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	Sticky: Short Polish<->English translations 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 705 - @kaprys chyba! thank you!... LanguageWiktoria17 - 28 Oct 2007 mhurwicz - 8 May 2019
	Sticky: Polish Language Exchange Thread 2 3 4 5 123 - Hi! My name is Don Ricardo Jr. I hold a TEFL certificate and am interested in teaching English in... LanguageKarol Pol - 31 Oct 2012 ricardocameron - 3 Dec 2017
	How Polish sounds to other Slavs 30 - Yes, I now think I realize why Poles find Czech childlike. As children typically can't pronounce the "sz"-sound, for... LanguageBobko - 10 May 2017 Lyzko - 1 hr ago
	Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 543 - Yes, but not by someone, only by yourself. It is a critical remark about one`s reasoning and behaviour too.... Languagepawian - 10 Feb 2019 pawian - 13 hrs ago
	How many words does it take to be fluent in (the Polish) language? 21 - Exactly! Although, Zlatko, be careful of many words in related languages which might appear to look the same... LanguageForest625 - 13 Feb 2015 Lyzko - 10 Jul 2019
	Myśląc "Polska" - Does new PiS motto.... really mean anything? 20 - There is no such language as "American". You speak English.Yes, there are a few subtle differences, but they... Languagemafketis - 8 Jul 2019 Miloslaw - 8 Jul 2019
	Looking for meaning of a phrase ("Yatz Gatz Spetagamie") 2 47 - Hey, I also believe in giving credit where credit is due:-) No thanks necessary, although I appreciate all the... LanguageJJKK - 24 Jun 2019 Lyzko - 2 Jul 2019
	Addressing a follow up email to an embassy of the Republic of Poland 3 - @Tlum Thanks, and you are right zapytać does make more sense here than potwierdzić.... LanguagePolakNieMaly - 1 Jul 2019 PolakNieMaly - 1 Jul 2019
	Nice Polish words to say to a girl 2 3 4 5 135 - NOPE,its not wrong but unethical and immoral.... LanguageWayc00lio - 10 Jan 2007 Cargo pants - 23 Jun 2019
	"Pan" or "Ty" - how people address each other in Poland? 2 55 - So I exaggerated the brevity of my stay. Fact is, I already had studied Polish for at least four... LanguageKazikowski - 9 Feb 2012 Lyzko - 16 Jun 2019
	Pronunciation question: ę at the end of a sentence 5 - In rapid speech, I've only very rarely heard the final "e-sound" distinctly pronounced, except actually for my Polish teacher... Languagemhurwicz - 10 Jun 2019 Lyzko - 10 Jun 2019
	The rule determining pronunciation of " sprawdź " in the Polish language 3 - Palatalization in Polish can indeed be challenging, as that final "z + mnaki znak" almost seems to disappear if... Languagemhurwicz - 6 Jun 2019 Lyzko - 6 Jun 2019
	Puns and language games in Polish adverts 11 - 1. Train vs bison or It is time for Bison beer 2. A Polish saying: Two bisons are... Languagepawian - 23 May 2019 pawian - 25 May 2019
	The Slavic accents 4 - All such "labels" in the end are meaningless, Vlad! Any manner of speaking is subject to purely subjective... LanguageVlad1234 - 20 May 2019 Lyzko - 20 May 2019
	If nominative singular noun ends in "-(not -c-) + ha", is dative & locative singular ending still "-sze"? 16 - (Partial translations below...I did my best LOL): sjp.pwn.pl/poradnia/haslo/;11744 Question: "Form of noun 'wataha' in locative case as 'watadze'... LanguageLri - 13 May 2019 Lri - 14 May 2019
	"Putschke" - Please help me figure out a nickname my grandfather called me 19 - I think it was puszek/ka, dawn little feather... Languageanemone - 10 Mar 2011 Przelotnyptak1 - 13 May 2019
	What "YOU" is the correct one? Polish language question. 2 50 - We as well. To be continued:-)... LanguageNightshadow - 6 May 2019 Lyzko - 9 May 2019
	Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn 2 3 4 5 137 - You're correct, Delph! The regular "irregularity" though of Polish orthography beats the "irregular" irregularity of English spelling by... Languagesobieski - 20 Sep 2013 Lyzko - 7 May 2019
	Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases 2 3 4 100 - Gupi is stupid. Wradiat sounds like wredny - nasty, mean. Chort - devil. Stupid nasty devil - I... LanguageJadwiga - 18 Feb 2009 pawian - 3 May 2019
	-ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help 2 3 4 5 6 169 - Surname (phonetically like) : TROCHIMOWICZ The Nowogrodek Province 1929 Polish Business Directory1 Grodno Gubernia 1912 Voters List2 The 1915... Languagenikola - 19 Dec 2007 Nickidewbear - 29 Apr 2019
	Burak or redneck? 2 34 - I think in everyday colloquial language 'burak' has not so strong meaning. If someone does something stupid- one off-... Languagepolonius - 28 Sep 2012 10iwonka10 - 28 Apr 2019
	Polish-American Grandma used to say this word! 18 - google.com/amp/s/slask.onet.pl/starki-i-starziki-felieton-marka-szoltyska-po-slasku/xce89.amp Have a look at it.... Languageerinegront - 26 Apr 2019 kaprys - 26 Apr 2019
	What do foreigners find the hardest part of Polish? 2 3 63 - So long as you don't desire to discourage others such as Lori from learning, enjoying, and using her new-found... LanguageLyzko - 15 Apr 2019 Lyzko - 18 Apr 2019
	Etymology of Paragon 4 - What makes you think that?... LanguageAnotherPeter - 12 Apr 2019 jon357 - 15 Apr 2019
	Polish gravestone translation 30 - @M E.OR He lived to 58. She lived to 78.... Languagesarahxj82 - 30 Nov 2016 jon357 - 14 Apr 2019
	Children's Songs in Polish 2 59 - Merged: Old time Childrens Song Hi from USA, my great grandma came from that area,and both her... Languagekarturn - 23 May 2007 GramKulenguski - 10 Apr 2019
	Spelling of a Polish name? 14 - Maybe it's a rare name. Spelling on documents was often butchered, so it's definitely possible. If... Languagekelvin 101 - 1 Jan 2017 Chemikiem - 4 Apr 2019
	Polish slang phrases - most popular. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 601 - When I was little my dad would often use an energetic expression that he told me was Polish, but... Languagenyka - 23 Mar 2007 weejitz - 3 Apr 2019
	The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) 2 3 4 5 6 7 203 - "Cwiczenie czyni mistrza!", literally "Exercise does/makes master", which sounds odd in English to say the least:-)... LanguagePolonius3 - 16 May 2011 Lyzko - 25 Mar 2019
	Why is Polish such an ugly language? 22 - Such is part of what makes Polish Polish!! How unbearably boring this planet if all languages sounded alike, were... LanguageCharmouche - 26 Jan 2018 Lyzko - 11 Mar 2019
	Polish and other slavic language differences 2 58 - What's the difference? In rubles or in dollars?LOL... Languageclifborder4fm - 2 Jun 2010 Lyzko - 10 Mar 2019
	"Pan Tadeusz" - difficult English translations? 10 - Probably somewhere in the middle, pawian:-)... Languagepasssivus - 6 Mar 2019 Lyzko - 10 Mar 2019
	What do you like in Polish language? 2 3 70 - Gosh, thanks so much kaprys! Guess, I must have heard a much older dialect speaker then:-) The Polish... Languagezetigrek - 13 Aug 2010 Lyzko - 6 Mar 2019
	Site I've been using to learn Polish--what do you people think? 18 - Guided movie watching with easily deletable closed captions in Polish instead of English (or whatever the learner's native language)... LanguagePlusa10 - 8 Jul 2010 Lyzko - 5 Mar 2019
	Meaning of zrewanżować in this context 4 - @Nathans Thank you! So the sense would be, "I read your illegible letters, but you don't seem to want... Languagemhurwicz - 2 Mar 2019 mhurwicz - 2 Mar 2019
	Dziadzia / Babcia - help me with spelling/pronunciation 2 3 62 - I was always taught to call mine Babcia (Bahb Cha) and Dziadzio (Dgeh Ah Zee Oh). My mom... LanguageI'm_a_guest - 26 Nov 2006 AnielaMaria - 1 Mar 2019
	Advice needed for learning Polish Language 2 41 - Preferrably a native speaker who is willing to teach one what they WANT, not merely what the teacher thinks... LanguageSzalawa - 13 Apr 2014 Lyzko - 20 Feb 2019
	Ukrainian language similar to Polish? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 236 - I don't deny there are many borrowings, but I think many words which sound similar can be a... Languagenobody - 9 Dec 2008 Vlad1234 - 19 Feb 2019
	How many tenses and cases in Polish? 2 33 - Of course I can speak Polish. By that definition, your English is scarcely perfect, ergo, that makes my... LanguageKris85 - 28 Mar 2016 Lyzko - 17 Feb 2019
	Polish Swear Words 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 1,168 - It's also what makes swearing more tolerable. Past certain point, it actually gets to be funny. It's all in... LanguageAdmin - 6 Dec 2005 Rich Mazur - 15 Feb 2019
	How to pronounce the Polish word "w" in sentences? 15 - I trend to pronounce "w" more or less like "f", particularly in rapid speech.... Languageraith09 - 23 May 2011 Lyzko - 6 Feb 2019
	Trying to find an old Polish song 6 - thanks! I cant understand polish, but some of the words/versus that she sings really do coincide with the lyrics... Languagejoiceale - 25 Jan 2019 joiceale - 27 Jan 2019
	Your perception of the Polish accent 2 3 4 5 126 - ...or that they'll be found out:-) Knew a fella named Jerry who went back to Poland. He thought... LanguageArkady - 26 Aug 2007 Lyzko - 20 Jan 2019
	Opinions on Google Translate for Polish 28 - Thanks for that, mhurwicz. Will ck it out ASAP!... Languagemhurwicz - 18 Dec 2018 Lyzko - 20 Jan 2019
	Polish words that sound funny? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 224 - Now, I see the world through my Americanized eyes. That means I don't trust anybody and anything. I remember... Languagesimonfla - 27 Feb 2011 Rich Mazur - 12 Jan 2019
	I will be "Druhna" in Poland and giving the speech in Polish - please help translate from English 3 - Dobry Wieczór! W pierwszej kolejności gratulacje dla Państwa Młodych oraz podziękowanie dla was wszystkich za przybycie aby świętować... LanguageLinelleJeziorska - 6 Jan 2019 majkel - 11 Jan 2019
	Slavic languages words similarities with Polish 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 212 - None right off the top of my head, but Mickiewicz is chocked full of arcane forms:-)... LanguageVlad1234 - 21 May 2013 Lyzko - 8 Jan 2019
	I'm Moving from UK To Poland to learn Polish and live there 11 - Wish you luck, Simon! Learning the language, that is, the culture's half the battle. Hopefully, yours won't be an... LanguageSimon1 - 25 Jan 2017 Lyzko - 5 Jan 2019
	Diminutive help? Wiktoria, Mikołaj, Elzbieta 9 - When I was an exchange student in Poland my first family should play affectionately with dimunatives so Ela would... Languagemarzanna - 17 Apr 2018 Ela eluniu - 4 Jan 2019
	Intermediate / Advanced Learners of Polish. How do you improve your language? 14 - Nevertheless, learning a language as an adult by seeing, rather than merely hearing, what is being said, is an... Languagekie - 3 Feb 2012 Lyzko - 2 Jan 2019
	Terms of endearment in Polish 2 3 4 5 6 156 - Merged: Don't know affectionate name - "tree-ka" or "tray-ka? My grandfather is first generation American born Polish,... LanguageJedeane Macdonald - 9 Feb 2006 aBirdorAscooter - 30 Dec 2018
	Student register = indeks in Poland? 3 - Until a few years ago, an indeks was what Polish university students had instead of transcripts. There were no... Languagemhurwicz - 28 Dec 2018 mafketis - 28 Dec 2018
	Adjective endings for Polish surnames - the role of the suffixes? 8 - All names are CATASTROPHIC. For instance: Hell; Dorin; Gazda; Satan... LanguageRudy5 - 7 Jun 2012 Lexus The Killer - 28 Dec 2018
	Writing "to" and "from" on gifts in Polish. 2 41 - To Dad is "dla taty"?... LanguageThe Elves - 25 Dec 2017 More Elves - 26 Dec 2018
	Meaning of "w tern" in Polish 27 - those look like tem's to me (the word search for those is visual not digital so rn and m... Languagemhurwicz - 16 Dec 2018 mafketis - 19 Dec 2018
	Sense of "duchowego" 13 - As often the case, the English term is somewhat more limited than the Polish:-)... Languagemhurwicz - 16 Dec 2018 Lyzko - 17 Dec 2018
	My American-Polish family says this word all the time! It sounds something like 'shnoodek' 4 - sznurek... LanguageGrontkowski Pec - 24 Nov 2016 mafketis - 15 Dec 2018
	Having trouble pronouncing Polish words? 2 35 - Maybe there's a missing letter between the initial B and the G.... LanguageBednar87 - 28 Sep 2007 Lyzko - 13 Dec 2018
	First sentence of the novel Solaris 12 - I think you nailed it. Even if this is not exactly what the author had in mind, the analogy... Languagezzjing - 30 Nov 2018 zzjing - 3 Dec 2018
	"-ska" Polish last name different from "-ski"? 15 - I'm curious as to whether or not Polish surnames starting with a K are originally typically of Germanic origin?... Languageblondynka91 - 10 Feb 2015 NewGuy - 3 Dec 2018

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