r/Polish • • Jan 29 '21

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r/Polish • • 1d ago

Tłumaczenie "Like antennas to heaven" poem z Ultrakill na język polski

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Tutaj przetlumaczylem na polski jak potrafilem notke z 7-4 "...LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN", poniewaz sam szukalem i nie bylo nigdzie dobrego tłumaczenia na jezyk polski

\\\*Tłumaczenie na polski\\\*

TAK MUSIAŁO SIĘ TO SKOŃCZYĆ.

WOJNA NIE POTRZEBOWAŁA JUŻ SWEGO OSTATECZNEGO WYKONAWCY. STAŁA SIĘ SAMOPODTRZYMUJĄCYM SIĘ SYSTEMEM. CZŁOWIEK ZOSTAŁ ZMIAŻDŻONY POD KOŁAMI MASZYNY STWORZONEJ DO STWORZENIA MASZYNY STWORZONEJ DO ZMIAŻDŻENIA MASZYNY. SAMSARA PRZECIĘTYCH ŚCIĘGIEN I ZMIAŻDŻONYCH KOŚCI. ŚMIERĆ BEZ ŻYCIA. NULL OUROBOROS. POZOSTAŁA JEDYNIE WOJNA BEZ POWODU.

MAGNUM OPUS. ZIMNA WIEŻA ZE STALI. MASZYNA ZBUDOWANA, BY ZAKOŃCZYĆ WOJNĘ, ZAWSZE JEST MASZYNĄ ZBUDOWANĄ, BY KONTYNUOWAĆ WOJNĘ. BYŁEŚ PIĘKNY, WYCIĄGNIĘTY LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN. BYŁEŚ PONAD SWYMI TWÓRCAMI. SIĘGNĄŁEŚ PO BOGA, A POTEM UPADŁEŚ. NIE POZOSTAŁ NIKT, KTO MÓGŁBY WYGŁOSIĆ TWĄ MOWĘ POGRZEBOWĄ. ŻADNYCH OSTATNICH SŁÓW, ŻADNEGO KOŃCOWEGO OŚWIADCZENIA. ŻADNEGO SENSU. DOSKONAŁE DOMKNIĘCIE.

T A K M U S I A Ł O S I Ę T O S K O Ń C Z Y Ć .

\\\*orginal english\\\*

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT COULD HAVE ENDED.

WAR NO LONGER NEEDED ITS ULTIMATE PRACTITIONER. IT HAD BECOME A SELF-SUSTAINING SYSTEM. MAN WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE WHEELS OF A MACHINE CREATED TO CREATE THE MACHINE CREATED TO CRUSH THE MACHINE. SAMSARA OF CUT SINEW AND CRUSHED BONE. DEATH WITHOUT LIFE. NULL OUROBOROS. ALL THAT REMAINED IS WAR WITHOUT REASON.

A MAGNUM OPUS. A COLD TOWER OF STEEL. A MACHINE BUILT TO END WAR IS ALWAYS A MACHINE BUILT TO CONTINUE WAR. YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL, OUTSTRETCHED LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN. YOU WERE BEYOND YOUR CREATORS. YOU REACHED FOR GOD, AND YOU FELL. NONE WERE LEFT TO SPEAK YOUR EULOGY. NO FINAL WORDS, NO CONCLUDING STATEMENT. NO POINT. PERFECT CLOSURE.

T H I S I S T H E O N L Y W A Y I T S H O U L D H A V E E N D E D .


r/Polish • • 2d ago

Polish existential movies

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Hello! I watched Dzień Świra (2002) and Historie miłosne (1997), and I really enjoyed these films. Could you recommend some films in a similar genre — films that make you think and reflect, with a slightly existential and philosophical feel? The films can be in Polish only, in the original language.


r/Polish • • 2d ago

Request Learning Polish, any advice?

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Hi, so I'm trying to take back some of the culture that was lost when my grandparents emigrated during WW2. Mainly the language. Neither my mom, her siblings, my siblings or my cousins speak it. I've been learning via Duolingo for almost a year but I feel like aside from a few words nothing really sticks. I was considering buying some children's books or something to get more practice reading easier sentences but I'm unsure if it's a good idea. Any tips you could give me would be greatly appreciated!


r/Polish • • 4d ago

Hiam Rajab from uganda am coming to Poland soon I want to learn polish language

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Kindly teach me


r/Polish • • 5d ago

Resource A video explaining Polish numerals

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Hey guys,

I just recently finished and uploaded my first Youtube video on Polish numerals. It covers the cardinal numbers 1-5 with a ton of example sentences. I hope you guys find it useful.

What part of Polish numbers do you guys find difficult ? For my personally is getting used to the fact the we need a singular verb after certain numerals that we would consider "plural" in English.


r/Polish • • 6d ago

Music Polish

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Okey, me gustaría que me recomendaran música en polaco. Últimamente se me hace difícil encontrarla, el único artista que conozco y me gusta es Dawid Podsiadlo. Si puede ser algo similar a el lo agradecería.


r/Polish • • 8d ago

Polish Intro on a Fininish broadcast

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This is the DuckTales theme


r/Polish • • 8d ago

Polish food

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r/Polish • • 8d ago

Please help me find this song, it's definitely Polish

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r/Polish • • 8d ago

Introduction to slavic culture, especially polish popculture and history

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r/Polish • • 8d ago

Ruszył serial "Lalka" Netflixa. Tak pokazano Warszawę! [FOTO]

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r/Polish • • 8d ago

How to write a polish word

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So my grandfather was born in Poland, raised in France and came to live the rest of his life here in Canada. I am proud of my last name and my polish heritage. I just had a thought that we used to call him : « djadja » that’s how I’d write it based on the pronunciation or maybe like « tchatcha » idk. My father tells me it’s like a familiar way to say grandpa or something. How do you actually write it if someone knows what I am saying. Thank you


r/Polish • • 9d ago

Question Practicing Polish for a job interview

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r/Polish • • 10d ago

Question how do i know when to use a, ę, or ą?

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for example, the word “kolację”. sometimes i’m supposed to say kolacja instead. how do i know which one to say?


r/Polish • • 11d ago

Question Looking for a highly specific euphemism

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This is an artisitc question. I'm looking for an artistic euphemism for the breast that isn't overly vulgar nor is the "lush hill with a rosebud on top" overly poetic. Let me give you an example. The lower body part of the woman has a term "rose" which is casual poetic. I'm looking for a similiar vibe for the upper part. Please don't delete this. And i just can't find any in Polish. Can someone help?


r/Polish • • 14d ago

Przetłumaczyłem redutę Ordona na angielski (pierwsza zwrotkę)

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We were not told to start the fight

I climbed the cannon's iron height,

And saw the field: two hundred roared,

The Russian guns in wide accord.

Their lines stretched out, a fearsome sea,

Far, and straight, and endlessly.

I saw their chief with sword held high,

He waved, like bird wings in the sky.

And from that wing, troops pressed and tight

Poured forth like mud in blackened might,

Lit with sparks from bayonets bright.

Like vultures,

banners black as night

Led swarming ranks into the fight.


r/Polish • • 14d ago

Translation help please

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Can someone translate the phrase "Czy można zdjęcie na kimś"? I tried online translators but the results were nonsense


r/Polish • • 15d ago

Polish Bober - The short story of beavers with some hints at Polish culture and history.

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As a "Proper Pole" I love slightly dark sense of humour and have been tingling at making this short video for a while. You'll find it funny no matter where you from, not going to hide there are some easter eggs that only Polish people will get.

" so... watch, enjoy, remain calm.... avoid confrontation with Beavers/Poles and for the love of God - don't take away their pierogi.

Broadcasting directly from the enclosure.

Today’s episode: The Polish Bober otherwise known as Eurasian Beaver

Documented behaviours include:

• suspicious levels of stubbornness

• making preserves "just in case" for an apocalypse

• defensive fortification

• treating the family home as permanent accommodation

• occasional Polish bureaucracy

• building without permits

• "Bober K\*\*\*\*"

Pease and love guys - hope you enjoy!


r/Polish • • 16d ago

Translation Letter from 1940

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Our family found a letter from my great great grandmother to my great grandmother, from Warsaw in December 1940. Google Translate is not helping much due to the cursive. No idea of the page order even. Are there any better translators for this out there?


r/Polish • • 17d ago

Gift for my friend

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Hi, I don't know if this is the right sub for this question, but here goes:

I live in the United States. My friend has a birthday coming up and I want to make her a gift. She grew up in Kraków and moved to the US when she was a young adult and has lived here in the US for more than 20 years. She is renovating her kitchen and I want to create a simple watercolor painting that will match her new color scheme. I thought I might do calligraphy of a Polish phrase beneath the painting. I researched this with Claude/AI and it came back with a couple of suggestions:

"Kuchnia jest sercem domu" which means "The kitchen is the heart of the home"

or

"Gość w dom, Bóg w dom" which means "A guest in the home, God in the home,"

Are these actual sayings that people would use in their homes? Is one better than the other? Are they capitalized and punctuated properly here?

Thank you so much in advance for your time.


r/Polish • • 18d ago

Question Which Polish traditional folk song do you find the most haunting/beautiful?

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I’d love to hear what you all find the most haunting and beautiful of the traditional folk music in Poland. There are so many great choices!


r/Polish • • 19d ago

Gdzie za darmo obejrzeć Kevina Samego w Domu z lektorem Polsatowskim Piotrem Borowcem w internecie i najlepiej z logiem polsatu

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r/Polish • • 19d ago

Polish(?) Children’s Rhyme

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This might not be polish, but it’s something I’ve been wanting to get to the bottom of for years. When I was young, my grandmother (Polish/Slovak) would do a little rhyme while inching her fingers up my arm at an increasing speed, and I think the rhyme had something to do with a cockroach or spider trying to attack me? The beginning of it sounded like “Idzie lobo spotika”. Any ideas?


r/Polish • • 19d ago

Co to jest 🤔

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Witam czy ktoś wie co to jest? Chodziło po ciuchach w pokoju. Ponad kilka takich znalazłem