Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

you see it is easy to be normal and nice and to help each other with language learning instead of making cretinous sweeping comments about the language abilities of at least five nations in one breathtakingly arrogant sentence..:)

Just saying..:)

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]

lol well if you will insist on reading the Daily Fail...:)))

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

" You must be British, I will explain it to you clearly so you understand. Present continuous is a tense that describes what one is doing at the present time or what one is going to do in a very near future based on current activity or evidence. "

You will find that most of the time, the present continuous is used to talk about definite future plans, as is indeed the "simple present'.

At least Maf has thought about it and is ready for a normal kind of friendly discussion.
Yes I am ~British , that is why I know English so well...:):)

next time you are walking down the street or picking your nose, Poggy, shout it out. "I AM PICKING MY NOSE".
because that is what we use the 'present continuous ' for isnt it?

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

yes but if I was walking down the street, Poggy, why would someone come up to me and ask me what I was doing?

the answer is, they wouldn't.

that is why the present continuous is not really a tense to describe what is happening at this minute, whatever your half arsed English 'teacher' might have told you.

It is used to talk about the future, and things that are happening around now. (eg 'I am going to Germany next week" "I am reading a really good book" - now that doesn't mean that you have the book in your hand does it?)

Hope this helps.

You are not an 'English speaker' btw, if indeed that is what you meant.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


really? Personally I never walk down the street shouting 'I am walking' and when I light a cig I don't shout out 'I am smoking'.

so you might want to think about that one again, Poggy.

Also there is a big difference between saying 'I am going tothe/a/ zero articlehospital/school/prison/university. Can you think what it is?

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


yes it is very easy at a basic level, we all know that.
Sadly very few people go beyond that and even people who claim 'fluency' do not ever really get a grip of the grammar and meaning of eg the conditionals and modal verbs.

You are included in that btw.

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]

" You won't often find stories of the "17 different doctors fail to detect stage 4 lung cancer" type that seem to litter the British press. "

So could you could link us to such a story, Mafketis?

Ah no, you wont be able to, because it doesn't 'seem' to exist. :)

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Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Poggy dear it is an English speaking site. If you don't like it, go to a different site.

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]


you see that is a perfect example of what I mean...
No, mon ami, you did not 'have a lot of such experiences' - you heard a lot of people repeating the myth.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


yeh I read way too fast, you are right.
Interesting what you say about English. If you have reached that conclusion you must be of a really high level.
So many people learn English at the basic level (which is easy enough with our simple grammar and lack of inflections) , think they know it all, and that they speak 'English'. which they don't, they speak what I call 'Bizniz Inglish'

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

of....:D

UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]

there is some truth in it. If you go to the doctor with nothing much wrong with you, through hypochondria for example (Italians are the best for this, with another nameless European people coming close second) then the doc will give you a prescription for something or other, just to get you out of the room, so that they can concentrate on genuinely ill people (British docs are paid per prescription)

However he or she would not give you a prescription for paracetamol as they only cost about 35p to buy over the counter, and a prescription (in England anyway) would cost you a lot more than that.

Whoever told you that is .....let's say exaggerating for effect.

It could be one of those myths that people hear once and like the sound of, and they spread it around even though it is patently untrue. for example the English are ALWAYS going on about the time they went into a shop in wales and everyone in there suddenly stopped talking English and switched to Welsh. this is bullcrap, a bit like the paracetamol story. yet everyone tells it, over and over.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


ha ha yes that would help.
My 'learning curve' with spoken Greek was living at the arse end of the town and having to explain to taxi drivers where it was.....

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

oh my bad levi....apologies...

As for the Cyrilic alphabet, it is quite easy to learn. You just have to sit down and go through it and copy the letters like we did with our alphabet as small children.

It takes a few hours, no more.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]


the title of the thread is 'hardest language in the world' if you look.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

anyone tried to learn Welsh? I found that harder than Polish tbh.
Did you know that there is no one way of saying 'yes ' or 'no' - your answer would depend on the question in a 'tag' kind of a way.

eg 'Do you speak English' answer 'I do' or 'I dont'
So there are about fifteen different ways of saying yes and no. Then there are the 'mutations' which are like case endings but at the beginning of a word, and seem to be quite random.

Apparently Irish is the same....
No wonder simple English folk consider the Celtic people to be shifty - 'cant get a straight answer!'
but the biggest barrier to learning it , is that anyone who speaks it is bilingual and will politely slip into English for you...

UK, Ireland / Britain's moral collapse? [99]


LOL ...:D

Genealogy / Just found out I'm Polish! [45]


what is wrong with having the bin under the sink? isn't that normal? ...:D

Genealogy / Just found out I'm Polish! [45]

" Help! I just found out I'm Polish and I don't know what to do! "

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Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

PG Tips teabags are the only thing I have ever missed when living out of the UK....

News / British schoolboys very sensibly dealt with by the Poland's authorities after theft in Auschwitz [45]

yes agree with tictactoe, their perceived class is immaterial really....

News / British schoolboys very sensibly dealt with by the Poland's authorities after theft in Auschwitz [45]


interestingly one doesnt become one of the "moneyed" class by being dim witted. Just saying.

Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

Anyway proper grilled Turkish shish kebabs are not 'nasty and greasy' at all. With a pitta and some salad, they are in fact quite a healthy option.

Now doner on the other hand....hmmm well...
I remember seeing shawarma / 'giros' type places in Poland years ago. It is not that new is it?

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]

so all Silesians are miners are they? and Silesian is just a rregional dialect of Polish?

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]


is that because they are essentially similar? The problem with English and Welsh is that they are so very different. Also only a small percentage of Welsh people actually do speak it properly...

OK so leaving the royals out of it (and what happened to the last true Princess of Wales the poor good woman)...is there a relationship based on insults similar to Welsh and english? for example the English call the Welsh 'sheep shaggers'. What the Welsh say about the English....well sadly most of us cannot understand a single word of Welsh..which is odd as London is less than 300 miles away.

Could a 'Polish' person recognise a Silesian from looks/accent etc?

Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]

so is it something like the relationship between the English and the Welsh? Is there a separate language?

Law / UK driving license mess in Poland [72]

Well I hired a car here in the UK last month and just showed my plastic licence....

Law / UK driving license mess in Poland [72]

AFAIK it is now obsolete.
I applied for a replacement licence recently and only received the plastic card.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


yeh I have heard that about East Germany under communism as well. The lack of advertising images allowed people to express their sexuality in a more natural way....

Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [332]

I have found that Polish people like curry OK., they just might take a little persuasion....