Prepositions of Motion
Writing for this Polish blog, I heavily use a notebook in my creative process. I get ideas at random times in my day and in the most random of places,
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Prepositions of Motion
Writing for this Polish blog, I heavily use a notebook in my creative process. I get ideas at random times in my day and in the most random of places,
Przeczytajcie to – It’s Imperative!
Well, the World Cup has officially concluded in South Africa, and the Spaniards have come through victorious. If you want moje trzy grosze (my two cen
Czytać – To read or not to read?
Czytać translated is Polish for to read. I had a long conversation with one of my family members, and they pointed out how this word was simple, ye
Summer, Sports and Action Verbs
School’s out for the lato (summer), but the learning shouldn’t stop! I have been keeping these posts light and friendly lately, howev
Round 2: The Polish Alphabet – Digraphs (Dwuznaki)
A, B, C. Easy as 1, 2, 3. Simple as do, re, me… Well, maybe not as simple as do re mi. The Polish language is a beautiful language, but it is
Polish Participles – imiesłowy continued
As promised, today we will take a more in-depth look at the mystical imiesłowy. Joy oh joy, I know. To do this we need to pick a nice, easy verb. How
Advanced Grammar – Participles – imiesłowy
Today Adam and Anna jointly attempt to tackle Polish participles. Hang on, it will be a crazy ride! This blog has, for some time, concentrated on cult
From Readers’ Comments – How to tell someone off
One of our American readers was bragging in the comments section not so long ago that “i can honestly say polish is one of the easiest languages ive
Talking About Travel
Adam’s last post about different vacation options in Poland made me think about travel in general. Podróże (travels, journeys, trips) is a plural
Two Ears and Two Eyes
I was writing something yesterday, in Polish, as it happens, and I almost had a nervous breakdown. Why? Plural forms of “number + noun” combinatio
Why Polish Feminine Nouns Can Be Confusing
Adam’s post about feminine endings for occupations and positions held by women made me think about feminine gender nouns in general. That proposed e
Verbs Expressing Feelings and the Nouns that Follow Them
So, what were we talking about last time? Ah yes, verbs that express emotions. You know, stuff like love (kochać), hate (nienawidzieć), like (lubić
Adverbs of Time
One of the readers (What would I do without you guys? I’d have nobody to hurry me up!) reminded me that I had promised to continue our little adverb
The Oh-So-Easy Adverbs
We haven’t covered even a smidget of grammar in a really long time, and I’m sure that by now you all must be really missing all those declensions,
Readers Ask – I Answer: Counting Things in Polish
I was going to stay in bed and marinate under the covers for one more day (yes, my cold has morphed into a full-blown bronchitis now) but a reader’s
What do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Biała?
In his comment to the Bielsko-Biała post Mchl posed an interesting question: what do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Biała? Yeah, indeed… A
On Bielsko-Biała and Białystok
Polish declensions. We all love them, right? All the funky case endings, exceptions, and then exceptions to exceptions. Life in Polish is never boring
