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August – Sierpień In Poland Posted by Kasia on Aug 28, 2012
Sierpień takes it’s name from “sierp” – sickle, which was always used for mowing grains. In Poland August’s weather is usually beautiful and warm with a lot of flowers and fruits on the trees. Here are some common Polish sayings about Sierpień: Z sierpem w ręku witać sierpień, wiele uciech, wiele cierpień. Greet August with a sickle in…
Let’s go paddle boarding! Posted by Kasia on Aug 27, 2012
The fast-growing sport of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is a fun, easy way to go play on the water. With a minimum of equipment, you can paddle anything from ocean surf to lakes and rivers—no waves required. Paddleboarding (“połączenie deski surfingowej z wiosłem” – there is really no translation for this word in Polish, so…
Affirmative and Interrogative forms – Part I Posted by Kasia on Jul 28, 2012
Polish is a highly inflected language, which means some parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives take different forms depending on case, tense, or number. Inflection helps speakers to identify the subject of a sentence and its properties (whether it’s singular or plural, masculine or feminine). Consequently, word order plays a less important…
Buildings in my town – Budynki w moim mieście Posted by Kasia on Jun 30, 2012
Do you ever wonder how to name different buildings in Polish, for example while asking for directions and looking at the map of the city? Sometimes you may need these words to make a to do list, answer a question, ask a question or explain something to a stranger. Here is a little list for…
Kwiecień, plecień, bo przeplata, trochę zimy, trochę lata… Posted by Kasia on Apr 10, 2012
Today’s blog is about April. April (kwiecień) was the second month in an early Roman calendar, but became the fourth when the ancient Romans started using January as the first month. The Romans called the month Aprilis. It may come from a word meanting ‘to open’, or it may come from Aphrodite, the Greek name…
Spring cleaning Posted by Kasia on Mar 23, 2012
It has been a very hot week here in New Hampshire! Don’t get me wrong – I’m happy! Love winter and winter sports, but I’m ready for spring! I think this is the first time since I moved to the States, I lost snow in my yard before the end of March! Yay! When it…
How to call your grandmother in Polish? Posted by Kasia on Mar 13, 2012
Polish grandmother: babcia, babunia, baba, babka….Which one of these word is correct one to use? Well, each one of them. It just depends on your relation to “her” and the situation. “Babcia” is the most popular and this form is used the most in Poland. I noticed that a lot people in USA say: “babciu”…