Dirk diggler
10 Jul 2019
Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]
@Atch
Not the comprehension more so the vocab and spelling out the words like I'll have to break them down in my mind to write them correctly since I don't write/read polish everyday. Some words that I don't use regularly I won't understand. But no my dad speaks very broken English so I communicate w him mostly in polish. With my mom it depends on situation. My family in Poland tell me my polish is excellent but I don't know if they're just saying that to be nice or not. I've always been self conscious about it because on standardized tests I'd always score higher on the English part like grammar, vocab, sentence structure etc than math or science. So I want to get to that same level in polish. I can speak and write it fluently don't get me wrong i can read every sign, understand everything on the tv, and carry a conversation about anything. But I'll oftentimes forget like the Polish equivalent of some word or use the wrong grammar.
I think it's simply bc we both think in English and translate to polish in our minds.
@Atch
Not the comprehension more so the vocab and spelling out the words like I'll have to break them down in my mind to write them correctly since I don't write/read polish everyday. Some words that I don't use regularly I won't understand. But no my dad speaks very broken English so I communicate w him mostly in polish. With my mom it depends on situation. My family in Poland tell me my polish is excellent but I don't know if they're just saying that to be nice or not. I've always been self conscious about it because on standardized tests I'd always score higher on the English part like grammar, vocab, sentence structure etc than math or science. So I want to get to that same level in polish. I can speak and write it fluently don't get me wrong i can read every sign, understand everything on the tv, and carry a conversation about anything. But I'll oftentimes forget like the Polish equivalent of some word or use the wrong grammar.
I think it's simply bc we both think in English and translate to polish in our minds.