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Prima Aprillis! Posted by Kasia on Apr 1, 2014
April Fools’ Day is called as Prima Aprillis in Poland. It is celebrated on April 1st. The traditions and the customs are followed as same as other countries. It is a day full of jokes and fun for the people of Poland. They plan for huge hoax stories to fool the media, public institutions and…
Wierszyki gramatyczne Posted by Kasia on Mar 31, 2014
Here are few more Polish rhymes, that (hopefully) will make it easier to remember some rules of the Polish orthography:) Żaba Spójrz na pierwsze”zet” w tym słowie – wygląda jak żabka – każdy to powie. A ta kropka nad nią? To lecąca mucha, co w żabim pyszczku wyzionie wnet ducha… Look at the first “z”…
How to remember some Polish orthography rules? Posted by Kasia on Mar 30, 2014
Here are some short, easy to remember (maybe not at first, but I promise you will remember them!) rhymes about few of the rules in Polish grammar:) Rz po spółgłoskach W takich wyrazach jak drzewo, wrzątek, brzask, krzyk, drzazga, prztyczek, Grzesiu oraz trzask, ponieważ “rzet” po spółgłosce stoi, to zawsze tam będzie er zet…
How school has changed… Posted by Kasia on Mar 29, 2014
Today’s blog is going to be king size, mega,long, duży, ogromny, długi!!!!!!I will try not to bore you though:) Today’s subject is changes in school system! In most aspects of life and society there have been many changes in the last 100 years. One such area of change has been in education and there are…
Dining etiquette in Poland and in other countries Posted by Kasia on Mar 28, 2014
If you’ve ever tipped too little in America or finished all your food in China, you may be familiar with the embarrassment that comes with a dining faux pas. But now a new clever infographic promises to help you sail through fancy dinners on holiday with no problems. Revealing the dining customs for various countries…
Polonia worldwide Posted by Kasia on Mar 19, 2014
Polish Diaspora (The Polish diaspora refers to people of Polish origin who live outside Poland) abroad counts 15-20 mln people. Poles belong to the nationalities that have relatively high fraction of emigrants compared to the number of Poles that live in Poland (about 40 mln now, read more about it in the article: Poland –…
How Ukrainian crisis affects Poland? Posted by Kasia on Mar 15, 2014
Polish-Ukrainian relations can be traced to the 16th-17th centuries in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the often turbulent relations between that state and the mostly polonized nobility (szlachta) and the Cossacks. The next stage would be the relations in the years 1918-1920, in the aftermath of World War I, which saw both the Polish-Ukrainian War and…