Work / Polish student overseas wanting to study in Poland:Which language do I choose to study in? [6]


Ah perfect! That's exactly what I'm planning to study.


And do you mind me asking when that time came for you? I'm hoping it didn't take too long...?:)


I'm sure If I do study in Poland, I'll have to arrive much earlier anyway to sort everything out. How much earlier, I'm not quite sure, but I'll forward the suggestion to my parents.


That's a very good point. Thank you for the advice.

Language / Indian-Polish Accent. :P [26]

Your accent is....pretty convincing actually.

And your pronunciation for someone completely unrelated to Poland (Well apart from studying there), is excellent. I've got a few Indian friends here in SA, and after 12 years of being in school together, you'd think they could pronounce my surname by now. But they can't even do that, let alone say hello in Polish lol.

In fact I'd go as far as to say that your pronunciation and grammar is much better then that of some Polish kids I know that were born (And live) outside of Poland (sad fact).

I think someone has already said that you have a knack for languages. I agree with that person. :)

Travel / Whats your favourite Polish city and why? [132]

Wroclaw ;) Probably because it's the biggest city I've gone to of the cities I've been to. Lol. I've been to Świdnica- but I disliked it, strongly. Too quiet a town for me. I've been to Brzeg as well, it's alright I suppose. I'd love to visit Krakow though :) And Warsaw! Can't wait till the day I do.

Work / Polish salaries - New statistics [38]

Wow, the salary seems REALLY low in both instances? Doesn't sound like something you could live off of, or am I wrong?

Oh and does anyone perhaps know how much on average doctors in Poland earn (In the public sector). I'm talking, fresh out of Med school doctors, AND specialised in for example, Neurology, or Family Medicine?

Life / How do Polish people in Poland respond to Polish people abroad....? [17]

How encouraging :/ Haha

Life / How do Polish people in Poland respond to Polish people abroad....? [17]


Actually, that's a very good point. Then I can check the "communism" part off the list.


I hope with not TOO much curiosity :)


That's more what I was hoping for. Thank you so much for the opinion. Thanx to everyone actually for their opinions.


Oh that might be a bit of a problem...My accent is a bit strange when I speak Polish. Hopefully that will change within a few years of studying in Poland?


Not at all. I was born in South Africa :) I can speak and write in Polish. However, I do sometimes have problems understanding when people born and bred in Poland speak? I reckon though I should catch on quite quickly if I'm exposed to it every day.

Can anyone also advise me on the following in connection with what language I should study in, in Poland if I do go there? As you know it's a choice between Polish and English. Naturally the English studies cost more, but I'll be able to understand everything the professors say. On the other hand, if I study in Polish, the tuition fees are less, but I'm worried I might struggle in the beginning. I speak Polish with my parents, but I tend to insert English phrases a little too often when I'm lazy to think of the wording in Polish. Any suggestions?? Feel free to "test" my level of Polish if need be ;)

Language / 'Ciężko powiedzieć' (anglicism?) - is it a copy of the English 'hard to say'? [51]


MY Gosh...even I don't say that :O


LOl, ok that made me burst out laughing.

I think this thread made me feel much better about my rather "weak yet fluent" Polish. If that makes sense. :) :)

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]

Agreed!!

But *Sigh* the youth of today, are so lazy and clumsy with their grammer (AHEM, actually I'm guilty as charged:/).

Still as annoying as it is, it's difficult to make people stop talking like that. We're a global network of people that are more connected by the day. We know more about the world and we have easier access to everything in the world. We incorporate a lot of what the world does into what we do and we change things to make them easier and to fit in. It's going to be extremely difficult to change this way of speaking. Sure we should save our language, but look at how the EU is trying to bring European countries together? Who knows, one day there may well be a single global language, everything else forgotten (Which is sad actually).

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

Well we buy the Polish sausages from a near by butcher, but otherwise everything we eat for lunch is Polish and prepared from scratch :) There's nothing better then Polish food :) Lol. I think maybe theres one meal a week we eat that's not typically all polish, but that's it? And we rarely eat take aways, like maybe once a month/2 months?

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

Being a Polish girl, I'd take that in offence ;) However I've myself been told by friends I'm uptight (I don't live in Poland). And yes so maybe I am...but trust me, there are Polish women out there that are extremely nice and relaxed (need I say- my parents are pretty darn "relaxed"). However yes I tend to half agree with your statement, compared to the country I live in, Polish women are a little more "serious", but I don't think uptight is the right word... But look, every country has its share of people, every country has their uptight ones and their relaxed "Rastafarians".

Just tell your friend you had a problem with what she said, or just don't hang out with her if it's an issue? There's plenty more people you can befriend. :)

Life / Passing your Polish language and culture to your kids [74]

I know that this reply is going to be relatively late (AND LONG- sorry for that) after all the fighting has died down, but I do have an experience to add.

Personally, I'm still in school, overseas of course in a country where I've been taught in an English school my entire life. I remember as a kid, my mom would buy a ton of polish books and teach me the Polish language. I remember going through the "elementarz", learning "wiersze" and so on. My parents have always spoken only Polish to me at home, so when it was time for me to be enrolled in first grade well lets just say I hardly spoke a word of English. But the school accepted me anyway based on other skills I had and because I quickly caught onto the language. Within a year my English grew significantly and I didn't have a problem with communicating with kids my age (But might I add- people always seem to point out that I have an accent lol). Since then I've learnt an additional two languages, and speak them relatively fluently.

Despite that, my mom continued to work on my polish including writing through primary school. My parents never stopped speaking Polish to me at home, however I started adding more english phrases into my sentences, to the point that around 7th/8th grade I spoke only english at home whereas they spoke only polish to me. Of course I understood them, but for some reason I'd found speaking in polish harder (Or perhaps I was getting lazy). Now however I'm restraining myself from speaking english at home- there is NO WAY I want to forget the language of my heritage.

And thank goodness for that, because due to my parents forcing me to speak Polish at home - it makes it so much easier for me to study in Poland for university (it's my dream to study there).

Point is: I reckon parents should force their kids to speak Polish/their language additionally to the language of the country their staying in. You never know what the child will decide in the future, or which language will benefit them. Maybe none of them will benefit them, but why take the risk. If handled correctly, the child shouldn't get particularly confused between languages at all. Practice makes perfect. And it's a great way of the child to somehow keep in touch with their heritage :) If I ever become a parent, I'll make sure my kids speak polish. It'll make me feel sad if they don't. But hey-that's just me.