Lyzko9bda5804d1f
2 Sep 2026 #31
These days, probably dejt!
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When do you teach a Polish \ English child a second language?
@Lyzko9bda5804d1f
English, for thinking. I don't even have to consider it, it's just always been English in my head.
Writing in Polish is basically beyond me at this point. I can follow a conversation with my cousin over voice messages, and I understand more than I can produce, but if you asked me to write a paragraph I'd be stuck after a few sentences. The grammar cases are genuinely hard to hold in your head when you're writing, you can't just feel your way through the way you sometimes can in speech.
English, for thinking. I don't even have to consider it, it's just always been English in my head.
Writing in Polish is basically beyond me at this point. I can follow a conversation with my cousin over voice messages, and I understand more than I can produce, but if you asked me to write a paragraph I'd be stuck after a few sentences. The grammar cases are genuinely hard to hold in your head when you're writing, you can't just feel your way through the way you sometimes can in speech.
Is any English-speaking person able to understand the meaning of the Polish word "oduczyć się"? 😁
the meaning of the Polish word "oduczyć się"
Unlearn? But in English it implies conscious (or directed) actions.
Odzwyczaić się is a bit harder to translate concisely
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
4 Sep 2026 #35
To become unused to, to kick the habit etc..
To become unused to, to kick the habit etc..
Of course it can be translated, but none of the options are really.... concise, and 'become unused to' is awkward and ugly imo
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
4 Sep 2026 #37
Correct. Unfortunately, not all translation can be felicitous at the expense of accuracy!
Back to the original post.I could not speak English when I began school,only Polish, But I learnt English in 3 months! The vocabulary of 4 year olds is not very large.So they learn quickly.
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
6 Sep 2026 #39
Bingo, Milo!
The difference though between you and me is simply that you didn't know English prior to entering school, whereas I already knew English as any other four or five year old American kid, only I grew up hearing German before English, yet I was born in the US!
The difference though between you and me is simply that you didn't know English prior to entering school, whereas I already knew English as any other four or five year old American kid, only I grew up hearing German before English, yet I was born in the US!
Przelotnyptak1 1 | 1323
7 Sep 2026 #40
I could not speak English when I began school,only Polish
Yes Milo, do not force anything it will come naturally. The danger of forgetting the language of your parents is much grater.
Lyzko9bda5804d1f
7 Sep 2026 #41
Greater still (..says he holding a grater in his right hand!).
In my case, neither of my folks knew German, however, German was my nanny's mother tongue and so while mom was at work, Anna taught me to count and sing children's songs before I ever knew one syllable of English
In my case, neither of my folks knew German, however, German was my nanny's mother tongue and so while mom was at work, Anna taught me to count and sing children's songs before I ever knew one syllable of English