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

I am a native speaker and I would have no problem to say either Lubię bangee jumping or or Bangee jumping mi się podoba. Both sound fine to me

But at the exact moment I am hanging in the air after making my very first jump I would most likely say: podoba mi się

Pan Zuk Gnojowy:
Any examples in the reverse? or more examples of this phenomenon?

lakier do paznokci - nail polish
lakier fo włosów - hairspray
lakier - varnish
lakier samochodowy - car paint

sałata - lettuce
sałata - salad

USA, Canada / Problem with mother in law's US visa (Warsaw interview denied her) [10]

My cousin in US asked his congressman (or senator.. or some other local politician... not sure) for help after his mother in law was denied a tourist visa. And 2 months later she got her US visa.

Po polsku / Jaki seriale polecacie dla dorosłych? [30]

Oczywiście, że siostry, na córkę trochę za stara :) Nie wiem dlaczego napisałam córka.
Dzięki za sprostowanie.

Po polsku / Jaki seriale polecacie dla dorosłych? [30]

Ja specjalnie wielu polskich ani innych seriali nie oglądam, ale bardzo mi się spodobał nowy polski serial Głęboka woda w reżyserii Magdaleny £azarkiewicz (córki Agnieszki Holland). Obejrzałam pięć piewszych odcinków i każdy bardzo fajny.

Serial ukazuje perypetie grupy pracowników ośrodka pomocy społecznej. To ludzie o wielkiej wrażliwości na losy wszystkich potrzebujących, słabszych, porzucony przez najbliższych, a często również zepchniętych na margines społeczeństwa.

A z komediowych seriali to bardzo mnie śmieszy serial pt. Ludzie Chudego. Zdaje się, że to polska wersja bardzo popularnego hiszpańskiego serialu.

Real Estate / Property taxation in Poland and inheritance (obligated by law to pay)? [32]


Since your grandfather passed away only few weeks ago, I assume, you don't have any legal papers from the Polish court yet (no, I don't mean the will your Grandfather left). You have to get Postanowienie o Nabyciu Spadku from the Polish court where all beneficiaries will be named. You will be surprised but even if someone is not in the will, she/he may be eligible, according to the Polish law, to receive zachówek (financial compensation from all beneficiaries named in the will). Judge will decide. The legal process to get Postanowienie takes months. If there is no will the legal process is even longer.

Once you get the Postanowienie you need to contact a tax office that will classify all beneficiaries into a specific tax group (no, it doesn't matter that you are not a Polish taxpayer). All in group 1 don't have to pay an inheritance tax, all others will have to.

And only when you have Postanowienie and a clearance from the tax office this apartment is legally yours. Without these papers you can't do much with it.

I am in the middle of the same process. It took me 14 months to get the Postanowienie o nabyciu spadku. I live in Canada and had to hire a lawyer in Warsaw.

Good luck. It is not easy. Could be that when you are done with all this legal sh.. apartment prices may go up again. :)

Po polsku / Jaki jest twój ulubiony świąteczny film? [6]

Fajna komedia pt. Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek
Zbliża się Wigilia. Syn z wojska przysyła telegram, że przyjeżdża do domu z narzeczoną. Ojciec nie jest zadowolony, że syn będzie się żenił z dziewczyną z miasta i postanawia wybić jej to z głowy. Gdy okazuje się, że ona chce zamieszkac na wsi, ojciec musi wszysko odwrócić

Law / Bringing a Car to Poland from outside of EU? [6]

I sugest you contact your nearest Polish Consulate to get all details on "mienie przesiedlenia".

Here is the Polish Customs website: mf.gov.pl/dokument.php?const=2&id=47197&dzial=525

Law / Bringing a Car to Poland from outside of EU? [6]

You can have it registered in Poland duty and tax free as "mienie przesiedlenia" (settler's effects) if you or your wife has a Polish citizenship. The car has to be registered outside Poland in your name for at least 6 months before you can claim it as your "mienie przesiedlenia" in Poland.

You don't have to be permanently settled in Poland to bring your "minie przesiedlenia"

Po polsku / Szczęśliwy piątek [6]

Jutro pracuję i w niedzielę jadę do miasta. Tam spotykam się z bratem na obiad.

This is a perfect grammar
but
a Polish person would most likely say:
Jutro pracuję, a w niedzielę jadę do miasta, gdzie spotykam się z bratem na obiedzie.

This sounds more "natural"

Love / Woman tells of escape after allegedly buried Kasprak and Borys, both Polish nationals [25]

Michelina escaped from the box after cutting her way out using her diamond ­engagement ring

At least this guy is not cheap

Love / Woman tells of escape after allegedly buried Kasprak and Borys, both Polish nationals [25]

Merged: Michelina Lewandowska buried alive by her boyfriend

Michalina and Marcin A. Kasprzak from Poland met in 2005, they move to Penistone Road, Waterloo in Huddersfield, England because of their jobs, in 2008 they welcomed their son Jakub nos age three , but Marcin grew tired of Ms. Lewandowska, he wanted to be single and see other women, in fact he was having a relationship behind Michalina's back, in his mind the only thing between him and his freedom was her, so he planned something cruel to get rid of her and live the life he wanted with his friends, girlfriend and his son.

What happened to 27 year-old Michalina Lewandowska in May 28th, sound like taken from a movie, she was shot twice in her neck with a 300 volt Taser gun by her boyfriend Marcin Karprzak because he was tired of her and didn't found pretty anymore, so to get rid of her he took her body bounded by the wrists and ankles.

fandaily.info/news/michalina-lewandowska-buried-alive-by-boyfriend-marcin-kasprzak/

Language / Is this proper Polish grammar? If it is, can you explain how it is? [32]


What about prof. Miodek?? According to him powinien był is czas zaprzeszły

Law / Shipping a car from USA to Poland [85]


TV most likely won't work. There is a different system in Poland. I don't know much about it but you can google info on Pal Secam to get an explanation.

Radio won't work in Poland either due to a different FM broadcast band in Europe.


Yes, I did it a few years ago. You need to do it only if you want to register car in Poland. You can drive it without a yellow blinker if the car is registered outside Poland.

Law / Shipping a car from USA to Poland [85]


In Poland a blinker has to be a yellow/orange light and separated from a rear red brake light. Some American cars use a blinking brake light for a turn signal.

Language / Negation in Polish sentences [12]

twww189: 8. Może one wiedzą o kimś, kto wraca do Krakowa.

Maybe they know of someone who is returning to Krakow?

Language / Is this proper Polish grammar? If it is, can you explain how it is? [32]

This is czas zaprzeszły (Past Perfect Tense).

Here is a nice and short lesson:
The Past Perfect Tense

Surprised? Yes, dear readers, the Polish language officially has the past perfect tense, although it is mentioned in grammar books only formally. Nowadays it is used more often in speech to add a unique, ironic flavor to what is being said. It ceased to exist in regular use at the beginning of the 20th century; however, its elements still play a vital role in the Polish modal "powinien” ("ought to”). Example: pisałem był (I had been writing), pisałeś był (you had been writing), pisał był (he had been writing). Expressing "ought to” in the past tense: powinienem był/powinieneś był, powinien był. The past perfect is to some extent also reflected in the Polish conditional: the particles -bym; -byśmy, -byś; -byście, and -by are movable and sometimes present difficulties for even Polish experts.

Example:

Jeśli chcielibyście to kupić, to chętnie to sprzedam. = Jeśli byście chcieli to kupić, to chętnie to sprzedam. – both versions mean if you would like to buy it, I will gladly sell it, and are correct, but the position depends on the stylistic needs of the author.

Life / Poles don't know that baby seat should be in back only? [16]

Do you remember Janusz Liberkowski and his Anecia Safery Capsule? He won million bucks for his idea and for a while worked with a major car seat manufacturer on developing his project.

Genealogy / A long shot but... -looking for any info about Krawczyk & Sasiadek family [2]

Krawczyk is a very common Polish surname. I think you will have a better luck with Sąsiadek (pls note the proper Polish spelling).
Wschowa is relatively a small town (14 thousand residents). On Polish Facebook called Nasza Klasa, there are 2 people in Wschowa with the last name Sąsiadek: Emilia a very young girl and Katarzyna who is "connected" on NK to 8 other people with the same last name among them Krzysztof Sąsiadek who now lives in Norwich, England and Paweł Sąsiadek who doesn't disclose his location. Pawel is 30 yo.

According to NK, there 23 people with the surame Krawczyk in Wschowa

I also found these businesses in Wschowa:

P.H.U. Sąsiadek Bartłomiej
Daszyńskiego 12/2, 67-400 Wschowa
tel:781-317-479
e-mail : instalbart@wp.pl

(Bartek a diminutive of Bartłomiej)

and

US£UGI PROJEKTOWE PAWE£ SĄSIADEK
67-400 Wschowa, Ogrodowa 27
Tel.: 605586693
e-mail: uslugiprojektowe@wp.pl

at Ogrodowa 27 there is also another business registered that belongs to Romuald Sąsiadek

Language / "Szurszewski" - How to pronounce my last name correctly? [7]

Shoorshevski

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]

I think the song you are looking for may be LIST DO CARA (A letter to Tsar), Polish army march song.

youtu.be/TtvUMAIDxz0

LIST DO CARA
A konna bateria już nad Styrem stoi,
już nad Styrem stoi, już nad Styrem stoi.
I pisze do Cara, że się go nie boi,
Że się go nie boi, hopaj - siup!

Hopaj - siupaj, hopaj - siupaj,
hopaj - siupaj dana, hopaj - siupaj dana,
dziewczyno kochana.
Wczoraj spałem na podłodze,
Dziś na stogu siana,
Do samego rana, hopaj - siup!

I pisze do Cara czarnym atramentem,
czarnym atramentem, czarnym atramentem.
Że się go nie boi z całym regimentem,
z całym regimentem, hopaj - siup!

...

hallmann.art.pl/piesni_rzeczpospolitej/list_do_cara.html

News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]


He is 53. He has been flying gliders since he was 16 years old ( a minimum legal age to do so). Some experts say now that his experience flying and landing a glider helped him today.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Wrona_(pilot)

Po polsku / Co uczysz się ostatnio w języku polskim? Norma językowa? [35]

If I may : Czego ostatnio uczysz się w języku polskim?? or (it sound better) Czego nowego ostatnio nauczyłeś się (or uczysz się) po polsku?

I hope i didn't offend you by correcting your grammar. If so, I appologize.

Language / A list of steps/rules on how to translate English into Polish? [22]

I belive it is quite complicated to explain. Perhaps you can find some useful websites that will help you understand the rules. You can try to google szyk wyrazów w zdaniu w języku polskim.

Here is a nice summary of the rules : pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szyk_wyraz%C3%B3w

Genealogy / Trying to locate information on my Great Uncle Frank Pryeor [9]


The name of the village is Tywonia, in the district of Jaroslaw. I googled it and Tywonia is 4 km away from Jaroslaw and just over 100 kms from Tarnowiec

The father is Josephus which is latin for Józef, last name Przewor, resident (incola) of Tywonia (district Jaroslaw), son of Josephus Przewor and Agatha (Agata) maiden name Kosik .

Mother is Ludovica (Ludwika) daughter of Nicolai (Mikołaj) can't read his last name and Marianna, unable to read the rest

I think that Nikolai's last is Sołtys (it means a village leader in Polish, ) relatively commom last name

Language / Polish insult that sounds kinda like " e sha vees ta" ? [16]

Idź się wysraj i 100% Polish and dosn't come from some dialect.
This is not a nice reply to someone who according to us speaks crap. And it is still quite common in Polish language.

Mijimaes:
jaja pronounced yaya are eggs in Polish or testicles
dziadzia pronounced jaja is grandpa in Polish

Language / pisać-pisanie, jeść-jedzenie, what is the rule for jeść to jedzenie? [9]


or spaść - spasienie

Spaść has 2 meanings:
spaść - spadać
spaść - spasać

Language / Miłość, how to decline it in the accusative? [9]

Oops, I referred above to a wrong rule :) Time to go to bed :)

The correct rule is: accusative is the same as the nominative case when a feminine noun ends with a consonant: mysz, zlość, straż etc.

Language / Miłość, how to decline it in the accusative? [9]

accusative is the same as the nominative case when a noun has no plural form eg: miłość, nienawiść, zawiść, złość, szlachetność, hojność and so on

Genealogy / Decipher a Polish name please: ONUFISC or ORUFRISC ? Czyzyk surname [16]


Onufry Czyżyk