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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 24 713 - Anytime! :)... LanguageWiktoria17 - 28 Oct 2007 Torq - 25 Jan 2020
	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
	All-nighters / traction session / legions / levels - Synonyms needed 4 - Some people are very sensitive.... Languagepuszekokruszek - 14 Oct 2013 pawian - 23 Feb 2020
	Spelling / pronunciation of Polish words and phrases 30 - @Ironside , I listen very closely, and I thought I was probably pretty close, but I had a very... Languageehopeross - 1 Mar 2010 The Servant - 22 Feb 2020
	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 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 839 - obviously not then...:D... Languagepawian - 10 Feb 2019 rozumiemnic - 22 Feb 2020
	New Years wishes in Polish? 8 - Oh, sure, only not available everywhere:-) Still looking to buy "Rzeczpospolita" in Manhattan, but unfortunately only available in Greenpoint(:-... Languageinka622 - 31 Dec 2011 Lyzko - 19 Feb 2020
	Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? 2 39 - Do the English shorten their greetings like Poles did theirs?: Praised/ Praised be. I wonder if they have... Languagesunbreak - 25 Dec 2010 pawian - 11 Feb 2020
	RUDE word form conjugation + communicating on facebook in Polish 15 - No, I know what I mean. That`s because I conside Facebook a total joke and play silly games there... Languagetster - 14 Jun 2014 pawian - 8 Feb 2020
	What is your biggest problem with Polish language? 2 3 4 104 - Case-driven languages such as German and Polish can indeed make their intentions clear through inflection. Sometimes though, a foreigner... LanguageJanusz2020 - 21 Jan 2020 Lyzko - 7 Feb 2020
	Your favourite Polish proverb? 16 - Przyszła kryska na Matyska - the cat`s reproachable behaviour has been stopped and punished at last. Today used about... LanguagePolonius3 - 31 May 2012 pawian - 7 Feb 2020
	Translation of the word "małpka" into English 10 - Well, some guys can swallow such a 100 ml bottle in one nip. :):) Not bad,... LanguageZiemowit - 6 Feb 2020 pawian - 7 Feb 2020
	Polish vs English tongue twisters 9 - I didn't know this one! Nice :) All the /ʃ/ and [θ] sounds combined with [s] make it... Languagezetigrek - 22 Aug 2010 Torq - 6 Feb 2020
	Slow Talk in Polish TV 6 - hahaha I thought the same about Americans when in NYC. I came there with my school and uni... LanguageSylvio - 1 Feb 2020 pawian - 1 Feb 2020
	Dziadzia / Babcia - help me with spelling/pronunciation 2 3 77 - Thank you kaprys. I just found some genealogical evidence for my cioteczna babka so your timing is great.... LanguageI'm_a_guest - 26 Nov 2006 Paulwiz - 30 Jan 2020
	Slang term for "pants" in Polish? Gacie. 2 32 - Probably 'zimowy' which means winter (zima is winter) . 'Kurtka zimowa'will be winter coat. 'Opony zimowe'- winter tyres etc.... Languageugobananas - 23 Aug 2013 Lenka - 20 Jan 2020
	"Ego" as an ending in Polish Names? 18 - it is called genetive case - one of the most important roles of genetive is to mark possession... LanguageNannerlh60 - 29 Mar 2012 gumishu - 17 Jan 2020
	Origin of / reason for spelling /tɕi/ as <ci> in the Polish language 11 - Swietna idea. Dobranoc:-)... LanguageLucDre - 13 Jan 2020 Lyzko - 14 Jan 2020
	Meaning of I-go , II-go , III-go ??? 2 - It's a grammatical ending for adjectives (genitive singular for masculine and neuter nouns), the full form is -(i)ego... Languagemhurwicz - 3 Jan 2020 mafketis - 3 Jan 2020
	Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames 2 36 - My wife last name was NIKOLAS not NICHOLAS and that is not Polish.I always wonder.... LanguagePaulina - 7 Nov 2014 Cargo pants - 28 Dec 2019
	-ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help 2 3 4 5 6 178 - It depended on what the tickets and ship manifests read.... Languagenikola - 19 Dec 2007 Nickidewbear - 17 Dec 2019
	Busha and JaJa 2 3 4 5 124 - Probably from where the Yiddish "bubby" for "grandma" derives:-)... Languagecassandra - 9 Sep 2012 Lyzko - 9 Dec 2019
	Polish and other slavic language differences 2 60 - Thanks, NoToForeigners.... Languageclifborder4fm - 2 Jun 2010 Lyzko - 7 Dec 2019
	Interslavic artificial language 2 35 - Nearly all languages have at least some foreign borrowing, Ratko, even Icelandic! :-)... LanguageNoToForeigners - 26 Nov 2019 Lyzko - 7 Dec 2019
	Unknown language of old prayer from grandparents - they spoke a mixture of Polish, Slovak & Hungarian 15 - I don't think I can make such assumptions based only on a prayer said by an American descendant of... Languagebadtranslator - 26 Nov 2019 kaprys - 3 Dec 2019
	Old Polish Vs New Polish 29 - Glad to have been of service. How would one translate the above phrase though which looks to me like... LanguagePatrycja19 - 27 Dec 2008 Lyzko - 25 Nov 2019
	Why don't you always pronounce the last ę as "eom" 4 - Very possibly, Maf, you're probably right. I should add, of course, that the "a"-sound with "kreska" in any... LanguageH2N2 - 17 Nov 2019 Lyzko - 18 Nov 2019
	Information on Polish textbook Hurra Po Polsku 26 - @ Pan Zbigniew Can you recommend any better books? I'm currently using Hurrah Po Polsku 1. It's... LanguageSzczerbaty - 15 Aug 2014 Szkocji - 10 Nov 2019
	What are więcej przykładów of the Locative case - other examples in the Polish language 4 - @Skyman, Contrary to gumishu, Polish isn't useless at all, only, it is something which requires ever so serious,... LanguageSkyman - 2 Nov 2019 Lyzko - 2 Nov 2019
	Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English 2 40 - Admittedly, he surely had an editor, a native Englishman most likely:-) Yes, kaprys is right. At least this woman... Languagekie - 30 Oct 2011 Lyzko - 31 Oct 2019
	What language is this? Kashubian or Silesian? 2 37 - There was beautiful rapport on Serbian TV about Kashubs, native Europeans. It was about Kashubian past, present and future.... LanguageBartkowiak - 13 Aug 2016 Crow - 30 Oct 2019
	Having difficulties to speak in Polish... how to improve my speaking? 19 - Here is another one: You need Bogusław Linda putting a gun to your head and telling you to... LanguagePioneergirl - 21 Apr 2011 pawian - 28 Oct 2019
	Can I learn Polish? I have a lisp disorder. 6 - I've always said jokingly that Yiddish sounds a little like German damaged on deliveryLOL... LanguageSzczeszcz - 13 Jun 2018 Lyzko - 16 Oct 2019
	Saying the YEARS in Polish WORDS 18 - Yes, Iron, Polish is difficult. But don`t give up and we promise to help you whenever you are at... Languagejunogemini - 4 Mar 2013 pawian - 13 Oct 2019
	Is it too late for me to learn Polish..? 2 3 65 - In answer to the original thread post, NIGDY!! It's never to late to start, but it's always too early... LanguageFreedom - 9 May 2007 Lyzko - 13 Oct 2019
	Etymology of samochod and other related automotive words 12 - Bryka comes from a carriage and fura from a horse cart.... Languageclifborder4fm - 16 May 2010 pawian - 12 Oct 2019
	Getting the wrong ending of a word - do Polish still understand? 25 - Herein the gentle pitfalls of knowing a foreign language, in your case English, without fully knowing the culture and... Languagevndunne - 7 Apr 2010 Lyzko - 3 Oct 2019
	"zi" as "zee", "si" as "see" , "RZ" as R Z.. etc in Polish language 29 - Not something that gets said a lot.... For myself I think that it would be nice if... LanguageH2N - 11 Sep 2019 mafketis - 14 Sep 2019
	Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases 2 3 4 115 - Very possible.... LanguageJadwiga - 18 Feb 2009 Miloslaw - 3 Sep 2019
	English borrowings in Polish 2 38 - You got me that time.... LanguageGuest - 11 Dec 2005 Lyzko - 28 Aug 2019
	Polish Pet Names For A Lover? 23 - According to a great poet, Jan Kochanowski:... the older the tomcat, the stiffer his tail becomes...... 16th... Languagetempaccount - 15 Dec 2009 pawian - 27 Aug 2019
	men.male - Polish pronunciation? 8 - Samiec. [ sʌmjets] How simple.... Languagechaza - 1 Mar 2010 pawian - 27 Aug 2019
	Sticklers for grammar? 17 - haha OK.... LanguageJS08K - 15 Jan 2010 pawian - 27 Aug 2019
	IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 634 - Murzyn isn`t racist. The same with Murzynka - black female.... LanguagePolonius3 - 2 Dec 2008 pawian - 26 Aug 2019
	'MOZNA' - When is this used? 27 - Mozna functions like trzeba in it's impersonal usage, doesn't it? I'm thinking of the stock phrase "Zreszta nie trzeba!"... Languagevndunne - 21 Oct 2009 Lyzko - 24 Aug 2019
	So why did you give up learning Polish? 2 3 4 105 - Certainly, Poles would strenuously object to being "Teutonicized":-) "Zwis meski"??? I love it!!:-)... Languagejames2 - 11 Jul 2010 Lyzko - 24 Aug 2019
	WHY THE HELL CANT I LEARN POLISH?? 2 3 64 - I happen to concur with the first part of your statement at any rate:-)... LanguageRaj_ryder - 2 Dec 2009 Lyzko - 21 Aug 2019
	Spelling of a Polish name? 2 38 - See my private mail on this point. We do agree on that, at least:-) Coincidence is usually difficult... Languagekelvin 101 - 1 Jan 2017 Lyzko - 18 Aug 2019
	Are there "Spelling Bee" competitions in Poland? (ie. Polish version of USA's "Scripps National Spelling Bee") 16 - However I've yet to encounter any Polish "palatals" quite so palatalized as in, for example Russian.... LanguageNienazwane - 8 Aug 2019 Lyzko - 10 Aug 2019
	Please help with the translation in Polish of a set of English sentences 3 - gumishu, Thank you very much for all this! I'll keep close as a reference, and we will see... LanguageCharlie Wengain - 5 Aug 2019 Charlie Wengain - 5 Aug 2019
	Puns and language games in Polish adverts 15 - Yes, that is why that billboard was reported to a private Advertisement Chastity Board as too allusively obscene. PC... Languagepawian - 23 May 2019 pawian - 25 Jul 2019
	How Polish sounds to other Slavs 2 32 - "Wordy" perhaps, because Polish too doesn't believe in excessive compounding as does, for instance, German! Some monstrosity bent on... LanguageBobko - 10 May 2017 Lyzko - 19 Jul 2019
	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
	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

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