Sympathy for “Sympatia”
Valentine’s Day (walentynki) came and went and I hope it was a pleasant occasion for you with czekoladki (chocolates), kwiatki (flowers) and romanty
Posts Tagged Polish Language
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
In Search of the Right Ending…
Today I would like to introduce to you our brand new guest blogger - Adam Blomberg. He will be helping me out with the Polish Blog this month, because
Verb “to like” and its Polish Equivalents
In our last post we talked quite a bit about liking (or not) something (or someone). And I have finally realized (hey, better late than never!) that m
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
Dictionaries and Reference Books
With Polish being Polish, it’s no wonder there are gazillions of language reference books and dictionaries out there on the market. Because, yes, ev
Really Big Numbers – Sto, Tysiąc and above
So, this time, let’s take a look at the really big numbers, like “sto” (100) and “tysiąc” (1000). And even bigger ones, like 1 followed by
Reading in Polish – translations or “native” books?
It’s styczeń (January) now, dziewiąty (ninth) to be exact. Do you know where your postanowienia noworoczne (New Year’s resolutions) are? Mine ha
Słownik Motherlode
An important message from our favorite guest blogger - Barb from Canada: Attention all learners of Polish! I have hit the słownik motherlode. Mr. O
Happy New Year!!!
We’ve managed to survive another year! Doesn’t it feel great? And what are your plany sylwestrowe (new year’s eve plans)? I’m simply going
When “witam” Is Not Welcomed
I have to tell you about something that happened this week. And after you hear this story, please tell me what you think… So, I had to write an emai
Quotation Marks
Let’s talk about this “” today. Yes, quotation marks. Or cudzysłów, as we call it in Polish. Cudzysłów – literally meaning “somebody els
Polish Homonyms (or is it homophones?)
Just yesterday someone asked me for examples of words (Polish words, of course) that sound the same, are spelled the same, but mean something totally
Heading Into Town
The other day I was getting ready to go out and do some shopping, and because we live a bit outside the city center (ok, more than a bit, we live in t
Zimno i mokro (cold and wet)
With all this recent excitement over Bielsko Biała, I totally forgot that yesterday (wczoraj, 14 października) was Dzień Nauczyciela (Teacher’
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
