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Joined: 17 May 2010 / Female ♀
Last Post: 27 May 2010
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From: USA, Chicago
Speaks Polish?: No, trying to learn basics
Interests: Travel, genealogy

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mtczajka   
18 May 2010
Language / Is it too late for me to learn Polish..? [65]

As a complete novice, can anyone suggest and exercise books from which I can test my progress. I have purchased BYKI deluxe and find it useful, but would like more.

I am trying to learn some Polish for my trip there in the fall. I'm thinking 20 is not too old - I'm hoping 50 isn't either!

I've been using Pimsleur's Polish CDs and really like them. I have Rosetta Stone and personally, I don't see how you can learn a language with them. I know it's supposed to be patterned on how we learn our first language, but I no longer have a child's mind, my learning pattern's are different than a baby's mind.
mtczajka   
17 May 2010
Genealogy / Travel and migration in late 19th - early 20th centuries [9]

I'm trying to learn how my Polish ancestors lived.

What does that mean? How would anyone know your grandfather's personal story?

What a snippy and uncalled for response. Mikek wasn't asking anyone to tell him how they lived, it was just an explanation of why he was asking questions.

I'm pretty much doing the same. Unfortunately, I have to guess at some things since there is no written record - I'm guessing my great-grandparents who came in the 1880's as children or teens probably were farmers since that's what they did here in the U.S. I never thought about them leaving because they were encouraged to leave.