What comes to your mind when someone mentions Poland? 100% honesty please.
My home and my heart! From my time living there, it has a huge place in my heart. I think beautiful Poznań and a carpet of yellow leaves, countryside, big cities, dirty old communist buildings, small living spaces, stubborn people, beautiful girls, beautiful clothing, lower prices, funnest language ever, bigos, young and old catholics (by tradition, not necessarily faith), dissatisfaction (older generation), idealism (younger generation), cobblestones, trains, pączki, tradition, strange paradox of self-deprecation + fierce pride, snow, classic Polish faces and body types, drunk hooligans that turn into drunk homeless men, the awful smell of cheap cigarettes, obsessive football clubs, good people, hard workers, families, malls, tiny hamburgers, breathtaking views, concentration camps, intelligence, mountains and lakes, humidity, range of individuals just like any country (some hopeless partiers with no aspirations; some extremely intelligent and successful people, some obstinate people, some quite humble individuals, and everything in between), long walks, tall apartment buildings, adorable kids with adorable kid Polish, horses, quiet lives, tramwajs, survivors, dinosaurs ;), stary rynek, barszcz, red and yellow buildings. I could go on :)
Polish word for black?
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Need help pronouncing Polish words...?
Mysz means mouse and you pronounce it "Mish." Whenever you see sz you pronounce it like you sh. Mroz means the cold and you pronounce it "Mrooss." Hope I helped!!:)
Polish People, Do You Find The Word "Polack" Offensive?
I know Polak means Polish in Polish, but a lot of people have told me that if you use it in an English sense, like "Hey, look at that Polack!" That's it's considered offensive! My cousin and mom said it's offensive, and some girl on Yahoo Answers said, "We don't refer to ourselves as Polacks!" Anyways, I'm a Polack and I use it all the time, and so does my dad and my friends, and even my teacher! And I dont have a problem with a it! But what about you other Polacks? Do you find it offensive? Because I know the proper English term is Pole, but I dont wanna refer to myself as a long piece of metal sticking out of the ground!
What's the Polish word that sounds like "Hashtuntai"?
Probably it's "chodz tutaj". Two words. It means "come here" and it's pronounced like hotsch too-tie. "Wchodz tutaj" means "enter here". It sounds similiar but has completely different meaning. verb "chodzić" - to walk verb "wchodzić" - to enter pronoun "tutaj" (or "tu") - here
What is the correct way to say "father" in Polish?
Ojciec—100% formalOjczulek—(very) diminutive form of ‘ojciec’Tata, tato—informal; mostly in relation child—father (like en. dad); ‘tato’ is formally in vocative case but is often used as a nominativeTatuś, tatulo, tatulek, tatko, tatuń, tatunio, papa, papcio—diminutive forms of ‘tata’ of which 2. and subsequent are some obsoleteStary—in teenagers’ slang; you rather don’t use it to address you fatherStaruszek—some facetious form of ‘stary’ but possible to be used when you have very good and hearty relations with your fatherRodziciel—sth. like a more specified form of parent; similiar in use to ‘staruszek’One trivia: Papa Smurf from animated TV series “The Smurfs” is translated into Polish as “Papa Smerf” (with only phonetical adaptation).
How do Brits distinguish between Romanian and Polish when they hear them spoken in public?
I hear polish spoken frequently - if not daily then several times a week. Romanian less often. The first time I heard Romanian I hadn’t got a clue what language it was. I had stumbled on a subtitled documentary (subtitled in English). I couldn’t work out the language, it sounded a bit like Italian but not quite - I wondered if it was a dialect. Eventually it transpired it was Romanian. So, distinguish between Polish (which sounds, well, Polish) and another language which sounds oddly like a sort of transmuted Italian? Not difficult. Understand what either are saying - nope - I can’t but with a bit of work then I’m sure I could, and I suspect Romanian would be easier than Polish. Well, at least for me.And now having read a couple of other answers I see that my description of Romanian is shared by others.