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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 23 675 - Roughly, "Three cheers for....." "Sto lat!" = Gesundheit! (After someone sneezes) or "For he's a jolly good fellow....!"... LanguageWiktoria17 - 28 Oct 2007 Lyzko - 1 day ago
	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
	Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation 2 3 4 5 6 7 186 - I'm sure you meant to put a link in, but I googled it out of interest. Not my... Languagepawian - 10 Feb 2019 Chemikiem - 3 hours ago
	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 42 - 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
	Polish slang phrases - most popular. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 600 - Think you must be right. I've also encountered the word "vzyatka".... Languagenyka - 23 Mar 2007 Lyzko - 7 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
	Nice Polish words to say to a girl 2 3 4 5 132 - google translate is useful that's how I send basic Polish word to my Polish girlfriend. use google translator,... LanguageWayc00lio - 10 Jan 2007 luvpoly - 19 Dec 2018
	Polish gravestone translation 29 - In English it would be known as the Hail Mary ( Ave Maria ) prayer.... Languagesarahxj82 - 30 Nov 2016 Chemikiem - 19 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
	Maria, what is the Polish form? 28 - And interestingly enough, gang, "Marijke" (with a final "e" however) is Dutch, "Marika", Hungarian.... Languagemarry - 14 May 2010 Lyzko - 3 Dec 2018
	Will Germans be able to understand Polish enough? 30 - Absolutely.... Languagemochadot18 - 20 Nov 2018 Lyzko - 26 Nov 2018
	Using the correct grammar is stopping me from progressing with Polish language 2 35 - I'd add, listening to TV broadcasts, ideally with POLISH-language captions or subtitles in order to visualize what is being... Languagemiss_happy - 6 Aug 2012 Lyzko - 20 Nov 2018
	Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? 2 3 4 5 6 7 205 - Oh, English too has many examples of unstressed vowels. Check out Southern US dialects in which "potato" is often... Languagedhd - 16 Jan 2012 Lyzko - 20 Nov 2018
	Learn individual words or sentences? Best approach? (Polish learners) 6 - Makes perfect sense to me.... LanguageAntMan - 31 Oct 2018 Lyzko - 31 Oct 2018
	Polish Names (which goes with which) 3 - Thank you!... LanguageSarah89Translator - 20 Oct 2018 Sarah89Translator - 21 Oct 2018
	IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 632 - No, "Murzyn" is not racist. It is a neutral word describing a black person... LanguagePolonius3 - 2 Dec 2008 Spike31 - 20 Oct 2018
	Email Translation for my genealogical inquiry in Poland 9 - @ Koach, you don't really need the first bit of your query as they've already told you that. There... LanguageKoach - 16 Oct 2018 Atch - 19 Oct 2018
	I am looking for help to identify a song track which I believe is Polish. 20 - Thanks for that but still doesn't work for me.... :-( What is the title of the video?... Languagemariaterisa - 8 May 2013 Miloslaw - 13 Oct 2018
	Ski Or Ska? - Polish surname endings 2 44 - Sure, why not? There was once a famous Polish-Jewish conductor active in the US named "Artur Rodzinski"! One couldn't... LanguageLina19 - 10 May 2010 Lyzko - 7 Oct 2018
	Nice Polish phrases to say to men 2 3 75 - Is mise anseo freisin! Never mind yer man ;)... Languageanglikgirl - 13 Sep 2007 Atch - 26 Sep 2018
	What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned? 2 38 - [moved from] I wish i could speak Polish my parents didnt teach me and google is really bad.... LanguageTlum - 1 Oct 2011 TheWizard - 26 Sep 2018
	"Taka prawda" - What does this Polish phrase mean? 19 - It's not Polish, but Old Church Slavonic. Hospodin pomiluj means "Lord, have mercy", and is sung many times during... LanguageInWroclaw - 27 Aug 2012 DominicB - 21 Sep 2018
	Polish conjugation - Present Tense 7 - Dana Bielec explains this excellently in her several books on Polish grammar!... LanguageRhand - 24 Feb 2015 Lyzko - 18 Sep 2018
	Common errors in Polish grammar or spelling 26 - @Ziemowit, Just sent you a private mail which I hope explains my confusion. Apologies if there are any... Languagecatsoldier - 17 May 2012 Lyzko - 8 Sep 2018
	iPhone / Android - Smartphone apps for learning Polish 12 - I take it your first language is English. If not, some learners prefer to learn a foreign language in... Languagedb1874 - 10 Jan 2011 Lyzko - 8 Sep 2018
	How do Poles feel about foreigners learning their language? 2 3 4 105 - Apropos Lord Chesterfield, legend has it that Voltaire allegedly wished to visit the great man on a visit to... LanguageRain33 - 14 Jul 2011 Lyzko - 21 Aug 2018
	Ways to say "bring" in Polish, and differences between them 12 - Thanks, Terri! Yeah, thought it looked odd, but figured it was slang:-)... Languagepernumba - 15 Jun 2018 Lyzko - 15 Aug 2018
	Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases 2 3 4 95 - Thank you, Gumishu 11. Do you know if that's the way the saying goes?... LanguageJadwiga - 18 Feb 2009 MEF - 27 Jul 2018
	-ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help 2 3 4 5 6 167 - I'm not the only one whom cited that, then. :-) I still can't refind that article re "-owicz",... Languagenikola - 19 Dec 2007 Nickidewbear - 20 Jul 2018
	Spelling / pronunciation of Polish words and phrases 27 - 'Ślamazarna szantrapa' or 'ślamazarna szałaputa' ? Both are regionalisms of Białystok.... Languageehopeross - 1 Mar 2010 Ziemowit - 20 Jul 2018
	niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? 2 37 - Back in the 50s in Buffalo, NY my parents would say this when we got home from church. One... Languagesunbreak - 25 Dec 2010 JasiuU - 14 Jul 2018
	Learning English from Polish: Language books - Audio downloads ? 7 - And then throw the AMERICAN English slang in and it really gets confusing when you Polish come to America.... Languageroyal6 - 25 Oct 2016 johnny reb - 25 Jun 2018

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