Polish
Here Barb tells us what to do in order to register birth certificates of minors born abroad...
Polish
Today we have a guest post by our favorite guest blogger, Barbara, about how to register your foreign birth certificate in Poland. All explained very clearly step by step in an easy to follow manner. This process is very important if you are planning to confirm your Polish citizenship...
Polish
A friend asked me a very theoretical question, and it went more or less like this: “OK, let’s say that, theoretically of course, I am going to be visiting Poland around Christmas, or at the very least - Greenpoint. Wh...
Connie
Connie
Thanks for this post: I love knowing the etymology and related words - gives me the opportunity to learn two-for-one vocabulary words! (spoko spoko + spokojni)
November 17 at 1:40pm
Polish
November 11. Święto Niepodległości. Independence Day. I wrote about it last year, if I remember correctly. So, this year, let’s celebrate it a little bit differently - with a song (and dance, but that’s optional). I have...
Monika Lewandowska
Monika Lewandowska
Spiewajmy rodacy spiewajmy :-)
November 12 at 12:19am
Jim Przedzienkowski
Jim Przedzienkowski
Nice, just downloaded them to itunes then to my ipod
November 12 at 2:47pm
Polish
Remember Barb’s guest post about her trip to Poland? In it, at the very end, she mentioned, humorously no doubt, the famous Polish wildlife specimen – wściekły pies (rabid dog). That...
Polish
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 different. You know, like in English light, and right, and stuff like that. Can’t think of more examples right off the bat. Oh yeah, and a bat. ...
Harper Hornaday
Harper Hornaday
Here is an amusing English homonym:
Polish and Polish.
November 11 at 5:31am
Malgorzata Herudzinska
Malgorzata Herudzinska
pilot - 1.pilot, 2.guide, 3.remote control
piła - 1.saw, 2.verb - [she was] drinking
1.może/2.morze (the same pronunciation) - 1.maybe/2.sea
węgierka - 1.a type of plum, 2.Hungarian (woman)
klapa - 1.(informal) flop, 2.tailgate, 3.cover,4.lapel... Read More
klops - 1.meatball, 2.(informal) flop
mus - 1.mousse, 2.(informal) necessity,must
głąb - 1.heart (in cabbage), 2.(inform.) idiot
bez - 1.lilac, 2.without
gnój - 1.(inform. about a person) shitface, 2.manure, dung
koło - 1.circle,ring, 2.wheel, 3.by, next to, 4.about
piec - 1.oven, furnace, 2.to bake, to roast, 3.to beat down
stan - 1. state, 2.condition, 3.marital status
wolno - 1.slowly, 2.freely, 3.is allowed to...
wolny - 1.free,2.spare,3.vacant, 4.slow, 5.single, 6.free kick
zasada - 1. principle, 2.alkali
byk - 1.bull, 2.(inform.) spelling mistake, 3.Taurus
lipa - 1.lime tree, 2.(inform.) trash, 3.(inform) eyewash
pas - 1.belt, 2.waist, 3.strip, 4.lane
korektor - 1.proofreader, 2.whiteout
pasta - 1.spread, 2.polish, 3.paste (and English pasta is makaron in Polish)

Okay, that's enough for now :-)
November 16 at 12:24pm
Polish
So, let’s go back to the issue of kombinowanie for a few more minutes. Turns out that the person who claims that Poles are a cheating, scheming and otherwise dishonest bunch also reads this blog. Oh, hi! Small world, isn’t it? Thank you for providing us with such an interesting discussion topic! An...
Jim Przedzienkowski
Jim Przedzienkowski
The US Senate and Congress kominuje every day.
Called scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
November 6 at 8:09pm
Polish

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English is spoken by one out of every six people in the world. It is the primary language of the United States, Australia, the U.K., and the anglophone territories of Canada, making it second only to Mandarin Chinese in number of speakers. English belongs to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.... The great number of words found in the English vocabulary is in large part due to extensive borrowings from other languages, including Latin, French, Low German, and the Scandinavian languages.Read More
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Polish
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 the sticks) I said that I was going to town - do miasta. Idę do miasta....
Susan
Susan
October 31 at 8:54am
Jim Przedzienkowski
Jim Przedzienkowski
Or if you have a Macintosh go to System Preferences and the International and pick any language you want. A flag will show up in the menu and you can click on it to go from American to Polish or any other language and you can see the keyboard representing that language.
October 31 at 8:19pm
Polish
Today we will tackle something that is a bit controversial. Or maybe not, I guess it all depends on your point of view. But we’ll see. I really don’t like sweeping generalizations, though that doesn’t stop me in making them myself from time to time, to be perfectly honest. So m...
Maggie Namysl
Maggie Namysl
I "kombinuje" all the time.. am I dishonest and untrustworthy! Not at all! (I am 100%, born and raised in Poland for 15 years, until moving here in 1994). I think because we are constantly looking for another, alternative solution, that translates into us scheming and being dishonest... Really? If your car breaks down.. are you going to try every ... Read Morepossible alternative option to save yourself some money before going to the first mechanic on the corner??? I think we all would ... and that is what "kombinowanie" is. Now, I am very sure that there are some polish people that are dishonest and live up to this preconcieved notion, however the polish people that I know are quite the opposite. We pride ourselves as hard working, intelligent individuals that love their families and friends. If you don't believe me.. drop your "good -for- nothing" friend and get a polish one... and just wait, you will have the most honest and loyal friend for life =).
October 28 at 4:21am
Polish
There are many definitions and examples of comfort food – I’m pretty sure that every culture has its very own typical dishes that fall into this category. And one thing is certain, when you’re sick you crave that yummy, comforting goodness. And I am and I do. But what do I crave? Kapu...
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 email made me crawl out to face the enemy. ...
Polish
I’m so sorry this post is late, but I have a very good excuse – I’m sick. Totally and utterly sick. Not the new flu (thankfully), but the whole nine yards nevertheless: katar (runny nose), kaszel (cough), ból gardła (sore throat) and everything else that comes with it. In oth...
Michael
Michael
The polish blood is strong. Sickness will not hold us down !!!!
October 19 at 5:11am
Polish
With all this recent excitement over Bielsko Biała, I totally forgot that yesterday (wczoraj, 14 października) was Dzień Nauczyciela (Teacher’s Day). Now, I’m the first one to admit, I don’t like Dzień Nauczyciela. Never liked it and probably never will. It’s lik...
Jim Przedzienkowski
Jim Przedzienkowski
Nie tak sle jeszcze unas, okolo 8 C. Ale nie ma deszcz
October 16 at 8:00am
Polish
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… An inhabitant of Gdańsk is called gdańszczanin (masculine; gdańszczanka – feminine). A person who lives in Warsaw? Warszaw...
Mary Eleanor Glowiak
Mary Eleanor Glowiak
wow, what a gorgeous little city. :)
October 13 at 5:16am