Archive for March, 2012
Włodzimierz Smolarek – Polish football hero Posted by Kasia on Mar 7, 2012
Włodzimierz Smolarek, one of the finest players in the history of Polish football, has died in his home town of Aleksandrów Łódzki. He was 55. The peak of his career was in the 1980s, when he played 60 matches for the national team, scoring 13 goals. Polish fans have fresh in their memory Smolarek’s wonderful…
Przekleństwa – curse words Posted by Kasia on Mar 6, 2012
Ah, swear words, what an underestimated subject… Considered rude, but, really, a true necessity of life. Don’t leave your home without them. When it comes to Polish translation, in certain contexts, the swear words (curse words), przekleństwa, have their both prominent and well-deserved role to play. True, English is not completely toothless in this respect, but…
Deadly train crash in Poland Posted by Kasia on Mar 4, 2012
Two trains running on the same track collided head-on (zderzyły się czołowo) in southern Poland last night, killing 15 people and leaving 56 injured. The accident (wypadek), which is the worst train disaster (katastrofa) in Poland in more than 20 years, happened late last night on the Warsaw-Kraków mainline in the small town of Szczękociny. As the severity…
“Crazy Guides” Communism Tours in Kraków Posted by Kasia on Mar 2, 2012
These tours are not your average guided tour (wycieczka z przewodnikiem). With a little help from a ‘Crazy Guide’ driving around in a brightly painted Eastern bloc Trabant, visitors to Kraków are taken back in time to discover the city’s Communist history. “We try to make our customers understand and feel what the real Poland…
Poszła Pani do sklepu…how to draw a person Posted by Kasia on Mar 1, 2012
I remember learning how to draw a person when I was a little child…Most of the kids like pictures and fun way to introduce them how to learn something. This is how my mother taught me how to draw a person (osoba, człowiek): While you are drawing, you tell the story: Poszła Pani do sklepu…(one lady…