nationality and language spoken.

I am English
I speak English
She is Polish
She understands Polish.
He is Polish
He understands Polish
He/She is French
He/she speaks French................

If anyone could translate these short statements into Polish (and maybe add a few or elaborate on the subject) it would be very helpful.
Dzienkuję.

Maybe i can help...

Jestem Anglikiem
Mówię po angielsku
Ona jest Polką
Rozumie polski (?..)
On jest Polakiem
Rozumie polski (not sure again)
On jest Francuskiem / Ona jest Francuską
On mówi po francusku / Ona mówi po francusku

I hope there are not too many mistakes ;)

rozumie polski (she understands), not rozumię. Rozumiem, I understand, is an exception

Yes. However, you could add the pronoun - on rozumie polski / ona rozumie polski - just to make it more consistent for ArcticPaul :)



on jest Francuzem :) Frenchman=Francuz

hehe I like the word "Francusek" :)

also: ona jest Francuzką

"Francusek" = simply contracted francuski piesek

(francuski piesek = someone very delicate, sensitive, but at the same time fastidious, finicky)

Puppy ?... hmm...not very kind :)

It's not puppy (szczenię, szczeniak), it's simply a small dog, but rather adult.

a lapdog :)

Ja to angol

'Angol'???
The exercise I have been working on does not list this option.
(Masc)I am English = Jestem Anglikiem
(Fem) Jestem Angliką
I understand English = Ja rozumiem po angielsku
(Both fem/masc?)

I am Polish = Jestem Polakiem/Polką
I understand Polish = Ja rozumiem po polsku.
I speak Polish = Ja mówię po polsku.

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Can someone post an example of a Polish sentence using the nouns POLAK and POLKA (as opposed to Polakiem/Polką)
...and an similar example using the adjective POLSKI.

Jest Amerykaniniem/Amerykanką.
Again, examples using the male noun AMERYKANIN and the female noun AMERYKAŃKSKI will help me understand the different forms and correct usage of these words.

I wouldn't worry about anything the poster "Michal ' posts because quite a few old standing regular posters <unfortunately mostly ex members now> have realised that Michal isn't a 'real ' person and the only purpose of his so called posts are to antagonise and infuriate other posters. Why ? Maybe it's an assumed clever way boost the number of posts or maybe just a way to antagonise and annoy people.

Weird, yep.

:)

Angielką



yes. neutral too. with verbs in the present tense there's no gender differentiation - ja jestem, ja mówię, ja idę, ja siedzę... - the same for all genders



That would be any sentence using the Nominative case.
Ten facet to Polak - This guy is Polish/a Pole
Ta kobieta to Polka - this woman is Polish
Ten język to język polski - this language is the Polish language
or:
to jest Polak
to jest Polka
to jest język polski
but:
ten facet jest Polakiem, ta kobieta jest Polką, ten język jest językiem polskim - here the Instrumental case is needed.



male noun - Amerykanin
female noun - Amerykanka
adjective - amerykański

Usage as above, just substitute Polak/Polka/polski with Amerykanin/Amerykanka/amerykański.

George Bush to Amerykanin / GB jest Amerykaninem
Hillary Clinton to Amerykanka / HC jest Amerykanką
To jest amerykański samochód /ten samochód jest amerykański



"Angol" is colloquial for an Englishman (Anglik). It doesn't really sound derogative, although some people might think so.
However, the sentence provided by Michal is all wrong, it should read "Jestem Angolem".

I would say trolls are succesful :) look on discussions we have last time :) there is total silence when we talk about old members, formu is strongly antagonised, racist slur is more common than normal discussion, when I checked how do english people react when sngle one person offend them ... of course some of them started to post negative opinions about polish nation as whole (even before they had positive attitude)

thesis that every forum without moderation is going to "sink" is true. some people have one aim to antagoinse people not to learn or say something.
at the end we have some teens some footbal fans. Greek reading hitlers books. Joe from USA fighting against jews of course hundrets of people looking for Polish girls

forum die :) a lot of normal members have been involved in personal argues later changing into racist debates ... finaly we are close to the end :) activity of old members is the best prove :)

or michal Brit without knowledge that Poland is part of EU talking like Russian

Rocky, free masson form USA half japanise, bilioner from california ... he have problems with racist poles there :)

He's not a Brit


Yeah, like he's for real as well :(

PF is turning into a Grimme's fairy tale

he is russian ;)

I doubt it. Browsing through older threads, I've seen some posts where he put some Russian phrases with quite basic mistakes (case, endings).

maybe he is my neighbour :) or he is smart troll ;) or he is true British troll. Trolls are everywhere ;)

The same can be said of his English, perhaps he's a computer generated troll from Taiwan

Anyway, If it's in dispute I look for confirmation, so Michal serves to create debate.

Thanks to Strzyga for his help.

Wasn't Hitler Austrian? LOL

Whats your point, Seanus???

Don't you just know that ! So true too !




Yeah and so were millions of others who were Austrian too.......in fact weren't many people Austrian hundreds of years ago.




Precisely ! But now you know Artic Paul that if you want a good translation then you have to iggy some people on here LOL.

:)

...........and before anyone says anything .......I am not a troll just an ex member who is no longer registered that's all...............:)

This is supposed to be about the Polish language, by the way.

I would just like to know about how the different forms are used. Why would you use one rather than the other?

(nom) to (nom)
(nom) jest (instr)

That is intrumental, the one that ends with -em/-ą?

Must everything have a point? Can't things free float in the breeze? No, I'm not under the influence

I agree with you Seanus.




It is ! That's true !


:)

the 1st is more colloquial, the 2nd more formal.
You've probably noticed by now that even simple sentences in Polish can be put together in several different ways and usually all of them are OK. So - just make your choice and stick to it, I guess.



yes... I've had to check it up though ;)
http://www.polish-translators.com/deklinacja.html

Angol is a true word, which exists in the Polish Language and means an Englishman. I believe that the word in fact may originate in Hungary as their word for an Englishman is also angol.

Where are these Russian Language mistakes with wrong case endings?

It does exist, but it's slang. May refer to both Englishman and English (school subject).
:)

Off the back of this... can anyone tell me how to say 'I am English, learning Polish'?

Jestem Angielką...

Thanks guys :D