{"id":623,"date":"2009-10-12T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=623"},"modified":"2009-10-12T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T03:20:12","slug":"what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his comment to the Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong> post Mchl posed an interesting question: what do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong>? Yeah, indeed\u2026<\/p>\n

An inhabitant of Gda\u0144sk <\/strong>is called gda\u0144szczanin<\/strong> (masculine; gda\u0144szczanka<\/strong> \u2013 feminine). A person who lives in Warsaw? Warszawiak<\/strong> or warszawianin<\/strong>, if a male, and warszawianka<\/strong>, if a female.
\nIn Krak\u00f3w<\/strong>? Krakowiak<\/strong>, or krakowianin<\/strong>, if a guy, and krakowianka<\/strong>, if a woman.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s really no rhyme or reason to how those names are formed. And those are just the easy ones. It gets a lot more complicated when you\u2019re talking about a person who lives in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski<\/strong>, for example. Or Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And yes, if we\u2019re back on the subject of people who live in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong>, what do you call them? Hmmm\u2026 Bielsko-bialski<\/strong>, if a guy, and bielsko-bialska<\/strong>, if a woman. Yeah, where did that come from I have no clue, but that\u2019s what it says in my dictionary. Many people mistakenly assume, it\u2019s bielszczanin<\/strong> and bielszczanka<\/strong>, but those are people who live in Bielsk Podlaski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And since we\u2019re gluttons for punishment (and because we love Polish), we might as well go all the way and figure out how to call an inhabitant of Bia\u0142ystok<\/strong>. Bia\u0142ostoczanin<\/strong>, if a male, and bia\u0142ostoczanka<\/strong> if a female.<\/p>\n

And maybe you noticed one thing \u2013 all those nouns are not capitalized. If you see \u201cKrakowianin<\/strong>\u201d that means a person who lives in Krakowskiem<\/strong>, which is a general area where Krak\u00f3w<\/strong> is located. But an inhabitant of a city is always written using a small letter.<\/p>\n

So yeah, what do you call an inhabitant of Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski<\/strong>? I think I\u2019ll stick with \u201can inhabitant of Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski<\/strong>\u201d (mieszkaniec Pruszcza Gda\u0144skiego<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

And since we\u2019ve been talking about Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong> a lot lately, I thought I\u2019d show you some photos from that city. All photographs were taken by Artur Guzy<\/strong> and you can see more of them on his blog \u2013 Bielsko-Bia\u0142a i wszystko jasne<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pretty, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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And I don\u2019t know about you, but I had no idea that Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong> was such a lovely town.<\/p>\n

And for those who complained about the rain, here’s z\u0142ota polska jesie\u0144<\/strong>, also in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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For more photos, go to Artur’s blog and practice your Polish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In his comment to the Bielsko-Bia\u0142a post Mchl posed an interesting question: what do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a? Yeah, indeed\u2026 An inhabitant of Gda\u0144sk is called gda\u0144szczanin (masculine; gda\u0144szczanka \u2013 feminine). A person who lives in Warsaw? Warszawiak or warszawianin, if a male, and warszawianka, if a female. In Krak\u00f3w? Krakowiak…<\/p>\n

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