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The Bloggy Friends ShowFrom Blog to Book with Anna Marie WalshCan your blog land you a book deal? Anna Marie Walsh is living proof that yes, it can! You don't even have to have a LARGE following. You just have to have something unique that catches the eye of a publisher, and a willingness to meet a tight deadline.In this bonus episode, listen in if you have ever fantasized about going from blog to book!More Show Notes From This Episode:What’s up my bloggy friends! I'm slowly updating the show notes for this and every episode of The Bloggy Friends Sh...
2021-09-0728 min
Bloggy PolishPolish for Life: Lekcja 1 (O języku i piosenkach Strajku Kobiet)W tym podcaście rozmawiamy o języku i piosenkach Strajku Kobiet.
Jeżeli chcecie szybko zrozumieć aktualną sytuację polityczną w Polsce i idee Strajku Kobiet, polecamy metariały w języku angielskim:
VOX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSXB7ukH4M
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/dec/03/three-women-on-their-fight-for-abortion-rights-in-poland-podcast
A na naszym blogu https://bloggypolish.co.uk znajdziecie linki do piosenek oraz teksty.
Wesołych Świąt!
2020-12-2524 minBloggy PolishPolish to Polish: Lekcja 17 (Język Strajku Kobiet)Have you ever seen any "bad words" in a Polish language textbook?
No. Trust me, no chance for that.
Yet, so called 'bad words' are also part of the language and you don't know Polish if you don't know the word 'kurwa'.
So in this podcast you can learn some of these words that we all need when we get very angry. And if you would like to know why women in Poland got really angry, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSXB7ukH4M
Go to https://bloggypolish.co.uk...
2020-12-2510 minBloggy PolishPolish to Begin with: Lesson 30 (Lockdown)So what you can do when in lockdown... learn languages obviously!
In this corona-chaotic podcast we try to talk about some things you can and can't do in lockdown. And as it happens in lockdown, the plan was great - revise your verbs, practise present tense, see how 'można', 'trzeba' and 'wolno' verbs work - but it all ended in chaos and giggles.
They say Shakespeare wrote King Lear in lockdown. I bet he didn't have a 6 years old daughter at the time.
Oh, and our special guest is...
2020-12-2504 minBloggy PolishPolish to Begin with: Lesson 29 (Jesień)It's Autumn and the weather gives us an excellemnt excuse to complain a bit. For some Autumn weather vocabulary go to https://bloggypolish.co.uk
2020-10-1501 minBloggy PolishPolish to Polish: Lekcja 16 (Jesień)Autumn has started so we talk a bit about the weather - a great chance to improve your complaing skills in Polish (crucial). We might loose our pessimistic approach somewhere towards the end of the episode when we read one of Tuwim's poems.
To work a bit more on the poem, go to https://bloggypolish.co.uk.
2020-10-0103 minBloggy PolishPolish to Begin with: Lesson 28 (Lat czy lata? Rok czy roku?)Here are some more exercises to practise what you have learned from the last lesson.
For some grammar commentary in English, go to our previous lesson at: https://bloggypolish.co.uk/polish-to-begin-with-lesson-26-old-family-picture
2020-09-1803 minBloggy PolishPolish for Life: Lekcja 1 (O krakowskich psach i kleparskich kotach)This is our first piece of materials for advanced learners (C1). For more information about the book it was read from and for exercises you can do to understand this text better, go to https://bloggypolish.co.uk/
2020-06-2108 minBloggy PolishPolish to Begin with: Lesson 27 (Old Family Photos)In this podcast we are talking about some old photos and once more we discover that you should always write dates on your family pictures because no, you wil not remember where it was taken, how old the child was and even who it was (I swear, all babies in our family look the same on pictures).
For some grammar commentary on this episode go to https://bloggypolish.co.uk
2020-06-1305 minBloggy PolishPolish to Polish: Lekcja 15 (Zdjęcia)In this podcast we are trying to tell you about everything that has happened in last 10 years. We obviously fail but hey, at least we do it in Polish so see how much you can understand.
For more language podcasts and easy readings for Polish learners go to our website:
https://bloggypolish.co.uk/
2020-06-0606 min
Bloggy PolishPolish to Polish: Lesson 10Today we talk about Polish cuisine. Here are some interesting links with Polish recipes. And below you will find Anna’s recipe for „Pierogi ruskie”.
http://www.dobrakuchnia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=98
http://www.barszcz.pl/przepisy.html
http://ugotuj.to/przepisy_kulinarne/2,87561,,Kotlet_schabowy,,52084007,9495.html
Pierogi ruskie
Pierogi ruskie are dumplings everyone in Poland knows. It takes some time to prepare them. Actually, I have an impression that in Poland you make them to keep children busy. Ask your friends – wasn’t “lepienie pierogów” the first thing they were allowed to do in the kitchen...
2008-10-0206 min