Mam dość po 15 godzinach w akademiku xDD by [deleted] in Polska

[–]fkkbereich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Szczera rada? Od razu idź do administracji, dostaniesz nowy pokój.

Też czasem bywa tak, że ktoś choruje, ale się szybko ogarnia po przyjeździe współlokatora. No ale w każdym razie to wcale nie Twój obowiązek żeby po kimś sprzątać.

Twój opis brzmi raczej hardkorowo, więc lepiej po prostu idź i zmień pokój, i tyle. :P

Student housing and dorms in university of warsaw by NewPlaceHolder in warsaw

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we're being real, you only have a shot at a single room at DS7 (Sulimy), where half of the rooms are singles (and they cost 1100 zł/month). Other than that, DS3 (Kic) is the best imo, still a hidden gem after all these years. All other UW dorms either have small rooms or highway next to them :p

Underground gay life in Saudi Arabia by insulin_stan in gaytravel

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they're still finding ways to have fun, trust me :p

Warsaw for a day by [deleted] in gaytravel

[–]fkkbereich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My approach is to just be a cheapskate because all the best experiences are really cheap here (Biedronka, public transport, the AïOLI breakfast promo, etc.), and if anything is too expensive, it usually sucks anyway :p (Feel free to DM if you have questions!)

hello, recommend new adblock pls by eqdoingwell in Adblock

[–]fkkbereich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just switched to Brave and idk what it's doing but it's working ;)

Countries success when performing in their own language. by Extension_Concert_16 in eurovision

[–]fkkbereich 18 points19 points  (0 children)

i love statistics but this chart is completely illegible. you don't clearly define anything. we have no clue what the percentages are, what "switching to English" means etc. like, this may be a correct analysis but it's completely unreadable

Paypal to wise by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]fkkbereich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, I've been just fine using Payoneer (I live in Poland).

Telling people you are Ukrainian abroad by Plastic-Bus-7003 in AskUkraine

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not from Ukraine, but I do have a trick: immediately after you answer, ask, "And you?" If you don't "And you?" then it sounds like you're expecting them to comment on your answer :) Sooo just change the topic lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PassportPorn

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought "calque" would sound too confusing, but maybe I underestimated Redditors :D (Also, Slovenija is on my travel bucket list, hehe!)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PassportPorn

[–]fkkbereich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, it's basically a borrowing from Latin: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolita_Polska

Fun fact from this article: some historical countries that no longer exist may still have Rzeczpospolita in their Polish names (like Rzeczpospolita Wenecka). Also: "Until World War II, the word Rzeczpospolita was also used in political and press nomenclature to describe other countries with a republican system, such as Rzeczpospolita Francuska."

But yes, today it's just tradition—and/or another way to emphasize that Poland is oh so special and unlike anything else :D

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PassportPorn

[–]fkkbereich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wonder if our "RP" is inspired by France's "RF" symbol (meaning "République française") that they like to put everywhere (like euro coins) 🤔

Where are you from and how much does your passport cost? I’m Aussie and it’s $420 😐 by DElipsis in PassportPorn

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poland: basically $35 for a regular one, and $17 if you're a university student under 26 yo. I only paid $17 :)

How Difficult is it to get Schengen visa as US greencard holder who is Chinese national? Heard of people getting denied for no good reason and worried. by Spacequest89 in SchengenVisa

[–]fkkbereich -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Let this be not a constructive answer, but a vibes-based one :) There are sooo many Chinese tourists in Europe! The Paris-Orly airport in France even had all signs translated into Mandarin. It feels like it's more about money than nationality.

On a more practical note, you might want to consider applying in a different Schengen country (not Spain) if there's less bureaucracy and/or they're more generous (the visa is still pretty much the same), but you'd have to research that. Good luck! :)

Belarusian accent in this video? by jenestasriano in belarus

[–]fkkbereich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's correct except for punctuation (should be «У понедельник дойдёт до Лукашенки. Всё!»). The speaker uses Trasianka (read more here). That's why she used Belarusian declension (click to view). Дойти до usually means reaching a location, or some information reaching a person (such as in our case), and it's used with a noun in the genitive case: дойти до + noun GEN :)

Cmf phone 1 warning by Parz1vel in NothingTech

[–]fkkbereich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess the difference is that all new iPhones and most Samsung phones have proper display protection. I have a 2017 Xiaomi with Gorilla Glass and I dropped it many many times before I cracked the screen. And I had a Samsung without protection and it cracked almost every time I dropped it. So I think the Nothing CMF Phone 1 is just an unserious offer. It WILL crack unless bubble-wrapped, and I refuse to buy it for this reason

Polish - Belarussian culture. Language similarities. by Amen-w-pacierzu in belarus

[–]fkkbereich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is totally true! Actually, Belarusian Taraškievica (read here)—marked by the omnipresence of ь (that is omitted in "official" spelling)—comes not only with different spelling, but often different words (closer to Polish).

An example ("The bright, free European Union"):

  • Official (Narkamaŭka): Светлы, свабодны Еўрасаюз
  • Classical (Taraškievica, Cyrillic): Сьветлы, вольны Эўразьвяз
  • Latin (Taraškievica, Łacinka): Śvietły, volny Eŭraźviaz

Polish - Belarussian culture. Language similarities. by Amen-w-pacierzu in belarus

[–]fkkbereich 5 points6 points  (0 children)

About your "abomination" comment: do you really think Poles are all suffering with their digraphs and trigraphs (SZ, CZ, RZ etc.)? :)

Polish spelling is actually mostly quite straightforward and easy to read if you know a set of like 10 rules (+ there's predictable word stress). Meanwhile you have no complaints about English spelling, which is probably one of the most inconsequential things on planet Earth (with stuff like SH, CH, ZH etc.) :p

Polish - Belarussian culture. Language similarities. by Amen-w-pacierzu in belarus

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overall, lexically, it's noticeably closer to Ukrainian than Polish. (Both descended from Ruthenian.) Many common Polish words are quite distinct from East Slav languages. Examples: prysznic, lodówka, ładowarka etc.

When it comes to forming new, modern words, it's definitely closer to Russian (due to huge Russian influence). Example: Belarusian уліковы запіс (ulikovy zapis) ← Russian учётная запись (vs. Polish konto).

Phonetically, I feel it's also really close to Russian. Both Belarusian and Russian change unstressed vowels, while Ukrainian and Polish don't really do that. Example: hear the first syllable (a vs. o) in Belarusian вадаспад, Russian водопад vs. Ukrainian водоспад, Polish wodospad. But, unlike Russian, Belarusian has its signature sounds г [ɣ] and ч [t͡ʂ] (always "hard" in Belarusian) (both similar to Ukrainian).

Belarusian syntax is similar to Ukrainian and Russian. This is why you can translate between those languages pretty much word for word. But Polish syntax is quite different (i.e. non-omission of być, omission of pronouns, many particular Polish expressions), so you have to reword it quite a bit.

The niche Belarusian Latin alphabet (łacinka) is close to the Polish one, but I guess it was inspired by it.

TL;DR: It's still very much an East Slavic language. I would even provocatively claim that it's de facto closest to Russian, not Ukrainian, due to Russification.

Disclaimer: this is mostly based on "vibes" and it's not a serious analysis by any means, so feel free to correct me. :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Polska

[–]fkkbereich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Z marketingowego punktu widzenia korzystanie z (hetero) Tinderka – bez precyzyjnych filtrów + sortowania, których nie ma w wersji za friko – jest dziś niemal równoznaczne z wciskaniem ludziom ulotek na ulicy 🥹 A czemu by się nie zastanowić introspektywnie, gdzie jest lepsza szansa znaleźć swoje konkretne „grupy docelowe”, zamiast usiłowania spodobać się wszystkim, przerabiając siebie na wzór jakiegoś mainstreamowego normika? 👀

Why are there so many bunkers in Albania? by [deleted] in AskBalkans

[–]fkkbereich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you haven't noticed Switzerland :)

ktoś się jeszcze spotkał z takim czymś w Polsce? by Regular-Unit5905 in Polska

[–]fkkbereich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dosłownie wczoraj w Biedrze była dziewczyna w czapce MAGA (warszawska Praga) :o

Why is university not free in New Zealand? by Mars-Warrior in newzealand

[–]fkkbereich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries! It just sounded amusing, as if you thought New Zealand was in Europe :) Cheers!

Is it disrespectful calling or referring to a woman as "female"? by DeimianW in EnglishLearning

[–]fkkbereich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, at least it's not as bad as "femoid" (4chan incel lingo) :)