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MONTHS

Gosia
2010-08-26
16:36
MONTHS
I've started learn polish, it's complicated but I like it :) but there is one thing very interesting - names of months. Not every but a few names is almost the same in different languages but polish has his own names. Do you know why? For example september (spanish - septiembre) in polish is sierpien.
Gosia
2010-08-28
09:57
I'm not sure but is question of histry of our lenguage and a lot of this name is conected with 4 seasons and changes of fauna and flora. It is said that kwiecień (april) it's time of blooming of flowers and bloom in polish is kwitnąć.
Gosia
2010-08-31
17:09
[quote:olga]I'm not sure but is question of histry of our lenguage and a lot of this name is conected with 4 seasons and changes of fauna and flora. It is said that kwiecień (april) it's time of blooming of flowers and bloom in polish is kwitnąć.[/quote]


hmmm, it's realy interesting, maybe every month has his own histry of his name? I'll look for more information, hope I'll find something more in internet
Gosia
2010-08-31
17:15
[quote:danny][quote:olga]I'm not sure but is question of histry of our lenguage and a lot of this name is conected with 4 seasons and changes of fauna and flora. It is said that kwiecień (april) it's time of blooming of flowers and bloom in polish is kwitnąć.[/quote]


hmmm, it's realy interesting, maybe every month has his own histry of his name? I'll look for more information, hope I'll find something more in internet[/quote]
Gosia
2010-08-31
17:19
I hope you find answer for your question :) maj (may) and marzec (march) sound almost like in english.
Joanna_Polish_Centre
2012-02-06
17:33
Hello :)
If it is interesting for you...
STYCZEŃ is from "stykać". It means... connect, meet.... It is the time when Old Year and the New one meet, connect, that's why January is styczeń :)
LUTY - many many many years ago this word had a meaning - 'very bad, freezing, cruel'. And it's true (now you can see that) - this month is really really cold in Poland, so "luty" is February.
MARZEC - it is from latin language. In ancient Rome, March was a month of god of war (Mars) and planet Mars who was shining the most at that time.
KWIECIEŃ - because of kwiat, kwiaty - flowers :) It's really beautiful, colourful and warm month.
MAJ - because of Maja, godness from Rome. Month of love, full of happiness etc.
CZERWIEC - there is a small insect called "czerwiec' who was used to get red pigment.
LIPIEC - it's because of 'lipa' (a kind of tree) which is blooming in July :)
SIERPIEŃ - "sierp" means "sickle". Years ago we were using it to cut grain, cereal.
WRZESIEŃ - it's because of violet flowers called "wrzosy".
PAŹDZIERNIK - "paździerz" - years ago it was a linen straw to make a clothes.
LISTOPAD - 'liść'+'opadać'= falling leaves.
GRUDZIEŃ - "gruda" it was freezing earth. Years ago ;)

Best,
Joanna :)
margaretK
2012-02-07
12:58
I like an explanation of Joanna_Polish_Centre. It is really interesting. I didn't know before what exactly means the name of every months.
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Próbowałem uczyć się kilku języków online, ale szybko się zniechęcałem, bo albo kurs był za bardzo komunikacyjny, albo też za bardzo ‘tradycyjny’. Polskiego nie miałem możliwości uczyć się inaczej jak tylko online, więc bez przekonania, ale zarejestrowałem się na kurs na e-polish.eu. Ku mojemu zdziwieniu, tutaj po raz pierwszy spotykam się z kursem, gdzie metodzie komunikacyjnej towarzyszy rzetelny komentarz gramatyczny. Na początku kursu sięgałem do niego dość często, teraz przekonałem się że materiał jest tak fantastycznie przygotowany, iż jest to zbędne. Faktycznie uczę się teraz czysto komunikacyjnie!

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