“Na zdrowie” is a Polish phrase that translates to “to health” in English. It is most commonly used as a toast when drinking with friends or at a celebratory occasion, similar to the English expression “Cheers!” or “To your health!” …
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Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) is being referred to as a man who wstrzymał Słońce, ruszył Ziemię – stopped the Sun and moved the Earth. He was a Polish astronomer and mathematician who lived from 1473 to 1543, born in Toruń …
Ksiądz (priest) – książę/księżniczka (prince, princess) –księżyc (Moon)- książka (book). Why do all of these words with a completely different meanings look so similar in Polish? Ksiądz (currently meaning priest) in old Polish meant ruler/warlord. His son-successor was referred to …
There are nouns in Polish that appear only in plural form despite having a singular meaning. Because of that, in the case of such types of words, even if we will refer to one object we will use grammatical construction …
Polish language belongs to the Slavic language family. Particularly for those languages and their specific pronunciation, in the 9th century a Thessalonian monk- Saint Ciril, created the first Slavic alphabet- Glagolitic script. This style of …