Tag Archives: greetings
Surviving the First Hello Posted by Anna on Feb 20, 2010
Another totally awesome post by our resident guest blogger – Adam. We will get back to being cool in Poland in my next post. This time, inspired by the adventures of some newbies to Poland, I would like to tackle the issue of being polite. The rules on how you behave vary from country to…
When “witam” Is Not Welcomed Posted by Anna on Dec 18, 2009
I have to tell you about something that happened this week. And after you hear this story, please tell me what you think… So, I had to write an email to somebody. A perfect stranger. A person I’ve never met. A person who happens to hold an important position at one of the institutions of…
Pronunciation Samples Posted by Anna on Jul 11, 2008
At last! I know you’ve been asking about pronunciation, and I know you’ve been requesting phonetic equivalents for all the Polish words I’m introducing in each post. The problem with phonetic approximations is that if we use English sounds, then for those readers who are not native English speakers, such examples will not make much…