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Reading Polish for Dummies - Page 2

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Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17743 Posts
October 08 2009 19:40 GMT
#21
On October 09 2009 04:08 beetlelisk wrote:
I used my dictionary and internet to add something to OP... Polish letters are actually screenshots, that's why they are little off


Why would you use screenshots if no-one complained so far about getting unicode technobabble (ie: letters displaying as %$a3F!blahblah etc.)?
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-08 20:29:16
October 08 2009 20:19 GMT
#22
I got bored halfway through the alphabet video. I really liked your translation + video though. I was able to follow along really easily and the sounds aren't so bizarre because I can follow Croatian.

Edit: Your bi-letter legend above the video also helped quite a bit. I'd love to hear some more songs with the text accompanying it now.
Nylan
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States795 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-08 20:34:23
October 08 2009 20:33 GMT
#23
I love the Polish...they're always doing stuff like this.
BeSt/Pure/Canata/Calm - I believe in Doh Jae Wook
AlTheCake
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada1071 Posts
October 08 2009 22:28 GMT
#24
I'm Polish and I approve this ;D
beetlelisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Poland2276 Posts
October 08 2009 22:53 GMT
#25
On October 09 2009 04:40 Manit0u wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2009 04:08 beetlelisk wrote:
I used my dictionary and internet to add something to OP... Polish letters are actually screenshots, that's why they are little off


Why would you use screenshots if no-one complained so far about getting unicode technobabble (ie: letters displaying as %$a3F!blahblah etc.)?

Why not
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Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17743 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-09 12:20:37
October 09 2009 11:29 GMT
#26
On October 09 2009 07:53 beetlelisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2009 04:40 Manit0u wrote:
On October 09 2009 04:08 beetlelisk wrote:
I used my dictionary and internet to add something to OP... Polish letters are actually screenshots, that's why they are little off


Why would you use screenshots if no-one complained so far about getting unicode technobabble (ie: letters displaying as %$a3F!blahblah etc.)?

Why not


The simplest way to do things is usually the best

On October 09 2009 05:19 Durak wrote:
Your bi-letter legend above the video also helped quite a bit. I'd love to hear some more songs with the text accompanying it now.


There you go:


+ Show Spoiler [Polish text] +

Czarny chleb i czarna kawa

Jedzie pociąg, złe wagony
Do więzienia wiozą mnie.
Świat ma tylko cztery strony,
A w tym świecie nie ma mnie.

Gdy swe oczy otworzyłem,
Wielki żal ogarnął mnie.
Po policzkach łzy spłynęły,
Zrozumiałem wtedy, że

Czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Czarny czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Młodsza siostra zapytała:
-"Mamo, gdzie braciszek mój?"
-"Brat twój w ciemnej celi siedzi,
Odsiaduje wyrok swój".

Czarny czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Czarny czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Wtem do celi klawisz wpada
I zaczyna więźnia bić.
Młody więzień na twarz pada,
Serce mu przestaje bić.

I nadejdzie chwila błoga
Śmierć zabierze oddech mój,
Moje ciało stąd wyniosą
A pod celą będą znów: inny

Czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.

Czarny czarny chleb i czarna kawa,
Opętani samotnością,
Myślą swą szukają szczęścia,
Które zwie się wolnością.


+ Show Spoiler [English translation] +

Black bread and black coffee

The train is riding, evil carriages
They're driving me to prison.
The world has just four sides,
And I am not in this world.

When I opened my eyes,
Great sorrow overcame me.
Tears have streamed down my cheeks,
Then I understood, that

Black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom. [note: It's not really possible to translate it accurately, poetry is damn tough ]

Black black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.

Younger sister asked:
-"Mom, where is my brother?"
-"Your brother is in a dark prison cell,
Sitting out his sentence".

Black black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.

Black black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.

Then a guard enters the cell
And starts to hit the prisoner.
Young prisoner falls on his face,
His heart stops beating.

And the blissful moment will come
Death will take my breath away,
They will carry my body away
And in the prison cell there will be: other

Black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.

Black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.

Black black bread and black coffee,
Obsessed with loneliness,
Searching with their thought for happiness,
Which name is freedom.
[note: I also didn't really know if I should use "loneliness" or "solitude", you may substitute them if you think it fits better.]
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
October 09 2009 15:45 GMT
#27
I think huju = + Show Spoiler +
penis?


'Cause I remember when I was playing in a Polish guild in Guild Wars a few years ago I went, "Who, you?" and they burst out laughing and told me about that :<
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17743 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-09 17:22:50
October 09 2009 15:46 GMT
#28
On October 10 2009 00:45 Southlight wrote:
I think huju = + Show Spoiler +
penis?


'Cause I remember when I was playing in a Polish guild in Guild Wars a few years ago I went, "Who, you?" and they burst out laughing and told me about that :<


"Ty chuju" in polish = "You dick"

Penis is penis (just spelled differently). "Chuj" is a rude word

Edit: Which reminds me of some stuff we used to write in grade school.
Tea Yeah Bunny Who You (but read it like: Tea Yeahbunny Whoyou) = + Show Spoiler [foul language ahead] +
You fucking dick
.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
nitram
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Canada5412 Posts
October 09 2009 19:04 GMT
#29
Im Polish so let me just tell you now that Polish is a ridiculously hard language and you should give up now.
These sites might be of more use than a StarCraft site, where the majority of posters look on WCIII as the dense misformed fetus produced during Blizzards latest miscarrige.
nitram
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Canada5412 Posts
October 09 2009 19:10 GMT
#30
On October 10 2009 00:46 Manit0u wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2009 00:45 Southlight wrote:
I think huju = + Show Spoiler +
penis?


'Cause I remember when I was playing in a Polish guild in Guild Wars a few years ago I went, "Who, you?" and they burst out laughing and told me about that :<


"Ty chuju" in polish = "You dick"

Penis is penis (just spelled differently). "Chuj" is a rude word

Edit: Which reminds me of some stuff we used to write in grade school.
Tea Yeah Bunny Who You (but read it like: Tea Yeahbunny Whoyou) = + Show Spoiler [foul language ahead] +
You fucking dick
.

Tea Yeahbunny Whoyou - LMFAO!!!!!
These sites might be of more use than a StarCraft site, where the majority of posters look on WCIII as the dense misformed fetus produced during Blizzards latest miscarrige.
AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-09 19:18:32
October 09 2009 19:18 GMT
#31
On October 08 2009 17:26 Manit0u wrote:
ą - ohm (will be the closest one I can find)


It's kind of like if you subtract the -en from omen so you're just left with om.

that's the best one i can think of at the moment
I don't have mono anymore. Woooo!
gchan
Profile Joined October 2007
United States654 Posts
October 09 2009 21:46 GMT
#32
Is there going to be a guide to photoshopping Polish for dummies?

Joking aside, that's a very nice guide. I think the hardest part is probably going to be pronounciation without the proper exposure to actual polish speakers.
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17743 Posts
October 09 2009 22:03 GMT
#33
On October 10 2009 04:18 AtlaS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2009 17:26 Manit0u wrote:
ą - ohm (will be the closest one I can find)


It's kind of like if you subtract the -en from omen so you're just left with om.

that's the best one i can think of at the moment


Actually, it's quite similar to the name of english letter "o" or to "oh" as in "zero" (I hope I got it right). That's my conclusion after I gave it some thought ^_^
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
October 10 2009 02:21 GMT
#34
My surname is really easy to pronounce and people in australia still can't do anything with it...

Ceglinski.

Depressing. Whats more depressing is the people who hear it and think that i'm macedonian T_T
prOxi.bOn ; \\ What makes most people feel happy/Leads us headlong into harm.
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
October 10 2009 03:26 GMT
#35
Thanks Manit0u! Polish is a very cool language that I rarely hear even though I've met a number of polish people.
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