Comments for Polish Blog http://www.transparent.com/polish Polish Language and Culture Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Dative, part 3 by Al http://www.transparent.com/polish/the-dative-part-3/#comment-726 Al Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:34:03 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=329#comment-726 Anna, I have bought the book: the Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Dana Bielec and though this is helpful it does not compare to your Polish lesson posts! I feel that I have learned a little bit of the Polish language after each time I read your blog. Thank you... Al Anna,

I have bought the book: the Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Dana Bielec and though this is helpful it does not compare to your Polish lesson posts! I feel that I have learned a little bit of the Polish language after each time I read your blog. Thank you…

Al

]]> Comment on Dative Case, part 2 by The Dative, part 3 | Polish Blog http://www.transparent.com/polish/dative-case-part-2/#comment-725 The Dative, part 3 | Polish Blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:31 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=239#comment-725 [...] while actually, since our last post about nouns and cases. I think I started telling you about the dative case and then promptly began to practice avoidance. So where were we last? Oh yes, personal pronouns and [...] [...] while actually, since our last post about nouns and cases. I think I started telling you about the dative case and then promptly began to practice avoidance. So where were we last? Oh yes, personal pronouns and [...]

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by Anna http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-724 Anna Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:23:54 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-724 Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I've been trying to get the Dana Bielec book but Amazon and I are at odds right now, they say they had sent the book, I say I ain't got no book. And so it goes... The Oscar Swan grammar is not all that bad, but it's poorly organized and very user unfriendly - the author assumes that the reader knows what "morphophonemic abstraction" means and personally I don't like teachers and authors who feel the need to use words longer than three syllables. And what we need instead is Polish Grammar for Dummies... I've ordered the "Concise Grammar..." by Magdalena what's-her-face and will tell you about it as soon as I get it. Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I’ve been trying to get the Dana Bielec book but Amazon and I are at odds right now, they say they had sent the book, I say I ain’t got no book. And so it goes…
The Oscar Swan grammar is not all that bad, but it’s poorly organized and very user unfriendly - the author assumes that the reader knows what “morphophonemic abstraction” means and personally I don’t like teachers and authors who feel the need to use words longer than three syllables. And what we need instead is Polish Grammar for Dummies…
I’ve ordered the “Concise Grammar…” by Magdalena what’s-her-face and will tell you about it as soon as I get it.

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by Marge http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-722 Marge Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:04:24 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-722 I also use the Polish: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Grammar) by Dana Bielec and the Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Dana Bielec as references. I got both of these through Amazon.com. I live in the U.S. I also use the Polish: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Grammar) by Dana Bielec and the Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Dana Bielec as references. I got both of these through Amazon.com. I live in the U.S.

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by DeeAnn http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-721 DeeAnn Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:33:45 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-721 BTW - Beth's class got your postcard! Thanks! She told me in great detail how the teacher said they had gotten a very special postcard and they needed to pull out the WORLD map to locate where it came from. She was excited. BTW - Beth’s class got your postcard! Thanks! She told me in great detail how the teacher said they had gotten a very special postcard and they needed to pull out the WORLD map to locate where it came from. She was excited.

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by DeeAnn http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-720 DeeAnn Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:32:47 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-720 Anna, I have an extra copy of Part 1 of "Wsrod Polakow, Polish for foreign students" published by Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski and written by Brygida Rudzka and Zofia Goczolowa. Email me your address and I will send it to you. It's much better than Swan's grammer book, but I can't really say if it's great. I really like it. Anna,
I have an extra copy of Part 1 of “Wsrod Polakow, Polish for foreign students” published by Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski and written by Brygida Rudzka and Zofia Goczolowa. Email me your address and I will send it to you. It’s much better than Swan’s grammer book, but I can’t really say if it’s great. I really like it.

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by pinolona http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-719 pinolona Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:14:58 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-719 Isn't it beautiful how everything is related? It's one of the things I love about Polish. In fact, if one had time to spare at breakfast, one might even open the dictionary at a random page, take a pencil, and link up all the words containing similar components...(see http://interpreters.free.fr/language/dekalog4.htm) Dana Bielec also wrote a reference grammar, 'Polish, An essential grammar', published by Routledge, ISBN 9780415164061. A good read at breakfast and you can get it at Foyles in London. Isn’t it beautiful how everything is related? It’s one of the things I love about Polish. In fact, if one had time to spare at breakfast, one might even open the dictionary at a random page, take a pencil, and link up all the words containing similar components…(see http://interpreters.free.fr/language/dekalog4.htm)

Dana Bielec also wrote a reference grammar, ‘Polish, An essential grammar’, published by Routledge, ISBN 9780415164061.
A good read at breakfast and you can get it at Foyles in London.

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by Lukas http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-718 Lukas Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:33:53 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-718 Very good post! I am currently looking for a good grammar book, the one I use is rather lacking in that aspect. I will check out some of the references mentioned here, thank you. Thomas: there is a small mistake in the link you posted. This one works: http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/index.html Very good post! I am currently looking for a good grammar book, the one I use is rather lacking in that aspect. I will check out some of the references mentioned here, thank you.

Thomas: there is a small mistake in the link you posted. This one works: http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/index.html

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by expateek http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-717 expateek Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:39:35 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-717 I found "Basic Polish" and "Intermediate Polish", by Dana Bielec, at the American Bookstore in Warsaw a few months ago. It's billed as "A Grammar and Workbook", so it's a bit more of a textbook than a straight grammar. Still, each chapter deals with a different grammatical topic, and thus it's a lot more systematic than things like "Polish in 4 Weeks", or "Colloquial Polish". It's published by Routledge, and the ISBN numbers are 0-415-22437-3 and 0-415-22439-X And yes, the lack of wireless at Okęcie is very irritating, isn't it? I found “Basic Polish” and “Intermediate Polish”, by Dana Bielec, at the American Bookstore in Warsaw a few months ago. It’s billed as “A Grammar and Workbook”, so it’s a bit more of a textbook than a straight grammar. Still, each chapter deals with a different grammatical topic, and thus it’s a lot more systematic than things like “Polish in 4 Weeks”, or “Colloquial Polish”.

It’s published by Routledge, and the ISBN numbers are 0-415-22437-3 and 0-415-22439-X

And yes, the lack of wireless at Okęcie is very irritating, isn’t it?

]]> Comment on Which Grammar Book? by Thomas Westcott http://www.transparent.com/polish/which-grammar-book/#comment-716 Thomas Westcott Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:55:49 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=328#comment-716 The address is http://polish/slavic.pitt.edu/index.html . Sound files please. The address is http://polish/slavic.pitt.edu/index.html .

Sound files please.

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