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czym... Cheers again, Michał! ......add, one of the most frustrating: the city one loves to hate (more the latter than...	23	Mufasa Dec 27, 07, 11:11	Marek Dec 29, 07, 13:15
rano i po poludniu z_darius wrote: Hence, w połuddnie - at noon Yes, there is w południe, meaning, as you say, at noon,...	9	Mufasa Dec 28, 07, 03:25	Michal Dec 29, 07, 11:05
sroga Srogi means severe or strict.	2	Mufasa Dec 17, 07, 04:55	Michal Dec 17, 07, 05:20
Feminine nouns ending in 'c' [quote=gosiaczek] męskość (masculinity) - now, that's a crime against logic and common sense :) btw, noc may be...	8	jkirkwood Dec 11, 07, 11:10	Krzysztof Dec 13, 07, 03:04
'w' - difference between accusative+locative Quoting: Davey That makes sense because I rarely ever see it using accusative but in this context it was 'Chcę...	17	Davey Dec 9, 07, 19:58	Michal Dec 12, 07, 14:46
For my family etc. Our family has this old saying that is done while walking your fingers up the back of the baby to...	8	shinto Dec 11, 07, 15:12	hopeful Dec 12, 07, 13:25
How do you pronounce "Rodzina".. Ro as the ro in rock plus the jea in jeans plus nu the word nut. Hence rodzina is...	5	shinto Dec 10, 07, 21:09	Michal Dec 11, 07, 08:49
Example differences between Polish and English 2 Quoting: slick77 The differences are huge, let me illustrate it... Nice one slick!!!! pmsl :O)	31	kidnapped Mar 3, 07, 04:03	ukpolska Dec 5, 07, 06:04
"ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"? The older word for bookstore is książnica. The root is the same as in księgarnia with suffix -nica which represents...	13	PolskaDoll Oct 27, 07, 11:01	Aristoboulos Dec 4, 07, 03:00
oddcast (spoken words in Polish) altough I dont need to use it, but just tried number of words, even the really difficult ones. I'm...	2	kochanie Dec 1, 07, 12:22	Sternik Dec 2, 07, 00:12
The most common Polish case used in everyday conversations? Quoting: Davey Then decline the object to plural=) Lubię dziewczynę - I like a girl(Accusative feminine singular) Lubię dziewczyny -...	9	zander7990 Oct 30, 07, 09:50	patryk_sudol Nov 27, 07, 15:53
Need KONISZEWSKI name pronunciation. Michal: I respect your statement, and it might be true for you in Europe. But, I think you...	12	glennk Nov 20, 07, 00:01	glennk Nov 25, 07, 15:32
Jestem ze Szczecina Dziękuję Panu Dariuszu!!! Tak, tak. To było pomyłka, co napisałem a jestem wdzięczny za...	15	Mufasa Nov 18, 07, 08:42	Marek Nov 20, 07, 08:54
Voiced consonants in final positions in Polish Quoting: Michal It is indeed, very bad German. Michal, apparently German is not your forte. Quoting: from Exeter...	5	z_darius Nov 17, 07, 10:55	z_darius Nov 18, 07, 10:53
Genetive, "jej" and "jego" Good point!	7	Melusine Nov 15, 07, 13:30	z_darius Nov 17, 07, 21:16
Common neuter case nouns please Quoting: osiol ok in a muzeum, there are loads of them. Somewhere we have already discussed that the polish...	11	Melusine Nov 15, 07, 13:27	Michal Nov 16, 07, 14:58
pronounce the word for baby/child - dziecko? http://oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal This is an amazing website for learners who have trouble pronouncing words they read on screen. I've found...	6	Roberto1 Oct 27, 07, 00:46	kochanie Nov 15, 07, 11:31
The word KOLEGA blyskawiczny jeżeli chcesz pisać prawdę proszę ciebie zebyś zmieniał twój username	11	TO JEST SUSAN Oct 15, 07, 14:32	gruba ryba Nov 10, 07, 17:18
Polish Gender in foreign word borrowings Quoting: rainbow I think it is because you don't press just Alt & Ctr, you press Alt + the letter...	29	osiol Nov 4, 07, 19:04	Krzysztof Nov 6, 07, 14:20
Plural spelling (doktor, drukarz) Of course, I have a wielki wybor!	27	Mufasa Nov 5, 07, 01:44	Michal Nov 6, 07, 09:57
Counting of Polish currency 2 Quoting: z_darius It's a very fascinating subject to me, and I will gladly continue the chat, giving proper answers to...	31	Mufasa Nov 4, 07, 06:46	cubic Nov 5, 07, 13:38
rules for Polish Plural thanks.	2	db1874 Nov 2, 07, 07:43	db1874 Nov 2, 07, 08:09
Pronunciation of "buzi" boo plus s (as the s in leisure) plus long e (as in see).	3	Jennifer Oct 30, 07, 10:11	Michal Oct 31, 07, 13:08
Dziewczyna i koń.... Dziewczynka i pies Quoting: Nitka 'w' means 'in' so you need it to say 'woman in automobile' otherwise you'll say woman automobile although...	25	Vincent Oct 8, 07, 07:50	Vincent Oct 29, 07, 17:30
Need Help with "urozmaicania" Word Pronunciation and Meaning Quoting: Lisirra urozmaicania It simply comes from the very urozmaicic, which means change or variety.	4	Lisirra Oct 24, 07, 08:15	Michal Oct 25, 07, 10:20
kawe? Phylan - "Poproszę bezkofeinowe capuchino." Snow Queen - milk = mleko. However, coffee with milk is default, so you need...	9	Phylan78 Oct 20, 07, 07:54	gościówa Oct 20, 07, 15:30
"good bye" - word pronunciation help please Good bye - do widzenia, you can say it to everyone. Do zobaczenia - You can also say it...	19	Smokeyone Apr 19, 07, 04:14	asdfasfd Oct 20, 07, 04:56
Raczkowski name - please help me with pronunciation! Name =Raczkowski - Rachkofski szczęście jest pomiędzy ustami i brzegiem kielicha. shche-ooshchyeh yest pomiend-zy oostami bzegee-em (...	1	younghalfpole Oct 17, 07, 03:03	saddened Oct 17, 07, 07:47
Accusative and Genitive Case in Polish In English too, a "corpse" was once living, yet is still considered an organism, by definition, having at one time...	5	patryk_sudol Oct 11, 07, 16:48	Marek Oct 14, 07, 16:06
help to pronounce naughty polish word Quoting: Krzysztof yes! (zerżnij) that'd be no and yes. :)	9	anglikgirl Oct 8, 07, 12:04	plk123 Oct 11, 07, 13:31
Lewandowski pronunciation I thought the "J" may have taken place of the "L". Thank you.	5	Lurker Oct 10, 07, 11:13	Lurker Oct 10, 07, 11:23
Translation with a Word Order and Case Question Quoting: Antos Don't you mean 'jest mi wszystko jedno'. both are OK, Michal's version is shorter (without the verb,...	11	Jason110 Oct 6, 07, 11:22	Krzysztof Oct 8, 07, 10:24
Pan/Pani/Panie name variation Mareck I see you've changed your post. If i knew all the m /f words - i wouldn't still...	9	Antos Sep 23, 07, 11:52	me-thinks Oct 3, 07, 15:23
Am i wrong or is the "Lektorek" program wrong? Maybe the nie was left out and it was meaning the genetive case for instance nie mam jakiegos plaszcza.	6	porta Sep 24, 07, 12:49	Michal Sep 24, 07, 14:45
Uses of otóż and lecz Quoting: Antos otóż It is a word that can be used for stressing your expression, and such like Eurola...	4	Antos Sep 23, 07, 11:56	Bartolome Sep 24, 07, 12:20
Dziś / Dzisiaj when to use? Dziś is shorter version as Krysia mentioned and therofore is not suitable to be used in certain situation. Dzisiaj is...	2	Antos Sep 23, 07, 07:02	Ronek Sep 23, 07, 07:11
Could anyone check my polish? What can i improve? 2 Hei, Porta! Ja, det vil jeg gjerne. Hvorfra kommer du saa? Jeg var een gang...	47	porta Sep 11, 07, 17:15	Marek Sep 22, 07, 14:58
A Compendium o Polish alphabet and pronunciation Thanks for adding to it! Maurits	7	DraGoD Sep 20, 07, 04:49	DraGoD Sep 20, 07, 14:47
Conjugate "to be" in Polish please! yestem yestesh <jesteś> yest yesteshmi (the i at the end rhymes with the i in the word big) <jesteśmy> yestesh-che...	5	fitzfink12 Sep 17, 07, 20:17	osiol Sep 18, 07, 14:45
Conjugate Polish simple present tense of two verbs for me? Thank you~!!!!	2	chizan Sep 17, 07, 17:24	chizan Sep 17, 07, 18:18
Polish Present Tense porta, we all worry about the future sometimes :)	15	Ivonka Oct 27, 06, 21:10	Krzysztof Sep 6, 07, 18:10
question on two sentences.. 'on' is he, 'to' is it jestem pewien - im sure (male)	6	tommodonahue Sep 4, 07, 06:47	Karima Sep 6, 07, 08:49
Past and future tense examples in Polish I think really he needs to buy a simple book and learn as he goes. If you try to...	17	porta Sep 4, 07, 07:14	Michal Sep 6, 07, 08:18
On nakłada spodnie. Is it correct Polish? Google the phrases: włożyć spodnie nałożyć spodnie założyć spodnie You can use all three interchangeably. So Polish isn't...	24	porta Aug 22, 07, 16:47	Magdalena Aug 30, 07, 19:13
Difference between: ż and ź Quoting: Becci ź This letter is used in endings in the imperative case in Polish such as wez (with...	7	Becci Aug 23, 07, 06:07	Michal Aug 23, 07, 10:59
some help with pronounce c z cz dz sz.... Polish Lessons Units - Try this thread	15	german_siema Jul 17, 07, 07:51	Firestorm Aug 19, 07, 11:32
Use of "and" in Polish... Hello, Just to summarise, as one English speaker to another, I feel it would be easier to explain it...	6	jamesofdeath Aug 6, 07, 17:41	dannyboy Aug 14, 07, 18:16
JAKBY i JAK GDYBY i'd advise this: say jakby write jak gdyby	5	Mala_Elf May 4, 07, 15:01	glowa Aug 9, 07, 11:25
większy ,some grammar explanation about the use of it. Ok ,thanks a lot :)	2	porta Aug 7, 07, 17:18	porta Aug 7, 07, 17:27
Going shopping in poland ,what to say? Thanks for the tip ,i'll check it out.	12	porta Aug 3, 07, 09:50	porta Aug 3, 07, 17:55
Not Close to the proper spelling...Tine soonyet well, it would help a bit if you told us in what context/situations your granma was using it :) but...	2	waz Jul 13, 07, 07:15	Krzysztof Jul 26, 07, 17:02
Closed: REGON PODMIOTU Quoting: Michal It certainly has nothing to do with gospodarczego, it is certainly a grammar term lol lol lol...	24	opts Jul 15, 07, 10:20	Grzegorz_ Jul 16, 07, 15:55
Pronounce Się It comes from the reflexive pronoun siebie, which comes from the Russian siebja. Ja mowie do siebie-I am talking...	7	Davey Jun 30, 07, 18:20	Michal Jul 9, 07, 10:50
How to pronounce a polish poem Quoting: janusz Hi Ping, it’s too late I know. I’m new here and I saw you post too late. Still...	4	pingwin May 24, 07, 17:00	pingwin Jul 7, 07, 23:38
Pronunciation of Wojciech I've always just pronounced it Voy - check, bit wrong I suppose lol.	8	Koach Feb 2, 07, 20:47	Laurel Jul 6, 07, 07:43
Some example sentences using each of the cases in Polish 2 This is more to the point.	35	nickyspaghtett May 29, 07, 08:41	Michal Jul 2, 07, 12:30
Info on Polish Diminutives Quoting: FISZ ere is some info on diminutives: FISH, I'm impressed. Too bad you're not single....	6	FISZ Nov 8, 06, 08:51	Eurola Jun 29, 07, 22:44
Similarities and differences between Polish and Spanish language Also Polish and Spanish both use pronouns which refer to oneself(Se and Sie)	9	MATRIX Jan 8, 07, 11:37	Davey Jun 29, 07, 18:15
Where i can find Polish pronunciation mp3 files? read the topic 'Polish Lessons Units'	1	gmig65 Jun 29, 07, 08:58	Davey Jun 29, 07, 09:01
How the heck do you pronounce the number 3? LOL at dannyboys comment. my amazing late father-in-law once told me that to speak polish properly you should be...	7	Huegel Sep 27, 06, 08:35	littlebeezz Jun 24, 07, 11:08

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