Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Many thanks.

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

At last:-)

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

As both a teacher and erstwhile learner, I can only concur, personally as well as professionally!

Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]

I'd forgotten that, thank you.

Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]

"-ou" is also Czech as in "Na Sledanou!".

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Often, foreign language instruction consists of principally grammar-translation! It's not only boring, it's impractical.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Not unless the PEGIDA or Gauland's AfD have a say!

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

No Muslim candidates in Germany's current election. Cem Ozdemir, are you sleeping the next one out too?

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Quickly yes, well, no.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Folk songs were beginning to fall out of favor among younger Germans as far back as the '8O's! Heard an older man whistling "Wenn wir marschieren..." at a bus stop in Hamburg and somebody summoned a policeman. That was in 2OOO-:)

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Merkel's out of touch!

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

What do Laschet, Baerbock or Scholz have to say, more to the point.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Hitler was a Darwinist who misunderstood Darwin as he did Nietzsche-:)

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

A solid point, but a tough call for German liberals!

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Well, I can only say that the US in this respect is waaayyyyy difference from Europe, at least from Germany:-)
There, if one is born in Germany itself, speaks no language other than German (apart of course from foreign languages learned in grade school), yet whose parents are from abroad and therefore not German citizens or nationals, those people from Germany as I described are NOT considered "Germans"!

This might though have changed over the past several years, but when I was last in Europe in the early '00's, this was still the case.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Add to that, Rich, one is considered "American" even if one's parents are from elsewhere! Being born here is sufficient.

Life / Hanging out with Polish Banda street people in Berlin [9]

Don't know anymore first hand, but only twenty years ago, the newspaper concessions in Berlin were all run by barely German-speaking, middle-aged Vietnamese-:)

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Yep, spot on.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Many, perhaps most, of us Yanks tend to identify with their home state FIRST!

Polonia / POLES vs BULGARIANS [160]

That's what my post said.

Study / Studying and working in Bydgoszcz [2]

As with any foreign city, employment on the books won't become a reality until you get a serious handle on the local lingo. You can't get a real job unless you know Polish well enough to communicate successfully with non--English-speaking locals.

Polonia / POLES vs BULGARIANS [160]

Better "Lodsch" than "Litzmannstadt" (Lieber Lodsch als Litzmannstadt), he-he!

Polonia / POLES vs BULGARIANS [160]

Incidentally, I meant "open" vowels-:)

Polonia / POLES vs BULGARIANS [160]

Polish is also unique among extant Slavic languages by virtue of her nasals.
Furthermore, I believe the other Slavic tongues have both long as well as short vowels, whereas modern Polish knows only short or "closed" vowels.

Again, Bulgarian is reported to have more tenses than Polish along with the tendency to include the nominal article as part of the word as in Romanian 'museu' (museum) vs 'museuL' (THE museum), whereas the final "l" represents the definite article, much as in Albanian or cf. Swedish "hus" (house) vs. "husET" (THE house lit. "house THE") etc.

Polonia / POLES vs BULGARIANS [160]

Usually that way, Milo. The minority can frequently understand, even speak, if not always well, the majority language.
Unfortunately, it rarely works in the reverse:-)

Many Dutch native speakers can understand German. Germans in The Netherlands?? It's gonna be English, German or nada!
Or Poles in Russia as yet another example. ALL Poles who grew up during the Communist Era had to learn Russian, some much older learned German rather than English. They understand Russian, but don't necessarily speak it.

Russians in Poland can probably finagle their way around the language, but can't really "speak" Polish. They'll likely use Russian, or, in a(n) [uncomfortable] pinch, English.

Closely related languages too are chocked with false friendsLOL

Life / Poland - what is your brand? [39]

When I looked at the Milka wrapper a short while ago, it was produced in Bludenz, Austria.

News / Israel furious as Poland signs law to limit property claims [200]

..or understood enough to articulate it in an English recap-:) @Rich, that's like blaming the victim for the crime. Jews owe Poland? Shoe's on the other foot.

Life / Poland - what is your brand? [39]

I've tried Wedel Czekolada, but frankly Polish chocolate doesn't hold a candle to Milka:-)

News / Israel furious as Poland signs law to limit property claims [200]

I'm a historical Jew. We do Passover, Shevuot, and Di bakes sufganyot once a Purim for the kids.

News / Israel furious as Poland signs law to limit property claims [200]

We all comment on matters outside our immediate experience, don't we?