Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

X) !!!!

That thing with death was hilarious?

Well that's that kind of phrase that I'm looking for. Only, it should be something that you'd normally say I'd someone is asking you : Have you learnt any Polish while visiting Poland?

And then you answer: Sure, I learnt ......
and then accidentally mispronounce it and say something really embarrassing instead.

I'm only writing a story as a hobby, so it's really a silly question but I tried google and find a fitting phrase that way but couldn't find anything. So I took a chance and posted this question here in the Polish forum. :)

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

Thank you! :) Wow, tomatoe flavoured?

No, I'm not at all. I was just writing in this forum to get some help with a story I'm writing. I don't speak Polish, even though I've always thought it's such an awesome language. All since I went to school and had a friend who was Polish and tried to teach me a few phrases. (I wasn't good at all though.) I'm Swedish.

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

Thank you for helping me. :) Could you translate for me, please?

I guess mostly vulgar things, things that you'd tease your friend into saying but not would like to admit in front of your family I guess? :P

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

@kaprys
XD

It sounds a little like the situation I'm imagining. I'm imagining a situation where there's a non-Polish speaking guy visiting his friend's family. It's a pretty tensed situation but the family is trying to be nice and therefore the mother asks him if he has learnt any Polish. So he tries to say something which turns out to be something completely different from what he was supposed to say. Which results in them all laughing and the mother accuses her son for always playing tricks with his friends teaching them to say bad things.

I'd need a phrase that would be normal to say in that kind of situation though...... :)

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

I understand! Maybe it would work. I need something that would be an ice breaker in a pretty tensed situation.

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

I see x) !!!!

Do you have any other phrase that isn't that much of a .... disaster but just a little funny?

Thanks for helping me!

I'm wondering how a Polish family would react to that? What do you think? Would it be funny or would it just be very awkward? :P

If I'd be in a situation like that I'd be so embarrassed. 😑

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

What do the phrases mean?

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

Of course..... but what I meant was a situation where you mispronounce a word in a way that makes it sounds like a totally different word. I'm sorry if I'm not explaining it in a good way. English is not my first language, :P

Language / Do English-speakers sound funny when we speak Polish? [49]

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Funny mispronounciations of Polish

Hello! I'm wondering if someone could help me

I'm not Polish, actually just curious and would like to know more about Polish people, the culture and the language. I was wondering if you'd like to share some common mistakes foreigners do when they try to learn the Polish language?

I'm writing a story as a hobby where one of the characters is Polish. I have a scene where one of his friends are trying to impress his family with saying some phrases in Polish he's been trying to learn which results in a disaster because he ends up saying something totally embarrassing because he can't pronounce the words right.

This is just a silly question, really, but if someone would like to help me with this I'd be very happy! :)

I think the Polish language is very cool but seems to be difficult so I don't know if I can hope learning it someday. :)