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@gumishu Thank you very much! :)...
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Wiktoria17 - 28 Oct 2007
Mikesz - 19 Nov 2023
Sticky:
Polish Language Exchange Thread
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Merged: I teach you Polish - Bradford, UK I teach you Polish...
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Karol Pol - 31 Oct 2012
SheHelp - 10 Apr 2023
Polish in 4 Weeks CD-ROM
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Much of the stuff there is out of the shops or hard to find. They aren't...
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zlotytarasy - 7 Apr 2010
jon357 - 21 Nov 2023
Polish Swear Words
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Cats usually run away from dogs....
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Admin - 6 Dec 2005
Alien - 18 Nov 2023
Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation
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The word you provided is correctly used in the idiom indeed. But you shouldn`t use it in imperative coz...
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pawian - 10 Feb 2019
pawian
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Is it possible to master the Polish language fluently for a non-Polish speaker?
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The superiority of American vs. British is objective. It can be tested and measured. Subjectively, I find the British...
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Simon1 - 8 Nov 2016
Novichok - 21 Oct 2023
What are the best professional reasons for learning Polish?
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A US citizen aka national, of course....
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Samideano - 16 Oct 2023
Lyzko - 18 Oct 2023
Gospodarzu, dostanę u was trochę jaj?
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Nie no, żeby tak obcego mężczyznę o jego jajka pytać... i jeszcze pieniądze proponować? Toż to, panie dobrodzieju,...
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Polonius3 - 12 Feb 2010
GefreiterKania - 3 Oct 2023
Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases
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Psia krew, cholera. Dog blood, damn it...
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Jadwiga - 18 Feb 2009
Alien - 1 Oct 2023
Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames
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@Paulina Dziękuję :) If I were to visit Poland, do you know if it would be easy to search...
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Paulina - 7 Nov 2014
szukajprz - 4 Sep 2023
When do I use certain characters?
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Appreciate the post, Maf. Yeah, makes sense....sortaLOL Yet, for example "stol" is masculine inanimate (as opposed to virile...
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Roadjack - 10 Aug 2023
Lyzko - 17 Aug 2023
Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word
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No, it is a poetical metaphor for adult readers. Are you 18?...
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pawian - 23 Jan 2013
pawian
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Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn?
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Check this beautiful ballad from the Polish western (or eastern) Law and Fist from 1960s. Sung by a...
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Simon1 - 8 Nov 2016
pawian - 5 Aug 2023
Będę kupowała/będę kupić
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But there is a construction "będę mogła kupić, będę mógł kupić - I will be able to buy"....
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Gerry905 - 15 Aug 2012
Alien - 3 Aug 2023
Will Germans be able to understand Polish enough?
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I know of several Germans who studied Polish at university and apparently were able to use it professionally. Both...
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mochadot18 - 20 Nov 2018
Lyzko - 31 Jul 2023
I love the word Kurwa
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@Abrizzle, Polish is far richer in vocabulary than "kurwa"....
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ABrizzle - 26 Jul 2023
Lyzko - 26 Jul 2023
Terms of endearment in Polish
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Then get ready for the greatest mental challenge of all your life. :):)...
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Jedeane Macdonald - 9 Feb 2006
pawian - 26 Jul 2023
Children's Songs in Polish
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Merged: Polish children's songs My grandfather used to bounce a baby on his knee while singing (phonetically...
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karturn - 23 May 2007
luckybogucki - 13 Jul 2023
What computer keyboards are in use in Poland?
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I wouldn't say so Polish 214 is actually a very terrible implementation of the old Typewriter layout....
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vjmehra - 21 Mar 2014
Adiee5 - 5 Jul 2023
Jestem za
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Curious Leonis, is it correct Hungarian as a translation of "Jestem za toba", perchance "Mogottod allok"?? Apologies for not...
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Leonis - 28 Jan 2010
Lyzko - 28 Jun 2023
Owna and Owa name suffix
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I've only ever heard it used ironically and with a smile....
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Anderid - 28 Nov 2014
jon357 - 16 Jun 2023
-ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help
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Roslan is a name: namespedia.com/details/Roslan Morawa - it may refer to Moravia, the name of geographical land (Czech region)...
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nikola - 19 Dec 2007
Looker - 26 May 2023
Two Survivals or Metamorphoses of Polish Folk Songs
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@Paulina Thank you for responding. The word(s) for "lah-b(l)ey-lee" is/are indeed the most challenging to figure out. Let...
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Kantarow - 14 Apr 2023
Kantarow
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"Czarny" vs. "Czerny", vs. "Charni" vs. "Cherni", etc.
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Named after my great grandma Charny which is in essence the word czerni meaning black in slavic langauges, where...
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Nickidewbear - 31 Oct 2016
charn - 11 Apr 2023
Polish Food Cat Names
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My uni times girlfriend had a few cats which were regularly killed by cars in the street where...
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Karilopa - 2 Apr 2023
pawian - 4 Apr 2023
Is Polish easy to learn?
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Naturally....
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Ania Polka Dot - 13 Mar 2023
Lyzko - 3 Apr 2023
Polish pet names
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Hi Boa, enjoy your meal....
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BMAN2000 - 21 Oct 2014
Alien - 19 Mar 2023
Foreigners speaking Polish - examples.
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Fully agree! He has written the best books on Polish history and has a better understanding of Poles...
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pawian - 21 Oct 2011
Miloslaw - 18 Mar 2023
"Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use?
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It isn't, is it. It's neither a superstate nor a nationality. Anyway, that's drifting off-topic.and Milo's post gives...
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Frank - 23 Oct 2006
jon357 - 11 Mar 2023
How well do Polish people understand Slovak?
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Yeah, Czech is out there, like a totally different language. I can understand some Slowak but no...
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yokohikasa - 17 Feb 2016
Miloslaw - 24 Feb 2023
Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn
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@Bobko, Oh, come on yourself! In terms orthographic consistency, SlovakMaster might well have you over a barrel, buster. ...
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sobieski - 20 Sep 2013
Lyzko - 23 Feb 2023
What does the phrase 'mój drogi' mean?
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"Mój drogi/najdroższy" affectionately means "My dear/dearest" whether in standalone form, or when combined with Vocatively-suffixed nouns (Same function as...
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Mikesz - 21 Jan 2023
ForumUser - 15 Feb 2023
mężczyzny vs mężczyznę? language help please!
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IME there are some verbs which are supposed to have objects in the genetive case (dopełniacz - kogo...
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maja2202 - 12 Feb 2023
mafketis - 14 Feb 2023
Need help translating old Gwardia Warszawa articles
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Hey, please drop me an email, I'll take a look at these articles and see what we can do...
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Varesin73 - 1 Jan 2023
LonelyPoland - 10 Feb 2023
Is the term 'Polak' derogatory??
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I think that you can be pardoned for that one :-) But JR Jim cannot....
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tornado2007 - 23 Jul 2007
Miloslaw - 2 Feb 2023
Which books do native Polish people in Poland use to learn Polish?
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Somewhere in the middle of the series, the author introduces the second gadget, living, for a change -...
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soulreal - 25 Mar 2017
pawian - 31 Jan 2023
Test to determine proficiency of Polish?
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there are online placing tests for language schools in Poland (those that teach Polish as a foreing language)...
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amiga500 - 28 Jan 2023
gumishu - 28 Jan 2023
Having a really hard time with Polish cases
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Precisely, which is still wrong in standard English! Back in the early '70's, there was a US-cigarette magazine advert...
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terenia - 3 Oct 2007
Lyzko - 10 Jan 2023
How to pronounce "y" in Polish?
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Hi, I read on a blog that it is worth doing speech organ exercises. Apparently, it helps in...
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kepler - 17 Jul 2012
Ania Polka Dot - 6 Jan 2023
Some German loan-words in Polish language
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Admittedly though, the less highly schooledcwould undoubtedly eschew extreme dialect usagecin their daily speech. However, perhaps the relationship of...
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Polonius3 - 25 Jun 2017
Lyzko - 5 Jan 2023
New Years wishes in Polish?
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In live communication we don`t. But I see it in thousands ads, posters and cards....
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inka622 - 31 Dec 2011
pawian - 1 Jan 2023
What does "ya zha smadia" mean in English?
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Maybe older people, everyone else used to say " kurwa mać" - phrase that performs the same function....
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katie1234 - 28 Mar 2015
Alien - 10 Dec 2022
"Putschke" - Please help me figure out a nickname my grandfather called me
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@Colormum I suspect that you are American Polish Americans are a different breed to the rest of the...
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anemone - 10 Mar 2011
Miloslaw - 4 Dec 2022
Busha and JaJa
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I only ever knew babcia and dziadek. There is a difference between Pole Ams and Anglo Poles....
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cassandra - 9 Sep 2012
Miloslaw - 3 Dec 2022
Brocki Spelling of Polish Surname
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Well, finally:-)...
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Gutless - 8 Aug 2022
Lyzko - 8 Nov 2022
Is There A Name For This Dialect?
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Thank you all for the responses. I knew my grandmother was not giving compliments when they argued. LOL !!!...
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marion kanawha - 13 Oct 2021
marion kanawha
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Niewiara - meaning
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It means neither. This is the meaning of "niewiara": sjp.pwn.pl/slowniki/niewiara.html 1. not believing in religious dogmas...
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GoldenSummer - 6 Oct 2022
Paulina - 6 Oct 2022
The meaning of some Polish Diminutives
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Thanks. However, I wasn't referring to that former PF-poster. Anyway, Jolly is German, not Polish:-)...
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Semsem - 4 Feb 2010
Lyzko - 2 Oct 2022
Helping Non Polish Student studying in Public School
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Actually, you know more than I do. Like where I live....
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phils_79 - 25 Sep 2022
Novichok - 28 Sep 2022
Polish Proverbs (American style?)
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More from Banacek "You can read all the books in the library my son, but the cheese...
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ZIMMY - 23 Jul 2010
pawian - 7 Sep 2022
WISŁA or VISTULA??
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A special letter for Poles cos in communist times it meant victory over communism and people displayed its...
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rychlik - 12 Aug 2010
pawian - 21 Aug 2022
The "end piece" of a loaf of bread in Polish
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Dupka? mozesz se wsadzic do..... It is of course piętka- the best piece of fresh bread....
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MoogleSensei - 13 Aug 2013
Alien - 17 Aug 2022
Is there a Polish way of saying 'USA' on forms?
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Wait a minute! On second thoughts, I checked it again and found out there is another way. It...
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curious1923 - 7 Aug 2022
pawian - 9 Aug 2022
Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages
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Perhaps similar to the Italian, "Show me who you're seen with and I'll show you who you are."...
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pawian - 19 Mar 2020
Lyzko - 6 Aug 2022
A software which converts Polish text to audio?
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Simple use free Polish syntezator głosu text-to-speech.pl/...
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olgaevans - 9 Apr 2011
Molotinho - 31 Jul 2022
Is there an equivalent for the name 'Wayne' in Polish?
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Hah! Wożniak it is then...
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curious1923 - 30 Jul 2022
curious1923
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How to overcome the difficulties on learning Polish consonants ?
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On the whole, Polish is actually a far more phonetic language than English ever was! Consonant clusters were...
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bcbhxdsd - 28 Nov 2011
Lyzko - 21 Jul 2022
Polish grammar made easy
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Oh, please! Don't spare wolacz purely on my account:-)...
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Seanus - 22 Nov 2008
Lyzko - 21 Jul 2022
Can you use lubisz and lubicie interchangeably?
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It is wonderful you are so vividly interested in Polish matters. Respect! :):)...
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xxsniperwolfxx - 25 Jun 2022
pawian - 20 Jul 2022
Does rz and sz have the same pronounciation?
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Ya got me that time, Alien!...
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TanjiroKamado - 23 Jun 2022
Lyzko - 25 Jun 2022
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