Archive for January, 2009
Using the Polish Się, Part 1 Posted by Anna on Jan 8, 2009
Are you ready for another installment of Polish grammar? No? Don’t worry, I’m not ready either. We’ll get through it together. A couple of posts back I started to talk about “się.” That was when I told you how this little word could alter the meaning of a verb. You have a verb without “się”…
The Question of Prussia Posted by Anna on Jan 6, 2009
A few weeks ago one of the readers made a comment about Prussia. A family member of hers claimed to have Prussian ancestry, not Polish. Personally, I find this statement a bit odd, but that’s just me, OK? Prussia, Prusy in Polish (a.k.a. Germany, or one of its many incarnations) was a neighbor of Poland…
Teach and Learn Polish Posted by Anna on Jan 3, 2009
I was talking to my friend today, and as always, she does her best to express herself in Polish. She’s been studying the language for quite some time now, and generally does a very good job when writing in Polish. However, when it comes to speaking, things can get a bit confusing at times. Today…