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The Polish Language: A Cheatsheet for Beginners - Culture.pl
3. Drill #1. The 9 Most Unpronounceable Words in Polish. The 9 Most Unpronounceable Words in Polish. But before you start getting cocky, we suggest you practice your skills and try pronouncing some words which give even Poles a headache! 4. Indo-European: A beginner’s course. Polish for Indo-Europeans: Beginner's Course.
What Are the Most Popular Polish First Names? - Culture.pl
These results are particularly striking when one compares them with the rankings of first names given in Poland across the 20th century. Stanisław used to rank among the most popular Polish names for the most part of the early 20th century, topping the list in the 1920s, and featuring in the top five until the 1950s.
The 12 Dishes of Polish Christmas | Article - Culture.pl
Tradition calls for 12 traditional courses to be served during the Polish Christmas Eve. This number is a symbol of wealth, the 12 Apostles and a representation of the 12 months of the year. But in the past, dinner consisted of an odd number of dishes. Put up the twinkly lights, wrap all the presents, boil the barszcz and prep the pierogi!
The Extraordinary Life of Simona Kossak | Article - Culture.pl
They called her a witch, because she chatted with animals and owned a terrorist-crow, known for stealing gold and attacking bicyclists. A lynx slept in her bed, and she shared her roof with a tamed boar. Simona Kossak was a scientist, ecologist and the author of award-winning films – as well as an activist who fought to protect Europe’s oldest forest.
The 9 Most Unpronounceable Words in Polish | Article - Culture.pl
2. ‘Szczęście’. If you think happiness is hard to find, try pronouncing it in Polish! The Polish word for ‘happiness’ consists of a sequence of two Polish digraphs (sz, cz), a nasal e sound, the Polish diacritic ś, another digraph (ci), and a final e (which is probably the only sound you’ll be able to pronounce on your first go). 3.
A Foreigner's Guide to Polish Folk Art | Article | Culture.pl
Łowicz region developed three types of wycinanki: kodry, tasiemki and gwiozdy. Typically, gwiozdy are symmetrical and shaped like animals, flowers or any other geometric figure. The first two types are a bit more complex. Kodry are made up of numerous smaller wycinanki glued to a rectangular piece of white paper.
Polish Christmas Eve Traditions | Article - Culture.pl
Nov 26, 2015 · Kutia, photo: Michał Kołyga / Reporter / East News. Christmas in Poland is a pescatarian’s dream. In strict keeping with old Catholic tradition, Poles usually abstain from meat and hard liquor on Christmas Eve. However, wine and fish are acceptable, and the latter is abundantly featured in traditional dishes.
11 Great Polish Books You Have to Read | Article - Culture.pl
Recommended translation: The Doll, translated by David Welsh, with introduction by Stanisław Barańczak, New York Review of Books, 2011; Original title: Lalka; The Doll by Bolesław Prus is indisputably the greatest Polish realist novel – according to some, like Nobel Prize-winning author Czesław Miłosz, it's also the greatest Polish-language novel ever.
A Foreigner’s Guide to the Polish Alphabet | Article - Culture.pl
The Polish language has always had issues with the Latin alphabet. Ever since the 12th century, when the language first started to be written down in the Latin script, scribes were struggling to fit the mind-boggling abundance of Slavic phonology (estimated at that time to comprise 12 vowels and 33 consonants) into the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet.