What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned?

Jeżyk!

Probably: mama, tata, babcia, dzidzia, bebe (sowemthing bad). But I most recall 'pan gla'. There was this moving billboard advertising Pfeiffer's beer which showed Johnny Fifer (a Revolutioanry War icon) marching along and playing the fife. Some grown-up pointed it out to me and said 'pan gra' and at the age of 2 or 3 I was only able to blurt out 'pan gla'.

TAK , TAK , TAK.... Learned from the lovely Aneta...

My sons first Polish words (i don't count 'mama') were 'boli' and 'babcia'

It was mama, lol

my first one was 'mama' too

mine was Koo@wa!ofcourse at age 29 when I was introduced to Poland in America.

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I wish i could speak Polish my parents didnt teach me and google is really bad.

Yes, very practical in NYC. :)

Especially these days: )

It's kurwa mac and pierdole.

Those are the first words that Brits and other nationalities learn from the Poles.
Kurwa seems to be the fourth word in every sentence from these young Poles, they seem to be incapable of completing a sentence without that word in it.

Never heard it from my parents.
The worst I ever heard was cholera and when I used it once my mum gave me a good ticking off......

Now you understand why I left those linguistic geniuses back in 1967, I hope.

Yeah, I get that bit.
But in 1967 they were not what they are now.
Different generation.

As of the mid- to late '00, "kurwa" 's still used.
Recently rented a movie from '12 or so, and the word was used a fair bit.

Such renegade parents should be sued by their grown-up kids.

Don't be so harsh.
I grew up with Polish as my first language, but my parents never taught me to read and write Polish because in rhe 1960's, when I was growing up, Poland was lost......they could not see it returning.... so Polish, in their eyes, was a useless language.

You need some education on the Polish diaspora my friend.

Snap me too mate.

You see, Pawian does not know this stuff and so does not know what he is talking about.

They were fekking renegades. During partitions Poles were not allowed to speak Polish by Russians or Germans, yet they did, secretly. Later Poland was resurrected thanks to such Poles. If your parents thought Polish was useless, they were useless Poles, then. I am sorry, I know you can`t change your parents today, it is too late.

Watch this wonderful scene from a film depicting times when Poles had to speak Russian in school, even in Polish class, but one patriotic boys resists and influences other boys with his patriotism. Your parents should have taken a fekking example:


I don`t need no education on renegade Poles. Simple. If I were you, I wouldn`t boast of such things, it is a disgrace.

youtu.be/O3efQ8yXmFg

Now who is being an insulting pleb eh?
I think you have had too much to drink...... go to bed.
You can apologise in the morning.

Were your parents Polish renegades too?


But it is all true. Polish parents who refuse to teach their kids Polish are renegades and no one can deny it.

If you weren`t so proud of it, I could really pity you. But as you are proud, no pity. You are useless for the Polish cause.

My parents taught me Polish, just not to read and write.
My parents did not give in to communists like your parents did.
If you don't understand that then you need to research the Polish diaspora, lay off the booze and go to bed.

It's not "refuse". It's more like not making the effort to teach them something they would never use. That list of things I never tried to teach them because they would be useless is very long. Like Esperanto or Ebonics. If I taught them Polish, it would be like going back to Poland. That would give me nightmares when the lights are turned off for the night.

My parents had to work double shifts in menial / manual jobs as they did not speak English very well. my grandmother took care of me and taught me to speak Polish until the age of five years old, after which I went to normal English school.

My parents were exiled in the UK, never once id they think that Poland could be free from parasitic Communist rule.

Don't forget mum was 5 years old when she was freed from Siberia and exiled to Africa, My dad was 14 when he left Siberia and joined the Polish II corps in Egypt.

Mum and dad had little or no Polish education themselves.

Mum and dad wanted me to concentrate on my English studies so that I would be successful in my host country, I did not have much contact with other Polish kids and there was no Polish school available to me.

The idea of ever being able to return to Poland seemed impossible during those dark times of the iron curtain, don't forget I was out of school and busy working in the mid 70's and commie dogs were still in charge.

I hope that I am not off topic , I am trying to explain why there is so many things Polish words phrase ,that some of us have not learned due to circumstance out of our control, and how it is so easy for some smart arse to criticise those who who did not have the same opportunities to learn Polish as they did.

Aaah, now it is all clear. You should have mentioned it earlier. So, you can be kind of excused. :):)

@dolnoslask
@pawian

My story is similar to Dolno's although Dad had his own business and Mum spoke good English.

Ok, I didn`t know those details so I am sorry for my harsh words. :)

@pawian

Dziekuje bardzo :-)

Forcing a kid to learn useless things is child abuse. Would you like some examples or can you accept that claim as written?