something simple like "prosze,piec litr butelka woda zywiec"
becomes "Chciabym picio litrow butelk wody ywca" because of all the stupid cases Polish uses.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:34, archived)

Does "prosze,piec litr butelka woda zywiec" mean "please can i have a litre bottle of Zywiec beer"?

( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:36, archived)

almost
"Please can I have a 5-litre bottle of Zywiec water"

They make mineral water as well as that foul gut-churning headache-in-a-can "beer."
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:37, archived)

yeah, strong gear, that.

( vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:41, archived)

It is marketed in Wetherspoons over here as a 'premium' bottled beer
It is fucking awful, yet the Ben Sherman bottlesuckers seem to love it
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:42, archived)

Avoid it. If you can find Warka, Okocim, Tatra or Lomza, they're alright
but Tyskie and Zywiec are pasturised-to-fuck flavourless dishwater. The only thing going for them is the 5.0%.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:45, archived)

I had
EB and Strong when I was in Elblag. "Strong" was disappointing, but EB was quite nice, seeing as we passed the brewery to get to the pub in the first place.
( vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:46, archived)

Strong is Warka Strong, I think
quite a few beers have "strong" equivalents (7-8%). They're all mega-sweet though
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:52, archived)

Yeah.
Wasn't overly nice. Saying that, there is a Polish beer in a pub near here that is made of plum. I had a sip of a pint and it was quite nice. Not overly sweet at all.
( vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:55, archived)

ah yes.
I don't find it all that confusing, the course I'm doing is pretty good. Or maybe I've just got a talent for languages?
I can just about read that, as I've not started on the pronounciation of written Polish yet, just spoken.
( vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:39, archived)

the trouble being that over here
if you get one ending wrong (using the nominative instead of the genetive) people will just stare at you blankly and say "nie rozumiem." Fickle bastards.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:44, archived)

thankfully,
that statement is one of the first I learnt.
( vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 13:45, archived)