawialam, ale cos mi nie pasuje. Bo jak np. przetlumaczyc a private chef? Albo jak w restauracji jest dwoch chefow i czterech sous-chefow. Dwoch szefow kuchni i czterech zastepcow szefow kuchni?? Tak? Jakos to brzmi niezrecznie.

Albo sushi chef. Czy to sie tlumaczy?

Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [70]

a few more examples:

Mężczyzna jest dziwny - a man is weird
Mężczyznie jest dziwno - a man feels weird (has a weird feeling)

Kobieta jest nudna - a woman is boring
Kobiecie jest nudno - a woman is bored

and just to confuse you ;)
Dziecko jest smutne - a child is sad (how others see this child)
Dziecku jest smutno - a child is sad (how the child feels)

Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [70]


Kotu jest zimno

Language / Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) [70]


Mężczyzna jest zimny - A man is cold (this means that when you touch him, his skin feels cold... not necessarily he feels cold himself. It could also mean that he is dead, this is why mężczyzna jest zimny. This sentence doesn't say anything about the temperature mężczyzna feels himself, only how he feels to others.

Zimny is an adjective in this sentence

Mężczyznie jest zimno - A man is cold. Thsi sentence says that mężczyzna feels a low temperature of his body. Zimno is an adverb in this sentence

Mężczyznie jest zimno, ale mężczyzna jest cieply. The man is cold but he feels warm (to the touch)

Po polsku / Rodzina zastępcza [10]

Mozna, ale nie wszystkie filmy, seriale lub programy sa dostepne. Rodzine zastepcza mozna ogladac, sprawdzilam. Obejrzalam niedawno fajny nowy serial Gleboka woda. Mieszkam w Kanadzie.

UK, Ireland / Why would anyone kill himself? Polish guy kills himself in Ireland [16]


Where does it say it was the kid's father who killed himself?

Mr Guzik's wife, Ewa, her three-year-old son and a male friend were in the house when gardai arrived

Po polsku / Rodzina zastępcza [10]

Na Ipla jest sporo odcinkow. Sprawdzilam, od pierwszego do 329. Ale raczej sciaganac na swoj komputer ich nie mozna. Mozna za to ogladac za darmo i w dobrej jakosci

Language / "żółwik" - the same word?? [55]

a.k and gumishu. My reply was only to a question if a simple sentence Muzyka Mozarta podoba mi się is correct. I didn't want to go in details about any variations ,forms and exceptions because I didn't want to confuse anyone who is a beginner learning Polish.

And of course, I totally agree with both your posts.

Language / Do the Polish words for 'please' and 'piglet' sound very similar? [24]


The spelling with a double dż is correct.

Language / Czarny i czerń, is there a gramatical explanation for czerń? [10]

Polish title of the movie Men in black is Faceci w czerni

Language / "żółwik" - the same word?? [55]


Muzyka Mozarta podoba mi się i Podoba mi się muzyka Mazarta have exactly the same meaning but Muzyka Mozarta podoba mi się is grammatically incorrect or at least weird sounding. Polish sentence is usually arranged this way: subject - verb -object.

So a native people would always say: Podoba mi się muzyka Mozarta, Lubię Mozarta, Kocham mamę and never Mozarta lubię. Mamę kocham

Language / "żółwik" - the same word?? [55]

gumishu, salad could be sałata or sałatka. I agree with you that most native speakers will call a salad sałatka, but not all, and not always.

From one of my favourite recipe sites here are some examples of lettuce-free sałata:

Sałata z selera z bakaliami i kurczakiem marynowanym w herbacie:

kuchniaplus.pl/kuchnia_przepis_0-0-5647_salata-z-selera-z-bakaliami-i-kurczakiem-marynowanym-w-herbacie.html

Sałata z dynią i ricottą

kuchniaplus.pl/kuchnia_przepis_0-0-3470_salata-z-dynia-i-ricotta.html

Ciepła sałata z botwiny i kurzych wątróbek z pistacjami