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| Nephilim Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 7143 days ago 363 posts - 368 votes  Speaks: English*, Polish | Message 1 of 8 20 August 2005 at 5:29am | IP Logged |
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Does anyone out there know where I can get hold of the 3rd book in the Amogst Poles series. I have books 1 and 2 but can't seem to find the 3rd. The title in English is 'Amongst Poles.' All help greatly appreciated.
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| Nephilim Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 7143 days ago 363 posts - 368 votes Speaks: English*, Polish | Message 2 of 8 01 September 2005 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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Has no-one really heard of this book. What about you chung? or jradetzky? I'm completely stumped on this.
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| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7142 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 3 of 8 01 September 2005 at 5:16pm | IP Logged |
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I know nothing about Polish or Polish books, but I know how frustrating it can be to look for a book that isn't available through normal commercial channels, so I googled under the Polish and English titles (the latter evidently "Among Poles" rather than "Amongst Poles"), and don't see any mention of a third volume. A couple of entries refer to it as a two-part series, or refer to "both volumes", so I wonder if it could be that there is no third volume, or perhaps if one was intended, it was never actually published?
My local university library (Indiana University) has an excellent Slavic languages section, and the next time I'm there, I'll check to see if they have a volume three for the book. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7142 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 4 of 8 01 September 2005 at 5:43pm | IP Logged |
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I just checked the online catalog of the Indiana University library, which has a truly massive quantity of materials for all the Slavic languages, and they list only two volumes of "Among Poles" in the collection.
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| czech Senior Member United States Joined 7192 days ago 395 posts - 378 votes Studies: English* | Message 5 of 8 01 September 2005 at 6:13pm | IP Logged |
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Inside the cover of FSI Thai volume 1 it says the course consists of 3 volumes. Looks to me like that just never happened, only 2 volumes on Audioforum and Multilingual Books.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 6 of 8 02 September 2005 at 7:46am | IP Logged |
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Hi Nephilim
I've heard of these books. I checked through some Polish bookstores and could find the two volumes on the website of a bookstore in the USA. http://www.polartcenter.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/SID=1125664695.1 2435/page=language.htm The description for Wsrod Polakow indicates that there are only two parts. Are there other books out there that interest you. I'm quite impressed by Swan's books and I'm thinking of picking up a Polish textbook when I come to Poland next week (perhaps something that is meant for Polish schoolchildren since I'm just after more exercises and drills.) Regards Chung 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Nephilim Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 7143 days ago 363 posts - 368 votes Speaks: English*, Polish | Message 7 of 8 02 September 2005 at 8:00am | IP Logged |
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Thanks Chung, Daristani and Czech
I was beginning to suspect that there were only two volume. But - on page 14 of volume 2 there is some mention that in part 3 there will be more focus on the stylistic aspects of Polish - perhaps they never got round to producing it.Weird. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 8 of 8 14 September 2005 at 5:11am | IP Logged |
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Hi Nephilim
I just visited some bookstores in Wroclaw. The books by Universitas seem to be a decent bet. I'm quite sure that you've already used "Czesc, jak sie masz?" by Miodunka. According to my former Polish professor, the books: "Przygoda z gramatyka", "Isc czy jechac?" and "Czas na czasownik" are pretty good for people learning on their own. They include lots of exercises with answer keys. The sequel to "Czesc, jak sie masz?", "Kiedy wrocisz tu..." seems not bad. It has answers for half of the exercises, but you still need a teacher to help you with the other half of the exercises. Perhaps your wife could help you with this? The only advanced level book I can see in the Universitas series is the book "Co z czym?" which gives exercises in Polish syntax. (Logically, this would mean that you already have a strong grasp of declensions and conjugations) I haven't seen any other Polish texts for intermediate and advanced students in the 'ksiegarnie jezykowie'. Perhaps you've seen texts other than the Universitas series and the usual suspects (e.g. 'Colloquial Polish', 'We Learn Polish', 'Polish in 4 weeks', etc.) Regards Chung 1 person has voted this message useful |
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