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How to Apply for Polish Citizenship Recognition
How to Apply for Polish Citizenship Recognition Who Can Apply? If you are a foreign national, you may apply for Polish citizenship recognition if you meet at least one of the following criteria: Polish Citizenship Recognition: Residency-Based Eligibility You have legally resided in Poland for at least 3 years on a permanent residence permit, EU [...]
How to Register a Business in Poland
How to Register a Business in Poland: A Step-by-Step Guide Starting a business in Poland is a straightforward process, but it requires understanding the legal and administrative requirements. Whether you are an EU citizen or from outside the European Economic Area, Poland offers a friendly environment for entrepreneurs. This guide will walk you through the [...]
The most famous Polish films online with English and Polish subtitles!
If you are looking for Polish films online you got to the right place. 35mm.online is a VOD platform of the Documentary and Feature Film Studio exclusively with Polish films in remastered versions. The films have subtitles in Polish and English. The platform, available online, offers both feature films and documentaries. There are also proposals [...]
Magical St. Andrew’s night
St. Andrew’s day (andrzejki) is celebrated in Poland on the night of th 29th and 30th of November, which is one day before St. Andrew’s actualnameday. This is a special night, because according to tradition St. Andrew can help all the people who wants to know what the future has in store in regard tofeelings, [...]
All Saint's Day (Wszystkich Świętych)
In a folk belief the winter solstice (at the turn of October and November) was the time when the forces of darkness and light can fight together. That’s why the boarderbetween deceased and alives world is so fine and the souls of our ancestors are able to come to visit their homes (according to a [...]
Genitive of nouns
Foreigners learning Polish know that cases are the most difficult part ofour language. First I would like to console all the students for whom cases are acause of tears and frustration. Cases are the last thing that foreigners normallylearn to use properly. Even those students who speaks fluent Polish, makesome mistakes when it comes to [...]
How to decline names and surnames in Polish?
Spelling of names and surnames in Polish is one of the most challengingproblems in our language. This is the reason I decided to make a little overviewillustrating this problematic issue. My students are always surprised andshocked when they realize that sometimes their name has five forms. Forexample:Nominative - To jest John. (This is John).Genitive - [...]
Poles like to party
In the Catholic world, Carnival is a period of balls and parties whichbegins on the Epiphany (on the 6 th of January) and ends on Tuesday beforeShrove Tuesday -forty days before Easter.In the old days, Carnival in Poland was called “zapusty” and wascelebrated very sumptuously together wiith family, friends and neighbours. Themain attraction would have [...]
Christmas dictionary
Christmas (Boże Narodzenie) is the most important celebration inPoland, similar to the rest of Europe and America. In Poland we have acombination of old pagan traditions and religion ones. Most of the traditionsare related to the day 24 th of December called “Wigilia” - Christmas Eve andChristmas Eve Supper. Even if you are not spending [...]
"All you need is a woman"
In Polish the word “kobieta” is used to describe an adult person of the femalegender. The corresponding adjective is “ kobiecy” for female or feminine, like inexpressions “Łzy - broń kobieca” (Tears - feminine weapon) or “kobieca ręka”(woman’s hand - synonym of care, attention).Luckily you have a variety of choices to best describe a girl [...]
Polish months - etymology related to nature
Polish months - etymology related to nature What happens when a foreigner who starts to learn Polish will come across the Polish names of the months of the year? Without exaggeration, most foreigners want to give up learning Polish! It is understandable because at first, the names look impossible to pronounce.The Polish language, similar to [...]
Learning methods
I have been asked many times, what is the best method of learning?Frankly speaking, an ideal method does not exist! Why? Because everystudent is different, has different needs, expectations and personalstyles of learning.If “visual” intelligence predominates your life, you “see” language likeyou see other things. In this case, it will be easier for you to [...]
What a foreigner learning Polish must know?
What a foreigner learning Polish must know? I dedicate this series of articles to all my Dear Students who deeply fathom the secrets of the Polish language. When I heard yesterday for about hundredth time : “Edyta, this is impossible!” , I decided to react more comprehensively.First, I have to tell you that learning Polish [...]
“TO GO…”
In Polish we have several verbs of motion which are always translated into English as “to go”. Everything depends on whether we are going somewhere on foot or if we are planning to use machines with wheels such as buses, cars, bicycles, motorbikes, trams, the metro, or taxis. For example, if we want to say: [...]
When Polish makes you dizzy
When you start learning Polish and you take it seriously, one of the symptoms you can have is… headache (in Polish: ból głowy). When my students complain that all the grammar exceptions give them a headache, I am really happy because it occurs to me (przychodzi mi do głowy) that they are doing very well [...]
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