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Poland (english word) Polska (polish word).

It's called "lector" (pol. lektor) not "dubbing" and it's a single voice that repeats everything that people say but in Polish. You can actually hear original actor voices "underneath" usually with lesser volume so you can easily identify who is speaking. It is most common in TV. About 90% of foreign films and serials are translated like this. In cinemas subtitles are the most common. Close to 100%. Cartoons are usually translated using dubbing (both TV and cinema, including movies like Shrek that is ever more hilarious than the original).

About the dubbing, In poland there's 2 types of it. It's either dubbing (which basically means that every character has it's voice actor) Or "Lektor"- 1 guy reading everything, which is layered on top of the movie, so you can hear the original actors and everything. And in cinema you always have a choice between Dubbing, Lektor or subtitles.

The rebilding of the old town in Warsaw was based not only on Belloto's paintings but primarily on old architectural plans that against all odds survived WWII

Kupala Night, Polish Valentine's Day. Kupala Night is a night of witchcraft, magic, love, joy, light, a night associated with the summer solstice In the times of our Slavic ancestors, it was called Kupala Night or Sobótka and it was celebrated loudly and joyfully on the shortest night of the year, i.e. June 21/22. It was a great Slavic holiday - a holiday in honor of fire and water, the sun and the moon. Slavic customs and ceremonies associated with Kupala Night were intended to ensure health, fertility and prosperity for those celebrating. Kupala Night was a Slavic love festival. It was a holiday that was banned by the 14th/15th century church for its debauchery and pagan tradition. However, the customs survived because they were deeply rooted and the church had to try to assimilate. He called Saturday Midsummer Night in honor of John the Baptist, and moved the date of the holiday to the night of June 23/24. In Silesia, this extraordinary night was called Saint Jon's Night. However, people still practiced ancient rituals and customs in Poland and throughout Europe in areas inhabited by Slavic people. It has been celebrated joyfully throughout Europe for centuries. It was believed that during this night, June 23-24, the future could be known, wreaths were thrown on the water and the so-called Saturday bonfires. According to beliefs, on Saturday night, spells gain enormous strength, the effects of love herbs increase, fire has great power, and water purifies. You just have to watch out for witches who were believed to be trying to destroy good spirits that night. Saint's Day John the Baptist (June 24) was an important date for farmers, it helped predict the weather for the following months, and also set the date when farm work could be started, e.g. haymaking or blueberry picking. A good omen was the heavy, warm rains that appeared before June 24. They were called June or Midsummer rains. It was believed that they ensured exceptionally good plant vegetation and boded abundant harvests. On Saint's Day John's house wells were also cleaned. Mysterious name Kupala Night, Sobótka, Midsummer Night, Saint John's Night... All these names describe one holiday. A celebration of fire, water, sun and moon, harvest, fertility, joy and love. This is one of the oldest celebrations celebrated during the summer solstice in areas inhabited by Slavic peoples. Sobótka sparklers The first records of lighting bonfires on Midsummer's Eve date back to the 13th century. Saturday customs have been preserved almost unchanged throughout Poland for many centuries. For younger men, Midsummer's Eve was a night of magic and sorcery. Young sons lit bonfires and, as a proof of their courage, they jumped without fear, i.e. they jumped over the bonfire. Knowing that fire has protective and cleansing properties, they underwent such treatments. On Sobótka, bonfires were most often lit over water, in fields and balks. The smoke spreading around protected the fields from hail and disasters. It was believed that the Midsummer fire had greater power than ordinary fire. It was helpful for all diseases and human bodily ailments. The magical power of herbs In the forest, older women were undoing spells. For this purpose, special herb sprigs and magical plants with protective properties were cooked in a large cast-iron cauldron. Later, dancing around the fire, they uttered spells that gained enormous power that night. Then they sprinkled the herbal mixture on the cows to keep them safe from the spells of witches. It was also believed that on Midsummer's Eve the effects of love herbs (e.g. lovage, rue) increase. Letting go of wreaths Water played a huge role, and immersion in it guaranteed youth and beauty, health and success. One of the most important customs of this night was for young, unmarried girls to throw wreaths onto the water with a lit candle and love herbs. The three most important herbs on that day had to be there: mugwort, wormwood and St. John's wort. Wild flowers were woven into the wreaths, such as cornflowers, chamomiles, and rue - preferably nine pieces. In the evening, wreaths were released into the water in pairs: a girl and a boy. The behavior of the wreaths was carefully observed. If they flowed steadily, or even better, touched each other or reached the shore, it meant a quick marriage and a happy married life. It boded badly when the wreath got tangled in the bushes or the candle inside it went out. The owner of such a wreath had to wait a while before getting married. And the wreath that was carried away by the whirlpool and sank predicted spinsterhood. It used to be that the custom ordered the young people to throw the wreaths into the water, and the interested bachelor had to fish out the wreath he wanted. In cinemas, films are played with the original soundtrack and Polish subtitles, children's films are subtitled, on television the films are actually read by one narrator, but the narrator is superimposed on the original soundtrack, so you can also hear the actors' voices, which are a bit quieter. I leave examples below. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0D43ND-NYQY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P8P8XvQF7aw.html

Poland is the English name and Polska is the Polish name. Also Polacy is the Polish version of the word Poles. Malbork is the biggest castle in the world based on land size and the biggest castle in the world made out of red bricks. Most pizzas in Poland have the tomato sauce as the base. Men kissing women hands is a very rare thing to see nowadays and dying custom. If you want to be very very charming or gentelmen-like it may be practised, but I have never seen it really. People do not throw buckets of water at strangers usually. Kids or teenagers may splash you with a water gun or water egg, but it never happened to me. Only friends do it. In Poland you cannot name your child whatever you want. There is an approved list of names and if your preferred name is not there, you will be advised to pick a different one or need to go to court to settle it. It also has to do with polish grammar cases. We have 7cases so my name has 7versions like pretty much all nouns in polish. My name is Dorota so the seven cases would be: Dorota, Doroty, Dorocie, Dorote, Dorotą, Dorocie, Doroto. It depends on the use in a sentence, so not all names fit that. Also name day is important especially in cases, when you do not want to disclose your age XD With lector, you can hear the voices underneath, so you know, who is speaking and what the emotions are supposed to be. In the cinemas, the subtitles are the most popular or dubbing especially in movies for children. Mushroom hunting is very popular and also a way for teenagers to make some money. We get taught how to distinguish the edible and inedible mushroom. The base rule is, that the sponge under the cap means edible and gills mean inedible. There are some exceptions though. A mushroom with a sponge under the cap, but pinkish leg and slightly bitter taste, when you brake it and touch with your tongue, means inedible one. Also chanterelle mushrooms have gills and are edible. We have many mushroom books readily available for purchase, if you need as well. We had our own Valentine's day, before the American one. The 14th of February is more popular nowadays, but it is adapted American holiday. Poland for a very long time was occupied, and shortly after we regained the independence after the first World War, we lost it after the second World War and got left behind the Iron Curtain, so not much was known about our country. :)

PIZZA IN POLAND HAS TOMATO SAUCE BASE!!! its just Poles like extra on the side ( yes, a lot of them go for ketchup, expecially at home)

All mushrooms are edible, but some only once...

The mushroom from your video is actually the morel mushroom (smardz in polish). After truffles these are the most expensive mushrooms in the world :) 1 kg (2 lb) of dried morels is like 300-400$ and in fact, these can be found in Poland.

Polish language has grammatical gender for verbs, nouns, and adjectives that undergo inflection. When I was leaning English I was surprised, that the language isn't gendered in any way aside from pronouns. Beautiful in sentences: "I looked at a beautiful lamp" and "I looked at a beautiful table" will change because of the gender of the lamp and the table. "Looked" will also change depending on the gender of the person speaking.

The Polish word "pole" means field - hence the derivatives "Polanie" (the name of a tribe living in 8th-9th century in area of central-western Poland), "Polska" (the Polish name of the country), Polacy (Poles). There are no rules about name days and birthdays - everyone celebrates what they want - my parents celebrated name days and I celebrate birthdays. My cousin used to celebrate his birthday, but because some guests started coming to him on his name day and he had to organize two parties, and he is a rather "frugal" guy, so he stopped celebrating his birthday and organizes only one party on his name day. Once upon a time, on the name day of names popular in Poland, the traffic police organized random sobriety checks on drivers in the evening, and several dozen drunk drivers were detained throughout the country.

Bernardo Bellotto also used a camera obscura when creating his vedutas. This made his paintings very detailed. The word "Poland" is the English version of the country's name. For example, the French call our country "Pologne", the Germans "Polen", the Spanish "Polonia". But in the case of Hungarians - Lengyelország and Lithuanians - Lenkija does not come from the word - "Polska", but from "Lechia." Another name we called ourselves.

You have to love Poland to fight for this amazing land ❤

Generally, this custom was practiced in the spring, on Easter, and specifically on Easter Monday (hence the name "Lany Poniedziałek", symbolizing the end of winter and the awakening of spring. Śmigus in the past mainly involved symbolic beating of the legs with willow twigs or palm trees and pouring cold water on each other, which it symbolized spring cleansing from dirt and diseases, and later also from sin. It was also believed that pouring water symbolized fertility, so virgins who were about to get married were doused with it. The tradition was mainly popular in villages.When it comes to film voice-overs, they are not usually used in cinema films, there are subtitles, unless the film is dubbed, then, of course, another actor provides the voice for his character. However, sometimes there is a choice on DVDs - voice-over or subtitles, or dubbing. When films are broadcast on television, there is usually a voice-over. We have some really great voice-over artists whose voices are already very recognizable and even assigned to some films.Mushroom picking - I love it :)) The art of distinguishing edible mushrooms from inedible or poisonous ones is passed down from generation to generation and we are constantly discovering species that we did not know!! There are also so-called Mushroom Atlases that you can use, but the most important thing is the experience and knowledge gained from your grandparents :)

ZAPIEKANKI street food is polish invation, greetings!

Imieniny to piękna tradycja🥰 To okazja do spotkania dla rodziny i przyjaciół🤩 Pozdrawiam

"Polska" is the name of the country in our native language, "Poland" is the English version, but this is often the case. E.g. Poland in Hungarian is "Lengyelország". Germany in German is "Deutschland", but we say "Niemcy" :) To this day, there is a dispute over who invented vodka: Poles or Russians... But there is a Jewish saying: "No one has ever won with alcohol, only Poles have drawn once", which sheds some light on the matter :) Yes, it is true that to rebuild the old districts of Warsaw, they used paintings by the Italian painter Bernardo Bellotto, called Canaletto, who was the court painter of our last king. Canaletto was a realist and painted his paintings with a precision that we would call "photographic". Yes, we collect mushrooms and make dishes, sauces or spices from them, which we add to various dishes. Distinguishing edible from inedible mushrooms is simply a matter of science and knowledge - you learn it just like everything else, e.g. distinguishing animal species or the grammar of a foreign language :) If someone doesn't know anything about mushrooms or doesn't want to walk through the forests looking for them, they can always buy them in the store - there is a really big selection in the season.

As for the mushrooms those kids are holding. They're called smardz. I see it translates to 'morel' in English. I've been mushrooming around two dozen times in my life but saw those only twice. Had to ask for a second opinion from my master - grandpa :^) Quite rare and delicious. You should always have someone experienced coaching you for the first time. Follow them, and point out what you notice. Let them teach you about the texture, definite characteristics, and dangerous look-alikes. Pick only what you can name and are 100% sure about it. The rule of thumb is that sponge under the cap will be mostly safe. There is really only one poisonous mushroom with a sponge aptly commonly named 'Satan'. Need to learn how to recognize it.

1:50 There was actually a time when it was a biggest country in Europe and they had access to 3 different seas.

There are certain features of a mushroom that give you 100% certainty that it is not poisonous (there are no dangerous mushrooms looking like this). Beside, you look for those you know skipping those you have no idea what they are. Having said that there is a number of cases of mushroom poisoning every year because people think they are smarter than they really are. Every mushroom that is sold in any kind of market is checked by a certified person. You can also always go to a designated place and ask to check the mushrooms you collected for free.

About the names: every Polish name is in calendar. If you want to name your baby a foreign name or something strange like Brooklyn or West, you must get a permit. About the dubbing: we have 3 types: subtitles, dubbing (real dubbing with actors) and a lector, you have to see it to understand it :)

Biographies record the fact that the first element was given by Maria Skłodowska-Curie herself and she did it in honor of Poland, which was under partition at that time.

My younger brother (born 2000) kissed my mother's hand when he was back in the house. Simply reason: he kisses the hands as apriciation and some kind of THANKS for everything that the hands do for him. 😊

I love your reaction!!! You are so lovely couple❤ Greetings from East Dulwich. London.

my parent's old friend who is from Poland still kisses cheeses and hands as a greeting.

Greetings from poland to beyond borders 🤗

2:27 word *_"Polska"_* means a country full of fields, whereas word *_"Polanie"_* means a people who came from the area of today's Greater Poland, who built the first settlements and created the first regular army, with their help they conquered the rest of the Slavic tribes, creating the foundations of the modern Polish state...

22:13 yeah, you basically look at the mushroom plate, its actually quite easy, if the bottom of the mushroom hat is like spongy (sorry idk how to explain it well in english) then its good to eat and if the mushroom cap is gilled then its poisonous (the only exception to this rule are- kanie, kurki and gąski but they are easy to distinguished) I love going mushrooming with my family, we basically go to the forest for a hike and pick the mushrooms and later we all make different meals from them, its really nice to reconnect with nature, relax and spend some time with family

All mushrooms are edible, but some only once 😊

My primary school was located in the forest, so I walked through the forest every day. And one day I came up with the idea of picking mushrooms on my way home. I showed them to my dad. It turned out that they were all poisonous. It was sooo disappointing. :D

When it is cold and snow covers the hills you can ski, which is a great fun.

The one of most important inventors coming from Poland is Jan Czochralski. He invented efficient method of producing large crystals - ie silicon monocrystals, that are very base of all the modern electronics technology. His role in this invention is very underappreciated and sadly not broadly known.

In Poland it is not allowed to name your child whatever you want. There is a list of names approved by the registry office, so probably any name you choose, it will be assigned to at least one day in the calendar, so everybody has its "name day" to celebrate :) and most of us really love to celebrate various holidays and occasions by gathering together with family or friends along with a good dinner and cakes :)

This change of name depending on gender sometimes causes misunderstandings, e.g. at airports. Sometimes it's hard to explain that people with "different" surnames are family. 🙂

Poland is the name of the country used by English speakers. French speakers call it Pologne and German speakers - Polen. In Iran and Turkey it's Lehistan. The official Polish name is Rzeczpospolita Polska often translated to Republic of Poland because the country is a republic but that makes stands for Commonwealth of Poland. And Polanie id the name of the Slavic tribe that united some of the lands at the very beginning of the countries existence. The pronunciation of the language is quite straightforward but the words show through conjugations so learning the proper sentence building is not that easy and there are a lot of consonant clusters. Also understanding the vocabulary between Slavic language is one thing but sentence building is another so not everything is mutually intelligable. English language used to have gender specific derivatives but lost it.

16. In Poland everyone has to have their name in our calendar. That's why we have second names - if first is in the calendar than it is accepted but if not than you have a must to have a second name (which people mostly forget that you have but it is in our ID) or ultimatly you can have both names that are in calendar (I do) but then you celebrate only on the first one. 17. In Poland there is a profession called "lektor". We do have full dubbing movies or original dub with letters but there is a third option where those letters are read by someone. This man is called "lektor". You don't delete original actors just turn their volume down a little a have someone to overtranslate it. By that you can hear original actor and do not pay attention to words under video at the same time (it's weird but fun in some way, escpecially when original actors are good and you do not read so fast)

NAME DAY❤ That's a cleaver way for Poles to make sure that Polish names rename realavent in Poland because that calendar is made mostly if not all with Polish names/Polish versions of names, like: Kasia instead of Katherine. And some names are doubled during the year so your Name Day is on the first date which is after you birthday 🎈🎂

Polska pozdrawia! 😀🇵🇱

The "fact" about second valentines day its completly wrong just its really different celebration its pagan/slavic

I have traveled all Eastern Europe Soviet Union times ( 1979 ) each nation has a unique beauty & culture Indeed while I was in Poland my favourite food is polish sausage

About mushrooms - it depends. The most of sponged cap are edible. But there are some mushrooms that are very hard to distinct between edible and deadly one. General rule is easy - you are not 100% sure - don't pick it up.

I am Polish and I have never eaten pizza without tomato sauce 🍅🍕

In the Catholic calendar, Valentine's Day is dedicated to St. Valentine(Walenty in Polish) and celebrated as a name day for those named Walenty. Similarly, St. Nicholas Day, widely known as Santa Claus, falls on December 6th and is celebrated as a name day for those named Nicholas (Mikolaj). As a result, presents are typically given on December 6th and 24th (in Poland, you get your gifts on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day).

Dziś kończy się kilku dniowy Poland rock ,dawniej znany pod nazwą Przystanek Woodstock . Zobacz jak Polacy bawią się na największym na świecie festiwalu koncertów gwiazd muzyki . Warto do polski za rok przyjechać na Poland rock , o swoje bezpieczeństwo się nie martw, jest bardzo bezpiecznie.

The train crossing device, vote counting machine, taxi meter and gas meter were all invented by a Polish man. Also the mine detector was invented in Poland during WWII.

As you have noticed, we love celebrating holidays in Poland. Missing your mum's birthday, nameday, Mother's Day, Women's Day are all serious cultural offenses :D - but we have also a lot of official national holidays. One thing that is good to know for a foreigner - if one of the several big holidays happens on Tuesday or Thursday, everybody tries to find a way to skip working on respective Monday or Friday and make it a long weekend. It is not by any means official - but you can never know if the shop or office you planned to visit will be open. Practically depends on the boss alone. So yeah, we take every opportunity to have 4 day weekend we can - but there's also THE Long Weekend. We have Worker's Day on the 1st of May and Constitution day on the 3rd of May. Some years ago somebody decided to make it official and designated 2nd May to be the Polish Flag Day - but if 1st of May happens on Tuesday it's a very bad 10 days to have any business or emergency :)

In Polish, all or almost all female (first) names end with "a". Not in all regions of Poland, name days are more important than birthdays. Name days are not commonly celebrated in Silesia. It is not true that there is only one lecturer working in Poland. That would be crazy. In addition, many satellite TV channels offer voice-over instead of the original soundtrack. When it comes to the custom of kissing women's hands, it is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Most often it takes place in very official situations: awards, official speeches, etc.

6:04 Do you really think there were no cameras in the 1940s? The camera was invented in 1888 and silent cinema was already in full swing in the 20th century, so no one knew Chaplin. There were recordings of the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, Hitler's speeches and the entire war newsreel. The lack of basic knowledge from primary school baffles me in some people.

1.Kissing women's hand still happen but it's very rare. You will see it more during some official occasions like University events, film/theater galas, and similar :) It's more an old intelligentsia / artists type of thing. 2. Polish TV is not dubbed by one man: it's more like you have an original movie in the original language and there is a voice narrator over the original audio, who reads the lines in Polish language appropriately :) It's not a typical dubbing. When I was young, that was a small help thing to learn English for me. I had a Polish translation read by the narrator but also I could hear the original words in the background :)

Regarding 16. Actualy the more important thing is that you cannot give the name you children like you wish. We have long list traditional name.

My father always says, "even a pig has a birthday," and he mainly celebrates name days. I think younger people mostly celebrate birthdays, but it's still common to receive something small, like chocolate or flowers at work on your name day - probably not possible with birthdays unless you ask ;-)

😂 oh guys, I will recomend you to watch Langfocus video about Polish language and first then decide if it's easy one to learn 😊 For other Slavic languages native speakers it will be easy, but for others definitely not. The grammar is pretty insane and pronunciation is also difficult. Polish is considered as the most difficult of the slavic languages. But, nothing is impossible 😅😊

yess Kupala is a beautiful pagan/slavic tradition, after baptized, christianity convert, Kupala into "Noc Świetego Jana" ( st. John night)and, when we started back to our root, many people bring from a past this beautiful evening

Poland (english word) Polska (polish word), Pologne (french word) - each language named diffrent way other countries using its own language

Films in Poland don't have dubbing. When you watch the film you hear original track which is translated by a lector

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In one park there are 800 bisons, overall in Poland there are over 4,000 bisons.In cinemas there is either traditional dubbing or subtitles.In dubbing with one narrator, the original language of the film can be heard in the background.The rule in picking mushrooms is that if you have any doubts about the edibility of a mushroom, you don't pick it. Poles love mushrooms and since the forests are open to the public, there is no problem in picking them.

The United States of America (english word) = Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (polish word and Great Britain (english word) = Wielka Brytania (polish word)

18:20 Name day in poland is definitely not more important than birthday. There are a lot of people(including me) that are not celebrating name day at all. Still it is a thing in Poland of course.

Poland. Country name root comes from polanie. It was one of slavic tribe. Polanie means not exactly people who living in fields. Root is from word polana = clearing (in the forrest). So polish people are (was) people who live in clearings in forrests. 😊

Eastern in Poland 😁 very rarely buckets of water are thrown at ppl (more likely in a countryside and only if they know you). In my family on Wet Monday my dad or granddad sprinkled a bit of cologne or perfume instead of water..and in the cities kids might use a water gun ..but not a bucket

This second Valentine's Day is Kupala Day, an old pagan holiday. Everyone celebrates name days; friends, family and at work, but birthdays are celebrated with the closest family; dad, mom, children. When it comes to changing your surname into feminine and masculine, it is helpful because you know who you are dealing with - Mrs. or Mr., e.g. Kowalski = Mr., but Kowalska = Mrs. Kissing ladies' hands is no longer practiced, although it is sometimes seen. Mushroom picking is a Polish tradition and an ideafix of Poles. They are used to make soup - very good, sauces, marinades in vinegar and dried mushrooms. The most valued mushroom is Boletus, but boletes are commonly collected and cannot be confused with other mushrooms. These mushrooms that were shown in your vlogo, these children are holding Morels - very appreciated among restaurateurs, they pay PLN 2,000 for 1 kg. There is one rule for collecting - we only collect what we are sure of, we do not take any uncertainty with us. There is a saying that "every mushroom is edible, but only once". There are fatal cases, the most frequently confused mushroom is the Kite mushroom with the most toxic mushroom, the Amanita Mushroom. Regarding famous names from Poland and inventions; the first oil rig, mine detector, bulletproof vest, Radium, Polonium. companies founded by Poles MaxFactor, Warner Bros, mathematical ideas used in popular calculators, co-creator of the hydrogen bomb, railway semaphores, paperclips, etc.

22:00 answer is yes. Main rule is if mushroom has a "sponge" under the cap is usually edible, if there are gills is usually piosonous. There are few exceptions, somtimes mushrooms with gills are edible too

Poland from the 15th/16th to the 17th century grew and became richer primarily through the grain trade, because the nobility who owned land produced a lot of grain and the excess was turned into vodka. When the Polish nobility entered its Golden Age in the second half of the 15th century, the Russians sat around Moscow in the Principality of Moscow on the edge of known Europe surrounded by Asian tribes and countries

The bagel was also invented in the Jewish Quarter of Kraków, Poland. Some other inventions we use everyday invented by Poles include, the q-tip/cotton swabs, paper clips and toothpaste. The bulletproof vest was invented by a Polish priest and the walkie talkie was created by a Pole who worked at Motorola.

In ancient times, mushrooms were collected and prepared everywhere on the planet, and many mushrooms are medicinal, such as the fly agaric, which must be dried at 70°C and best left to rest after a few months. Such a toadstool expands the mind, cures depression and helps with many other ailments, but there are plenty of mushrooms that just need to be washed and fried or boiled and eaten immediately. Scrambled eggs with mushrooms is fantastic.

When I was in Poland during my college days, I was told that the rebuilding of the Warsaw old town was aided by detailed drawings made by Krakow architectural students. Krakow was relatively unharmed by the war because the Nazis set up headquarters there.

I lived in South Africa for many years. It is one of the most geographically diverse countries that I have ever seen. I love Poland, but South Africa is different. Its beauty is unique.

In practice almost ALL names which are used and could be used in Poland have own day into year calendar. In Poland You can't give the name for Your child like You can do it e.g. in USA (e.g. Brooclyne, Lisbone, Paris, Belzebub, Lucifer etc.) So, Yours question about the problem with the "unusual" name in Poland - not exist in Poland. Maybe if You are foreign or Your partner is from another country (children need to have citizenship of this country) You can try to register in polish registration office that kind of "strange" name for Your child... But they can simply not accept that name anyway... Regards from Poland!

I am great fans of the two of you. Greetings from Poland 🤗❤

Where is Central Europe, you already know ;-) Name days are great, you'll get twice as many presents ;-) Picking mushrooms is great, most Poles know which ones are poisonous and which ones are edible, it's easy to distinguish between good and bad mushrooms ;-) Mushrooms are a must to add to bigos to add color to the dish.

22:40 This mushroom is called "Smardz" and it is under protection in Poland (you cannot collect it unless it grows on your property). There are a few simple rules that less experienced mushroom pickers follow. There are also special exams, after passing which you receive a certificate authorizing you, for example, to sell mushrooms you pick yourself. It is worth mentioning that there is actually a law in Poland that prohibits taking anything out of the forest :), as you can see, it is not always enforced.

1:36 in the interwar period we were a larger country and in terms of size we took 29th place in the world, and in the sixteenth century we were a real superpower, in terms of size we took 8th place in the world and we were the largest and most powerful country in Europe, unfortunately the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth collapsed due to gigantic corruption and simultaneous attack from all neighbors...

Nowdays not all Polish films are dubbed by one voice. But personally I love the dubbing made by one man. The original language is heard as well and they do it perfectly.

9:54 Yes, surnames depend on the gender, but NOT only; the husband is Nowak, his wife NowakOWA, the daughter NowakÓWNA, and the son NowakÓWNY, but not all surnames can be inclined like that, there are a lot of variations. EDIT: Granted, in the modern world this changes, and ppl just use only the gender-dependant inclinations. 18:20 Generally we don't have such unique names that don't appear in the calendar (and the official in the office will not accept too strange a name- parents will be asked to choose another for the birth certificate and so on). We are still very much traditional, ofc there are some parents with ideas of American or other names for their children, but then they still have an option of giving the child 2 or more names. It is not uncommon to have 2 names and a surname. 19:19 Yup, in the cinemas too- there are movies: dubbed, subtitled AND with a lector :D and you can choose which you want to watch. And NO - one guy does NOT mean only one person does that, but in one movie is one person's voice translating what the characters say. We have a lot of lets say- "voice actors" like that. Polish inventions are, for example: a walkie-talkie, a bulletproof vest, a hand-held mine detector, car windshield wipers, a polio vaccine, a GPS navigation prototype, a portable "Nagra" tape recorder, and even - perhaps surprisingly - a Commodore computer.

very nice Couple :)

Castle of Malbork is biggest castle built with bricks.

In Poland, it is very rare to give children names that have little in common with traditional names. By the way, you cannot name the child arbitrarily, for example "cucumber" or "Warszawa". Mostly, names that are unusual for the Polish tradition result from the fact that one of the parents is a foreigner.

This is what we say about Polska and our country. Poland is what people living in America say about us. Simple

I just want to add that Marie Curie was actually Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She never dropped her maiden name and was quite proud of being Polish.

Name "Polak" actually origin from an ancient name of Poles "Lach", this word is also still in use by nations east from Poland. Lachs mixed more and more with other neghbouring nations and then were called po-Lachy -after-Lachs, then poLach evoluated to Polak, and their country Polska - Poland. Nice video, all the best 🙂

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Polish people have invented many significant things. For example, Jan Czochralski invented a method for growing single silicon crystals, which is crucial for producing semiconductor wafers used in processor manufacturing.

Poland is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe, unique animals include the Polish lynx and the white-tailed eagle, there are also bears, wolves, there are also many curiosities, the old name of Poles is Lechita, it is an ancient name still used in some countries, old people still call it Poles with Lech. this name comes from the legend of "Lech, Czech and Rus". For centuries, Poland was the largest country in Europe, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Polish history is wonderful and before it was baptized it was intertwined with the world of the Vikings. about Polish history before the entry of Christianity can only be found in chronicles from other countries because in Poland almost everything related to the Polish pre-Christian state was destroyed by the first Christian king of Poland.

0:56 I think this is a huge advantage in comparison with English. In the case of English, you have a text in front of you on paper or a monitor, and there can be a trap lurking in almost every word. :)

Polska means Poland in Polish or Polonia in Italian :) :) Just like Deuchland is Germany or in Polish Niemcy. About the mushrooms you have few types of them that are easily recognizable. You keep taking those and u are safe.

One thing about the lector and dubbings. When you have lector, the voice of actors are still hearable. This is some kind of mindfuck for You but the the content is preserved and the mastery of acting is preserved aswell. I can't imagine hearing Monica Geller dubbed by some even gooc polish actress. I want to hear the mastery of Courtney Cox.😊

Regards dubbing it's one person ( different in different movies) doing dubbing but it's more like translation in background you got original sound and voices. In cinemas most of the movies are original sound with polish subs

In Poland theres 3 types of translating movies: dubbing - whole movie dubbed to Polish and different actors for different voice roles) Lektor (mostly in TV) - you can hear the original voices, but one lector is on top of that, telling every line in polish (like in nature movies, but for all roles) i can remeber only one name: Tomasz Knapik, but there were couple of lectors thru the decades. Subtitled - like in other countries😅

Hello from Wisconsin! My ancestors were from SE Poland - Radoszyce/Komancha. We are planning to visit!!!

Upside down house in Szymbark - It's a pity there are no photos from inside. Many people feel dizzy after entering and cannot stand straight.

Polska - Poland Polanie - Polans (people living on the open fields and the name of the tribe that the Duke Mieszko Piast, the last Polish Duke and the father of the first king was a part of (actually this guy babtisted Poland). The whole people is called Lechici - Lechians/Lechitanians. So actually Poland could be called Lechia... And it is! In many languages. Lechestan, Lechistan in Turkish and Persian (and most of the eastern languages). Lengyelorszag in Hungarian and Lenkija in Lithuanian. :> Polacy - Poles Polak - Polish (guy) Polka polish (girl)

In Poland, Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14, but every year we celebrate Women's Day, Children's Day, and Grandma's Day.

22:00 yes, mushrooms with "blades" under the cap and in gray or reddish colors are usually poisonous and are simply not collected, mushrooms with such a sponge under the cap and usually brown are edible, generally it is not difficult to distinguish a bolete from a toadstool. And if you can see that it is eaten by various bugs, it means that it is not poisonous. Kids on the picture definitly have poisonous muchrooms for example xD

from what I remember from growing up. the wetter you are on easter Monday the more luck and happiness you will have in your life or that year. something like that.

We Poles are traditional people. Dont change style of live. Stay with what a parents learn you

I'm polish and I have never heard, seen and eaten pizza without tomato sauce in Poland and I'm 43 🤦🏼‍♀️

"Poland" - this is not a word in Polish. This is an English phrase describing a country. "Polska" is the pronunciation in Polish. In Poland, lamps are used, but they are gas rather than kerosene. But they are a tourist attraction. To this day, a lamplighter in a special outfit walks around the city of Wrocław and lights street lamps by hand. The bison population is growing. There used to be few of them and Poles put a lot of effort into maintaining this very old species. Today, this ancient animal is so little endangered that individuals are exported to other countries that want to have such hunting in their own country. The bison population is growing. There used to be few of them and Poles put a lot of effort into maintaining this very old species. Today, this ancient animal is so little endangered that individuals are exported to other countries that want to have such hunting in their own country. The Białowieża Forest, where these animals live, was one large hunting area organized by high-ranking German soldiers. Fortunately, the Germans did not manage to shoot all the Bisons. The castle in Malbork is the largest castle in the world, but it must be clarified that it is about the technique and material of construction. It is the largest castle in the world made of brick. Red brick to be exact. Smigus-dyngus - pouring water on each other dates back to the 14th century. The Slavs believed that pouring water on one another was supposed to promote fertility, which is why it was mainly marriageable maidens who were doused, and for this reason, the rituals of pouring water on one another sometimes had a matrimonial character[6]. After syncretism with Christianity, in some regions it was established that on the third day of Easter, virgins and girls have the right to reciprocate in return for having previously been doused with water. At first it was practiced in villages, but then it also spread to cities. There is no dubbing in Polish films, so reading the entire film by one person is a form of art. Personally, I hate dubbing because it's not attractive, it's not interesting, it's not emotional, unlike when one person reads it. Of course, this person does not change his voice to a female or child's voice. He reads in his own voice and it sounds as if someone was reading the book aloud to you, retaining all the emotions related to the action that is happening. He reads it in such a way that you can imagine what is happening with your eyes closed. What's more, in the era when there were no digital recordings, the reading of the film took place live, e.g. in cinemas. I think this is something fantastic. Once you learn Polish, I highly recommend watching a film read by a narrator. Most mushrooms in Poland are quite easy to distinguish between edible and poisonous. If we come across something similar to another, we always learn the following rule: if you're not sure, you don't break up.

The pronunciation of all the names of the video are just lol worthy :)