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	Sticky: Short Polish<->English translations 2 3 4 ... 19 20 574 - "How Can I Be So In Love You ask me how can I be so in love? How... LanguageWiktoria17 - 28 Oct 2007 / MikeyD50 - 12 Aug 2017
	Sticky: Polish Language Exchange Thread 2 3 4 115 - Hello, Just sent you a private message, balaclava890! Marek aka "Lyzka"... LanguageKarol Pol - 31 Oct 2012 / Lyzko - 25 Jul 2017
	Best book for a language noobie? Learning Polish. 15 - Doubtless anything would be an improvement over Rosetta Stone! I once sampled that program for a language of... LanguageRubasznyRumcajs - 13 Aug 2017 / Lyzko - 1 day ago
	Polish diminuitive names 11 - Let's see, while I'm still on a roll: Malgorzata < Malgosia < Gosia (Voc. "Gosiu!") < Gocha/"Gochu!" Jakub... Languagej mateja - 12 Feb 2011 / Lyzko - 2 days ago
	A good place to start learning Polish? 23 - Spot on, polasku newbie!! Rarely have I encountered a Pole who'll admit to such:-) While I understand why,... Languagehuskyphd - 18 Jun 2007 / Lyzko - 13 Aug 2017
	Pechowy? - Can someone translate this? 7 - jaki? pachowy...yea it make sense... Languagegruntwork - 10 Aug 2017 / gregy741 - 10 Aug 2017
	Slang term for "pants" in Polish? Gacie. 28 - I use the word "gotches" whenever I talk to my two daughters. I love those words and grew up... Languageugobananas - 23 Aug 2013 / Justin1 - 9 Aug 2017
	Best website to learn Polish from 14 - @newyorkpolish: These are the best free flashcards I found: ankiweb.net/shared/info/3199057698... Languagemochadot18 - 19 Jul 2012 / freekarol - 8 Aug 2017
	Caring/loving words in Polish? 2 3 90 - Merged: Love sayings How would you say something along the lines of "Welcome home, my sexy/attractive/hot boyfriend/man/lover!"... LanguageWannaLearn - 7 Jan 2007 / doggolover123 - 8 Aug 2017
	How long to to learn Polish? In hours? 2 3 64 - There are more Polish living in Chicago than any other city in the world. Besides, Warsaw. Its... LanguageJiuJitsu - 5 Feb 2017 / Joker - 2 Aug 2017
	The "end piece" of a loaf of bread in Polish 2 3 64 - Thank you, barbk! I couldn't remember what my Slovak baba and mom called the heel piece and you are... LanguageMoogleSensei - 13 Aug 2013 / JeanW - 29 Jul 2017
	Dwa vs. dwie in Polish 2 3 85 - [moved from] You have (you had) : jedna baba - dwie babie - trzy baby... Languagetomek123 - 19 Aug 2007 / Ziemowit - 28 Jul 2017
	Two funny videos. Native speakers in Poland caries a risk of learning strange accent. 4 - Merged: Black British Rapper Raps in Polish youtube.com/watch?v=Q19OOCZXx0U&t=33s... Languagejwojcie - 4 Oct 2010 / haunnted - 26 Jul 2017
	Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? 29 - All three of those points are absolutely inaccurate, however to stay on the topic, here are some beautiful... LanguageSimon1 - 8 Nov 2016 / jon357 - 25 Jul 2017
	Hejka / Nara - a trendy youth greeting in Poland? 26 - That's one I've mainly heard in the south. I'm not fond of hejka, but nara sounds good.... LanguagePolonius3 - 4 Dec 2011 / jon357 - 23 Jul 2017
	Problems Polish People Have with Learning English 2 3 63 - I confirm, we do sometimes mix these words during spoken conversation.... Languageoctopus39 - 29 May 2009 / Looker - 23 Jul 2017
	Polish & French Grammar/Vocabulary 5 - Hi, myaomi.webutu.com the one and only vernaculary .... Have fun, linuxaomi... Languagemyjustyna - 20 Jun 2011 / linuxaomi - 23 Jul 2017
	How to say this in Polish, any help greatly appreciated! 5 - @gumishu Thank you! Imagine me giving you are big high five please.... LanguageJakeP - 21 Jul 2017 / JakeP - 21 Jul 2017
	Polish slang phrases - most popular. 2 3 4 ... 19 20 586 - Great! Thank you, that makes sense now. I shall return, as this is a great resource! I'm keen... Languagenyka - 23 Mar 2007 / Some Brit guy - 20 Jul 2017
	Looking for help with Polish handwriting 3 - Dear Ruzia and whole of your family, I regret that it wasn't me first who knew about this sadness... LanguageWGroleau - 12 Jul 2017 / Looker - 17 Jul 2017
	Meaning of Bejbe - a Polish girl said this to me 14 - It basically means attractive or babe but I'm from Essex and it's common to call your friends that... LanguageJohn578 - 11 Jun 2015 / Lilycnijenvnjcu - 10 Jul 2017
	Learning Polish in India to find a job in Poland 9 - Why "vomit", PiotrOlsztyn? Please focus on the OP's questions... LanguageAditya Bhardwaj - 5 Jul 2017 / Lyzko - 8 Jul 2017
	Polish language grammar books 2 3 61 - Merged: Beginner for Polish Which is the best book for Polish beginning and also on fast track... Languagepan_jurek - 16 May 2008 / piyush8460 - 8 Jul 2017
	NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS 2 3 69 - My Family all grew up in Poland and my uncle had two labradors buba and beza... LanguagePolonius3 - 28 Apr 2008 / Foxglove - 30 Jun 2017
	Too many English words in the Polish language! 2 3 4 ... 23 24 712 - I wonder if the 'z prus' trees came from Danzig (Spruce)... LanguageOsiedle_Ruda - 2 Aug 2007 / rozumiemnic - 26 Jun 2017
	Some German loan-words in Polish language 11 - there has been a whole book written about that subject but here is a first collection: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanizm... LanguagePolonius3 - 25 Jun 2017 / jgrabner - 25 Jun 2017
	Poles struggle with English vowels 2 42 - Numerous, in fact all, Polish students of English whom I've taught over the years never seem to grasp the... Languagespiritus - 22 Jun 2017 / Lyzko - 23 Jun 2017
	Use of Duda in speaking 5 - Three cheers, Atch!... LanguageCDuda - 20 Jun 2017 / Lyzko - 21 Jun 2017
	[SEX] Polish sentences/expressions 2 37 - Zielono... pomaluję pokój na zielono...... Languagelyboss - 21 Aug 2015 / NoToForeigners - 19 Jun 2017
	Polish case question (Mężczyzna jest zimno? or Dziewczyna jest zimno?) 2 3 70 - @(smoke)ender, In fact German has a similar case/word order situation much as Polish:-)... Languageryanb - 14 Apr 2012 / Lyzko - 12 Jun 2017
	How many words does it take to be fluent in (the Polish) language? 18 - I would say that "fluency" should certainly be distinguished from "accuracy"! To express oneself on a level of practical... LanguageForest625 - 13 Feb 2015 / Lyzko - 11 Jun 2017
	Writing time of day and currency amounts - in Poland and in the UK 5 - Bo Paryż częstą mody odmianą sie chlubi, a co Francuz wymyśli to Polak polubi. I've just... LanguagePolonius3 - 5 Jun 2017 / Ziemowit - 8 Jun 2017
	Dziadzia / Babcia - help me with spelling/pronunciation 2 43 - Babci, cioci, busia, dziadzia are part of a PolAm patois or jargon which is strongly engrained in the... LanguageI'm_a_guest - 26 Nov 2006 / Polonius3 - 7 Jun 2017
	American pancakes are not Poland's naleśniki! 2 45 - Understand sweet-potato pancakes or "yamcakes" are quite popular in your neck of the woods:-)... LanguagePolonius3 - 31 May 2017 / Lyzko - 3 Jun 2017
	-ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help 2 3 4 5 6 162 - My family name is Jurewicz, and we came from Lublin, Poland. We are a very Catholic family, but... Languagenikola - 19 Dec 2007 / Firecracker - 2 Jun 2017
	Anybody speak Ślunzok? 9 - How would one say in Silesian: Weź tę brudną łapę. Judging by what you wrote, Aniu, I'd say... LanguagePolonius3 - 22 Mar 2010 / Polonius3 - 28 May 2017
	Widespread diminutivisation in Polish hard for learners or not? 6 - Wow!! Never knew that. Learnin' stuff every day, dude! Keep it comin:-))... LanguagePolonius3 - 26 May 2017 / Lyzko - 27 May 2017
	What does "ya zha smadia" mean in English? 10 - Jezus Maria! My mother used to utter that, sounding just like you spelled it, but she came from... Languagekatie1234 - 28 Mar 2015 / Herbaty - 27 May 2017
	"Cup of coffee" translated in Poland as Kubek kawy. Why not a mug? 2 3 70 - This was the case with England too. The 'potteries' existed long before the porcelain production and as with... LanguagePolonius3 - 5 Mar 2015 / Atch - 26 May 2017
	"Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? 2 3 4 5 6 154 - I do know that the "Jewish" people in Israel now are not actually Jews (hence the "ish" on the... LanguageFrank - 23 Oct 2006 / ZODIAC - 24 May 2017
	Learning A Language While Learning Polish? 3 - Merely a gentle word of caution. Learning TWO Slavic languages simultaneously could be a recipe for disaster. False friends... Languagemorphiadz - 20 May 2017 / Lyzko - 23 May 2017
	'Lubię ten kobieta...' - Is this in proper grammar? 8 - Hi everybody A nice article about tą vs tę jezykowedylematy.pl/2011/03/ta-sama-czy-te-sama/... LanguageWitamy - 22 Jan 2012 / Exx217 - 22 May 2017
	Children's Songs in Polish 2 59 - My grandpa taught me a song about a fire truck when I was little, and no one from Poland... Languagekarturn - 23 May 2007 / yanner - 22 May 2017
	Polish online slang phrases? 12 - "Babcia pierdzi, chlop smierdzi." lol (More of a silly old saw really, than a current slang phrase.)... LanguageNiuniaOlunia - 25 Feb 2014 / Lyzko - 15 May 2017
	How Polish sounds to other Slavs 5 - I understand Russian fairly well, although I think that in order to translate this piece all one needs to... LanguageBobko - 10 May 2017 / Bobko - 13 May 2017
	Polish Past Tense 2 47 - My usage of tą vs. tę (as the accusative) is as follows: I always use "tą" without reflecting... LanguageIvonka - 31 Oct 2006 / Ziemowit - 11 May 2017
	Patrick Ney - Is his Polish Legit? 29 - I would love to hear you speaking Polish (and mafketis as well)... Languagenewyorkpolish - 31 Jan 2017 / gumishu - 10 May 2017
	Proper Polish translation of "my love" 18 - Aha! I see..... LanguageWiki_drew - 7 May 2017 / Lyzko - 9 May 2017
	Going to learn the Polish Genitive Case 28 - Interesting reading all the above. I'm at the same stage as Indy was 2 years ago (would be nice... Languageindy912 - 16 Aug 2014 / Murfieslaw - 9 May 2017
	Any good English term for lewactwo and derivatives? 16 - That's a fairly full range of options. Adding a 'don't know' would cause problems in calculating an accurate... LanguagePolonius3 - 1 May 2017 / jon357 - 4 May 2017
	"Czego się pan napije" meaning 15 - Merely wish to add that "napic" is ALWAYS going to use reflexive "sie" + genitive, while "wypic" requires neither:-)... LanguageOssiKabanossi - 24 Apr 2017 / Lyzko - 26 Apr 2017
	Naming / Nicknames for Aleksandra or Alexandra? 24 - Feminine - Aleksandra - (no matter how it is spelt) will get called 'Ola', masculine Alexander will get called... LanguageKasia84 - 22 Oct 2011 / terri - 26 Apr 2017
	What are some loanwords in the Polish language? 24 - What about wielkopolska bejmy (money) or bimba (streetcar)? Supposedly German loans but from what?... Languagemonk - 17 Dec 2008 / mafketis - 23 Apr 2017
	Grammar - difference between "jaki" and "co" in Polish language 27 - WRONG! What colour is something in Polish is Jakiego koloru jest... (literally: of what colour is....). Secondly ,... Languagerafbendl - 5 Aug 2015 / Polonius3 - 23 Apr 2017
	Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? 2 3 4 99 - As a native speaker of Anglo-jabber, you should be hte last person advocating a spelling reform of someforeign... Languagedhd - 16 Jan 2012 / Polonius3 - 18 Apr 2017
	Translate handwritten document - my great grandfathers passport 16 - You bet, Delph! Been there, done that:-) It's still, I believe, the only country in Europe at least,... Languagerandyroman - 2 Apr 2017 / Lyzko - 11 Apr 2017
	Terms of endearment in Polish 2 3 4 5 6 151 - Thanks both for the suggestions, The ever dubious google translate suggests Ładnie wyglądasz pronounced something like 'wad-nee v-glon-dash',... LanguageJedeane Macdonald - 9 Feb 2006 / wombocombo - 9 Apr 2017
	How well do Polish people understand Slovak? 2 60 - Completely correct, Maf, which is why these two words give Hungarians such reason to guffaw so when foreigners such... Languageyokohikasa - 17 Feb 2016 / Lyzko - 2 Apr 2017
	Polish - Absolute Beginner Questions. Study plan. 2 3 75 - Nor tell him that his Pilsner's "stały" and that his home has a pleasant "zapach":-))))!!! You'll quickly find... Languagefullyalive - 7 Mar 2011 / Lyzko - 30 Mar 2017
	Which books do native Polish people in Poland use to learn Polish? 4 - Z polskim na ty... Languagesoulreal - 25 Mar 2017 / Ola22 - 25 Mar 2017

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