Poles speaking English - examples

Wonderful attempt by Mr President Duda at the recent meeting in Davos

Full speech

youtu.be/ga8X7tHf__w

Parody by opponents

youtu.be/rtlBc7Nx6UY

For comparison, listen to Trzaskowski, Duda`s main rival in the coming elections. The difference is astounding.

youtu.be/B-tR15cgBsU

And a funny situation when an Am Pole/Pol Am is trying to speak English to Trzaskowski. Do Americans say: President of Warsaw?

twitter.com/i/status/1274815555845971972

I dont think Duda English is so bad but he lacks confidence and has no gravitas - I can't think of any other world leader who so visibly shrinks from eye contact and proper body language.

That is why he is held in such low esteem by JK and other guys.

Does anyone in PiS have normal body language? I guess Szydło did but they got rid of her and most of the rest seem very off.....

Agata Duda's body language is by far the most interesting!

I think she doesn't like being first lady and doesn't like her husband very much (but won't separate or anything as long as she can stay away from him).

That was at the beginning - I talked to a teacher who worked at the same high school she did. She was very unhappy, indeed. Now, she seems to have resigned to certain necessities in life.


You mean her crouch before the bishops? Yes, it looked funny.

It is amazing that PiS TV is critisizing Trzaskowski for his knowledge of foreign languages. They claim it proves his arrogance and he can`t express himself in Polish well enough. hahahaha Incredible. Truly, PiS is the best party for confirmed morons.


That guy was Luke Marcinkiewicz, PiS supporter with Am passport.

Read about it here
wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polityka/Wybory-prezydenckie-2020/Wybory-2020.-TVP-atakuje-Trzaskowskiego-za-mowienie-w-obcych-jezykach

President Duda vs Russian pranksters who pretended UN Secretary. They talked in English. Duda still stutters but at least he can understand questions by the "Secretary" over the phone and has a general grip on the sense of his replies

I must say I am a little impressed.

youtu.be/I-u1oM0ekDU

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Polish politicians and their English

interesting video on Polish politicians' English - youtu.be/qAjW3X23m6k?t=584 - I have put the running time at where the American shares his impression of Tusk

Amazing performance by the Chief of General Headquarters, meaning the highest ranking officer in the Polish army right now, the boss of all bosses, Gen Andrzejczak

The General is explaining why aiding Ukraine is vital for Poland - there is no free Poland without a free Ukraine.
Very good English though not perfecf.

Poles frequently omit articles and sometimes will
overcompensate for unfamiliarity with English, by
speaking in a loud, deliberate manner.

However in private many will actually internalize
correction and respond to corrective recast by a
native English speaking interlocutor.

Are you talking about the General? Well, that is his personal mannerism as a military guy. Simple.

As for omitting articles, he made this mistake a few times, indeed. :):):)

I was speaking on average regarding my experience both teaching
as well as conversing with Poles.

Most of your experience comes from immigrants who arrived with very little English (formerly the norm). It's not really reflecting of modern Poland.

Isn't it?

I Zoom almost on a regular basis with native, "educated" Poles and detect similar such issues with their English. Oh, they'll try to conceal them, of course. Motto here is though, they can run but they can't hide!

Very fluent. His fluency and cohesion would score high marks in an IELTS setting. Touch of an American accent. I notice he pronounces the 'o' in words like program with Polish phonetics :) Wish I could speak Polish as well as he speaks English but I suspect he's worked much harder than I'm prepared to.

he was appointed in 2018 ago by no other than president Duda - this is how incompetent PiS cadres are :P

Don`t be you know what or in other words - be serious. :):) He isn`t PIS cadres as you put it coz the army is apolitical. He was good that is why he was nominated - also by the previous president - PiS has nothing to do with it. :):)

Recently heard a YouTube interview with the director Pawlikowski out of London and confess to being quite impressed by the clarity, not to mention the idiomatic naturalness of his English!

Barely would have recognized that he wasn't a Brit, were it not for a degree of interference when pronouncing certain affricates and dipthongs.

OMG,you are such a snob!

OMG, I'm a linguist by trade and therefore tend to listen for stuff the average person might not!

Merely giving my honest impressions. Pity here that honesty doesn't cut both ways.