Language / Polish people: did you struggle learning English - differences between both languages [75]

I was born to a Polish mother and father. I was then given to an Australian (English mileau) where I learned to speak only english up until the age of 5. After that I was introduced into a Polish mileau until I left home but still love the language. I speak both fluently, I spent 14 weeks in Poland without any difficulty except to come to the understanding that Stacja is really a Dworzec. I would never, repeat, never say Carpeta when I meant Dywan. I could at one time do simultaneous translation Polish to English. I find you can lie more easily in english than Polish.

Until you see something written you don't really know it's meaning. eg. przemoc wzięła Even though I had sung it many times I had no idea what it meant until I saw it in print. So there are lots of gaps, I'm more practiced in English but would love to spend extended time in Poland to get both languages working well. (Dream time thinking at my age). Whichever language gets laid down first is the language you will most probably cling to and find easier.

Janek