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Joined: 4 Oct 2016 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 28 Oct 2021
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Posts: 73 		From: Vienna
Speaks Polish?: słabo
Interests: język polski, Polska

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jgrabner   
10 Jul 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

If he made the claim that Poland only gets 20 billion zloty a year from the EU

according to cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/countries/PL , from the 2014-2020 ESI budget, €4,31/18,25zł bln have been spent so far. If he was talking about 20, he was actually generously rounding it up.

For sure, the bulk of the budget is still in planning stage but since money only flows for actual expenses, he is more than correct so far.
jgrabner   
6 Jul 2017
News / Trump will hold Poland up as an example for other nations to follow [106]

plans to buy american gas at prices higher than russia and norway offer

do you have reliable numbers on that? Polish sources indicate that russian gas is more expensive that that from its competitors:

"The diversification of gas supplies directions and sources will definitely have an impact on a fall in prices for the market participants," Pawel Jakubowski, director at Gaz-System's development division, told Reuters in an interview.

uk.reuters.com/article/poland-gas-idUKL5N1HE35H
jgrabner   
28 Jun 2017
News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

m.fronda.pl/a/najpierw-zabita-wiewiorka-teraz-opluta-muzulmanka-kolejna-kompromitacja-gw,95295.html

Lublin police says that nothing happend. As if the police during a time when there are boatloads of soccer fans in town would have anything else to do than to follow up complaints about being treated not overly nice. They should save their outrage when they are getting raped - which will happen sooner or later as soon as they are back in Germany anyway.
jgrabner   
13 Jun 2017
Life / Settle in Poland, which city is best? [30]

How does the tax situation affect any UK pensions that might be payable

There is a special section for tax liabilites for "Pensions and similar payments or annuities received" and here, the tax is only paid in the country where you are residing.

finanse.mf.gov.pl/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d0d095d7-3959-420c-bcc4-93173c754c93&groupId=766655
jgrabner   
31 May 2017
News / Mysterious death of Magdalena Żuk on holiday in Egypt [144]

German citizens can travel to Egypt without a passport

indeed, that is the law since 2002. They just have to bring a separate photo which the Egyptians will affix onto the visa, that in this case will be issued on the spot as a separate document at the point of entry. French, Belgian, Italian, and Portuguese citizen enjoy the same privileges. All others EU citizens can also obtain a visa at the point of entry (with the exception when coming from Israel), but they need a passport.

source: egyptian-embassy.de/konsulat
jgrabner   
26 Apr 2017
Work / I have to decide between two job offers, Berlin vs Wroclaw [44]

As Italian, you will be able to learn German much quicker than Polish and since mastering the local language is key to success, I would recommend Berlin. If you can make like 1500€ net, it would not be a terribly low wage either since the minimum wage in Germany is around 1300€ gross and a lot of Berliners are earning that.
jgrabner   
31 Mar 2017
Life / Cost of living in Katowice, Poland [53]

If savings is a top priority for you, then Poland is not a country you should be considering

saving more than $1000 per month after taxes and expenses is hard even in the west, considering that he has not only to house and feed himself but also his - most certainly - non working wife. It would be easier in an english speaking country where the wife would have a better chance of also finding work.
jgrabner   
17 Mar 2017
News / 60% of Poles say Szydło's government should resign [238]

Who better represents Poland in Europe

is this really the most important factor for voters in the Sejm elections? probably not, since all polls asking for that vote show PiS having a continuing commanding lead with a similar margin as in 2015: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Polish_parliamentary_election frankly, my answer to "kto lepiej reprezentacje Polskę w Europie?" would be "kogo to obchodzi?".

Projections for the 2019 elections today are not only to be taken with a grain, but with a boatload of salt, considering the huge fluctuations in pre-2015 polling. PO then lost the elections in the last couple of weeks(!): niepewnesondaze.blogspot.it/2015/10/w-tygodniu-przed-wyborami-4.html

Should the government of Szydlo resign?". More than 42% answered "definitely yes" and 18% "rather yes".

that would be in line with general polling. 60% don't like her today, and ~62% did not vote for her in 2015.

If you have only 50% election participation, the key to winning the election is high turnout of our own base. It pays better off to energize your own base than to try to win voters from the other side. In this regard, voting against Tusk was a cheap move to keep their own base happy.
jgrabner   
15 Feb 2017
Travel / How available is internet/wifi in Poland? [24]

I have a SIM card from play.pl. It is 49zł per month (Internet na kartę == prepaid) for unlimited LTE and the speed is usually fast (Warsaw, Kraków). I use it on an Android smartphone and if occasionally I want other devices to connect, I open a hotspot on the phone, works as usual (I have never found that any provider would block tethering as that would be technically very difficult to implement, as long as one doesn't use anything from Apple).
jgrabner   
11 Jan 2017
Language / Male name declension in Poland [38]

This is about the declension of male names in the accusative case (I presume):

We wtorkowy wieczór odbyło się spotkanie liderów Platformy Obywatelskiej, Nowoczesnej oraz Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego zorganizowane przez Grzegorza Schetyną.

wprost.pl/kraj/10038273/W-parlamencie-dojdzie-do-przesilenia-Obrady-Sejmu-i-Senatu-spotkanie-opozycji-Sala-Kolumnowa-gotowa.html
(Tue. evening, a meeting between the leaders of PO, .N and PSL took place, organized by Grzegorz Schetyna)

Jak podkreślił Wierzejski, takie działania jest zgodne z polityką zapowiedzianą przez Grzegorza Schetyna...

telewizjarepublika.pl/wierzejski-pani-bienkowska-zakonczyla-prace-jako-przedstawiciel-polski-a-zaczela-jako-przedstawiciel-po,28468.html?fb_comment_id=949605988460704_950036115084358
(As underlined by Mr. Wierzejski, such action is consistent with the policy announced by Grzegorz Schetyna)

przez requires the acc. and name declension rules for Grzegorz Schetyna give me Grzegorza Schetynę. Most do it this way, but not the cited examples. Similar:

Rod Blagojevich został aresztowany we wtorek przez FBI chciał łapówki za wyznaczenie następcy na zwolnione przez Baracka Obama miejsce w Senacie.

newsweek.pl/swiat/afera-przy-wyznaczaniu-nastepcy-obamy,30108,1,1.html
(Rod Blagojevich was arrested tuesday by the FBI (because) he wanted a bribe for the appointment of a successor to the freed senate seat of/by Barack Obama)

I would have come up with Baracka Obamę as most others, but obviously not all.

Since I selected respected news sites, I am not sure if these are imperfections/mistakes but maybe I am missing some rule? thanks for reading.
jgrabner   
8 Nov 2016
Language / Help with homework (Polish language learning) (Hurra! Po Polsku - Level 1) [10]

Besides the usual resources on the 'net for looking up conjugations and declensions like pl.wiktionary.org or sjp.pwn.pl, I find the book "301 polish verbs" very helpful, esp. in explaining the use of aspect dokonany vs. niedokonany (in this case: when to use oglądać and when to use obejrzeć).

btw., there is also this "official" słownik: wsjp.pl/ and here I found something I could not decipher: what is the difference between oglądać and oglądnąć? or - unrelated: biegać vs. biegnąć? Those -nąć forms seem to be very rarely used (13.000 hits on oglądnę vs. 13 million for oglądam), but they are used. My friend and part time teacher, a polish native, has no idea. Any takers?