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Reading in Polish – translations or “native” books? Posted by Anna on Jan 9, 2010
It’s styczeń (January) now, dziewiąty (ninth) to be exact. Do you know where your postanowienia noworoczne (New Year’s resolutions) are? Mine have already been claimed by the vicious vortex known as “real life.” But maybe I should lead by example and come clean regarding my 2009 resolutions. Which were… Yeah, what were they? Ah yes!…
Adventures in Reading po polsku – a guest post Posted by Anna on Aug 26, 2009
Remember how a few posts back I said all kinds of fun things about Joanna Chmielewska and recommended her books as an easy and painless choice for a beginner Polish reader? Hmmm… Not so, apparently. This is what our fabulous guest blogger, Barb from Canada had to say about her experiences of reading Chmielewska. But…
Required Reading – Joanna Chmielewska Posted by Anna on Aug 10, 2009
Since I’ve boring you to tears with all sorts of useless stuff recently (yeah, yeah, don’t deny it, I know I have) I think we should talk about something light and fun and maybe even interesting today. Namely – reading. Reading in Polish, of course. “What?” I hear you say, “reading in Polish is supposed…
Required Reading – Jan Brzechwa Posted by Anna on Aug 15, 2008
Today is a public holiday in Poland, the Feast of the Assumption, which is an important Catholic celebration, I presume. Though when I asked my friend this morning about the reason for a day off, she mumbled something about the Battle of Warsaw instead. That battle, also known as the Miracle at the Vistula, took…
Henryk Sienkiewicz – Required Reading Posted by Anna on Jun 18, 2008
Lately I have been hearing a lot about what it means to be Polish. It seems to be a trendy discussion topic, both among my countrymen and foreign expats living in Poland. And while neither side can agree on what exactly characterizes a typical Pole, they are both of the same opinion when it comes…