Posts by Hite89

Hite89

20 Oct 2008

Polonia / Polish people in Belgium [10]

It's more than 31%.

Belgium is a small kingdom with a federal government, 3 communities, and 3 regions for a little bit more than 10 million inhabitants. Flemings are indeed the majority, Walloons come second, and people from Brussels (officially bilingual) third. The German-speaking minority is usually called Walloon too.

Now Flemish politicians want to change Belgium into a confederacy... to be continued.

Already found some people, thread (gone off-topic anyway) can die now.

Hite89

19 Oct 2008

Polonia / Polish people in Belgium [10]

Essentially, they're the same language

Flemish is not a language, it's a name that is given to a group of dialects spoken in Flanders. I come from Antwerp, and my dialect sounds totally different than what is spoken in the province West-Vlaanderen or Limburg... But yea the official name is 'Dutch', which also includes what is spoken in the Netherlands and by some people in Suriname.

Hite89

15 Oct 2008

Polonia / Polish people in Belgium [10]

I was quite surprised there wasn't a thread here about Poles in Belgium, since there are really quite a lot of them here...

Anyway, I live in Antwerp and I'm looking for people from my age category (I'm 19) to speak Polish with. I have no idea where to start looking on my own so making a thread here isn't a bad idea I guess...

I was raised in Dutch and Polish, but I never spoke Polish much, only with relatives. So now I've started taking evening lessons Polish to improve my pronunciation and learn how to write it. But I don't want to limit myself to the classroom and actually use Polish on the street from time to time.

So, now I wait for replies here. Maybe I will go have a look in the neighbourhoods where a lot of foreigners live.

O and have a look at my profile, do I look Polish to anyone?

cheers