Polish Death and Burial Customs Posted by Anna on Apr 15, 2010
In today’s post, Adam gives us a very detailed look at the customs and traditions of this most difficult time in the lives of those who lost a loved one. Death is unfortunately an unavoidable, if a rather displeasing event. It affects every human being around the world, in every place and every culture. And…
Poland Mourns Its President and Senior Officials Posted by Anna on Apr 11, 2010
By Adam and Anna: Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria and dozens of senior politicians died in a plane crash (katastrofa lotnicza) on April 10, 2010. President Lech Kaczyński was born in 1949 in Warsaw to an affluent and deeply patriotic family. His father was an engineer and former soldier of the Home Army…
Learning Polish in Poland Posted by Anna on Apr 10, 2010
In today’s post Adam presents a few options for Polish courses in Poland. When you’ve been through Transparent lessons, and you think you know your declensions, conjugations, numerals and spelling – you might want to take your Polish to the next level. Why not test it on living, breathing organisms such as Poles in their…
Polish Numbers: 1 – 100 Posted by Anna on Apr 7, 2010
I have written about Polish numbers on this blog before, but in several different posts (please use the search function to find them). And this time I was asked to skip all the convoluted grammar explanations and details about what declines, how and when, and just serve the numbers only, straight up. So here they…
Easter – Wielkanoc Posted by Anna on Apr 3, 2010
Anna’s comment – I asked Adam to write about Easter knowing full well that he would be reluctant to do so. And also knowing full well that he would object to the idea that being Polish equals being Catholic. But unfortunately, for what it’s worth, Poland is perceived as a Catholic country, and Easter is…
Spring Allergies – Wiosenne alergie Posted by Anna on Mar 31, 2010
Wiosna. Spring. Just the sound of this word alone makes my eyes red and my throat itch. And what it does to my nose is so vile that it shouldn’t be mentioned in public. Yes, it’s that time of the year again – allergy season. And as I’m getting older, it seems that my spring…
The Untranslatables – episode 1: Politics Posted by Anna on Mar 28, 2010
Today Adam (what a brave guy) tackles some totally incomprehensible to me political language. Yes, Poles sure do love their politics, and I, for one, am very glad that we have Adam to write about this. Because, frankly, I’d rather chew my leg off and bleed to death than talk politics. To understand Polish you…