Comments on: About the Mammas and the Pappas – in Polish

By: mandolinlady

mandolinlady — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:51:21 +0000

Very comical and also helpful post, sounds like a nightmare, and I want to learn Polish?!! keep up the good work.

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:30:07 +0000

I agree that it is more logical to say “tacierzyński” but in my opinion it is better to know both forms. I realize that many Poles say “poszłem” instead of “poszedłem” but still the first one is correct. (and still – why is it “poszedłem” and “poszłam”?)

By: michael

michael — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:28:27 +0000

Byk w sklepie w irlandia!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JjsHBOZce0

To nie jest żart.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:41:27 +0000

Agnieszka, thanks! It just goes to show how illogical Polish can be. If “urlop ojcowski” then why not “urlop matkowski”?

The idea of this blog is to provide the reader with the ability to understand Polish as it is spoken and written in normal, everyday use. That’s why if a certain form or expression is being used by newspapers or by people on the street, I tend to include it here. If 99% of people say “urlop tacierzyński” and that’s how the media refer to it too, I feature this phrase here “as is”, because chances are, this is how my readers will come across this expression in Poland.
(It’s like with “olej napędowy” – what the heck is that? 99.99% of people use the word “diesel” anyway)

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:38:04 +0000

There is one thing – there is nothing like “urlop tacierzyński”. There is “urlop ojcowski”. This is the correct form. Although we all say “tacierzyński” and in newspapers they say that, but it is incorrect. At least that is what specialists say…