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Quotation Marks Posted by Anna on Nov 23, 2009
Let’s talk about this “” today. Yes, quotation marks. Or cudzysłów, as we call it in Polish. Cudzysłów – literally meaning “somebody else’s words” which is pretty much right on the mark, if you ask me. In Polish cudzysłów is used a lot less frequently than in English. Why? Because dialogs in Polish books are…
Heading Into Town Posted by Anna on Oct 30, 2009
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. However, a friend who just happened to…
Zimno i mokro (cold and wet) Posted by Anna on Oct 15, 2009
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 like Dzień Matki (Mother’s Day) – we should respect and honor our teachers (and…
On News and Ice Tea Posted by Anna on Sep 24, 2009
Just the other day I was asked what (if any) Polish equivalents of these words would be, and frankly, I didn’t have a clue. All the Poles I know refer to ice tea as “ice tea” and news is “news”, or sometimes “nius”. I checked with a couple of dictionaries, and asked a couple of…
Druga Wojna Światowa – World War 2 Posted by Anna on Sep 2, 2009
Yesterday Poland observed the 70th anniversary of the start of WW2. I wasn’t going to write about it initially, but then I realized it would look very stupid and almost un-Polish if I didn’t mention it at all. Yet on the other hand, talking about WW2 makes me a bit uncomfortable. Why? I feel this…
Polski on the internet – guest post by Barb Posted by Anna on Aug 7, 2009
A couple of posts ago I asked you about your Polish language adventures on the internet, remember? And our fabulous guest blogger – Barbara from Canada prepared this piece about her experiences w polskiej sieci. Polski on the internet – by Barbara from Canada As most of you know, there are very few good sites…
“W internecie” or “na internecie”? Posted by Anna on Jul 31, 2009
So…. The Lexiophiles Best Language Blog contest is over, and this year it was an immense failure for us. Or rather, for me. Last year, Polish Blog came in 6th. This year, 71st. Oh well, I guess the novelty of Polish Blog has worn off, and it’s my fault too, because I haven’t told you…