A big hello to all new members!

[hopeless_girl]

Hi, Pamela

What is the other language spoken in your country? In Poland as in Mongolia there is only one national language. I heard that in Mongolia there is a high transparency of air (I don't know is this term appriopriate in this case) and people can see there for example an end of a street which is many kilometers long. Is it triue?

[Pamela]

Hi hopeless_girl,

I don't know whether it's true or not. I have never been there.

Since I speak Russian, I can understand some phrases in Polish, too. You know, these two languages come from the Slavic group, though being in different branches of it. I have never been in Poland either, but my sister visits it quite often. She is a musician and participates in some piano competitions that take place in your neck of the woods.

P.S.What exams are you going to pass?

[DDCode]

Hi All,

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[hopeless_girl]

[Torsten]

[yobb]

Good day to you all! I joined this forum to share the experiences that i had when I took the TOEFLibt and IELTS respectively. I just passed my IELTS exam after I took TOEFLibt twice. I need to pass my English test for my Visa Screen application and also to get my work authorization here in the States. I am a Medical Technologist by profession and I lived here in North America for almost ten years now. I just felt obliged to give some advice to people who are contemplating whether to take IELTS or TOEFLibt.

[Terence]

Cześć !. I have just joined the forum and would just like to say hello from the UK. I am currently a year into studying Polish, which is going reasonably well. I think I'm getting on everyones nerves at work with my enthusiasm for it You have a great forum here Torsten.

[Torsten]

Cześć Terence, jak się masz? Thanks a lot for joining our forum. Polish is a pleasant language to learn, isn't it? Why did you decide to learn it? Also, do you have an Polish colleagues or friends?

Talk to you soon,
Torsten
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[Terence]

[Torsten]

Terence,

I'm very glad to hear that you enjoy learning Polish and communicating with Polish people in your neighbourhood and in Warsaw too. How did you like it there? I must admit that I really like the Polish language and you will find that there are quite a few English words in Polish -- more than in any other Slavic language.

As for your goal, why don't we organize some type of Polish/English language forum in Wroclaw ourselves? We could meet in Wroclaw to practice our language skills and share ideas and experiences. Now that we are EU citizens meeting up in Wroclaw should be a piece of cake. You'll jump on a plane and I'll pick you up from the airport in Wroclaw. I'm sure in Wroclaw we'll find some wonderful people who will be more than happy to meet with us.

Let me know what you think.
Cześć,
Torsten
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[Terence]

Torsten
I found Warsaw a very different experience to visit than any of the other european cities I've seen. It came over as a gritty place, but with a charm of its very own. I would happily visit again one day for sure.

The Wroclaw idea is something to think about for next year for sure and also good incentive to get to a level I'm comfortable at. Life here is full of distractions but as long as I can stay focused on the target I hope to try and do this.

Terence

[hopeless_girl]

Hi Terence,
I can say I'm a native speaker of Polish. I have a strange question to you, because I have been writing a test today and there were some expressions concerning fashion and clothes, so do you really use idioms like “put sb in a straitjacket” or “shopping spree”? And what exactly does the first one mean? I couldn’t find any explanation.

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[Terence]

Cześć HG

I'm guessing that the abbreviation "sb" stands for "son of a bitch". (correct me if I'm wrong) . Its used as a derogatory term , you tend to hear it more in U.S television programmes and Clint Eastwood films than here in England. I wouldn't use it, why use four words when you can use one after all?

The "shopping spree" has nothing to do with the river running through Berlin More like a description of a shopping binge or an all day shop.

Hope that helps.

T

[Conchita]

[Terence]

Ah.....I think you are correct here Conchita, my mistake.