maniak677
19 Jan 2014
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
Polish is tough.
Polish is tough.
maniak677
25 Dec 2013
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]
I know a lot of British Chinese and they speak fluent Mandarin or Cantonese and can only write basic sentences by hand. They can recognise the characters well enough when they use a computer they can write pretty well. I learn some basic Chinese much more quickly than basic Polish. I think Russian enough with Cyrillic is easier than Polish due to the fact more foreigners attempt to speak it so Russian people are more patient with foreigners so you have more chance to speak it.
I have to disagree with the fact in basic Polish you can make yourself understood. If you use the wrong conjugation or wrong case system people haven't got a clue. I speak intermediate Polish and tried to order a piece of bacon and made a mistake with the ending and the shop worker didn't have a clue. I pronounced everything 100%. I then had the ignominy of having to point to the bacon. I said 'kawałek boczka' instead of 'kawałek boczku' . The noun endings in genitive depend on the last consonant e.g. 'kawałek sera'- if I said kawałek seru - I don't think they'd have a clue. - both masculine nouns different endings in the genitive. Then what if I want 1,2,3,4,5 pieces of bacon - piece can change - kawalek / kawelki /kawelkow ... I'd probably get away with it by saying the numbers correctly. I know there are Polish people reading this that would think they'd understand these mistakes but I get this said to me many times and when I'm speaking to these people in normal conversation in Polish they can't tolerate these mistakes.
So I sometimes struggle just to order basic food items at the deli counter.But can read an article in Newsweek... The verbs can be OK to learn it's just the case system.
I've learnt German, French, Italian to a basic level and not had problems ordering basic things.
I know a lot of British Chinese and they speak fluent Mandarin or Cantonese and can only write basic sentences by hand. They can recognise the characters well enough when they use a computer they can write pretty well. I learn some basic Chinese much more quickly than basic Polish. I think Russian enough with Cyrillic is easier than Polish due to the fact more foreigners attempt to speak it so Russian people are more patient with foreigners so you have more chance to speak it.
I have to disagree with the fact in basic Polish you can make yourself understood. If you use the wrong conjugation or wrong case system people haven't got a clue. I speak intermediate Polish and tried to order a piece of bacon and made a mistake with the ending and the shop worker didn't have a clue. I pronounced everything 100%. I then had the ignominy of having to point to the bacon. I said 'kawałek boczka' instead of 'kawałek boczku' . The noun endings in genitive depend on the last consonant e.g. 'kawałek sera'- if I said kawałek seru - I don't think they'd have a clue. - both masculine nouns different endings in the genitive. Then what if I want 1,2,3,4,5 pieces of bacon - piece can change - kawalek / kawelki /kawelkow ... I'd probably get away with it by saying the numbers correctly. I know there are Polish people reading this that would think they'd understand these mistakes but I get this said to me many times and when I'm speaking to these people in normal conversation in Polish they can't tolerate these mistakes.
So I sometimes struggle just to order basic food items at the deli counter.But can read an article in Newsweek... The verbs can be OK to learn it's just the case system.
I've learnt German, French, Italian to a basic level and not had problems ordering basic things.