Archive for 'Grammar'
Problems with Priests (in plural) Posted by Anna on Feb 24, 2009
What is it that I am reading about Polish priests wanting to marry and have families? This is the BBC article in English, but I have seen this story reported in the Polish media as well. A controversial topic, no doubt about it. But since I happen to know two Polish priests (we met while…
Genitive Case, part 4 Posted by Anna on Feb 10, 2009
Thomas asked what happened to audio files with pronunciation that I used to provide on this blog. I will be reunited with my own computer and microphone on March 10th and then pliki dźwiękowe (audio files) will be back. And I do plan to go back and provide them for all the posts where they’re…
“A Grammar of Contemporary Polish” by Oscar E Swan Posted by Anna on Jan 28, 2009
A couple of weeks ago Ron asked about my thoughts regarding “A Grammar of Contemporary Polish” and to tell you the truth, I’ve been struggling how to honestly evaluate this book. There are so few Polish grammar books out there so I feel that just for existing alone I should give it a high rating…
Even More Perfective and Imperfective Goodness Posted by Anna on Jan 20, 2009
Yes, I am still enjoying myself in Antigua and Barbuda. But I couldn’t just go away and leave you without a new post. So, I thought we might as well continue with the perfective and imperfective stuff. It’s always a pain to learn, and I’m pretty sure we could keep talking about for the next…
Adverbs and Aspect Posted by Anna on Jan 16, 2009
When you read this post I’ll be most likely sitting on a ferry going from Antigua to Barbuda. Oh yeah! But I couldn’t just go on vacation and leave you here with nothing to read, now could I? So, I thought that in my absence we continue with the perfective-imperfective goodness and see where it…
More Perfective and Imperfective Goodness Posted by Anna on Jan 13, 2009
Pinolona gave us a list of several verbs that cause her a lot of grief. And I would assume, not only her. They cause me a lot of grief, too. Up until very recently, I never really paid much attention to Polish verbs. I mean, what was there to pay attention to? You stick a…
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”…