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 Jan 22, 11, 17:47    #61
Sasha:
Zaba (frog) - toad


In fact, "Żabka" is a compliment to a Polish woman,
whereas calling a Russian girl "Żaba" (meaning: you're ugly like a warty toad)
might mess up the whole relationship from the very beginning.
So beware!

Lyzko  Jan 22, 11, 17:50    #62
Sounds practically like the differences between Latin American and Old World Spanish.

)))
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 Jan 27, 11, 18:52    #63
Another interesting inconsistency is the word
"żaden" - noone, none in Polish
and "greedy", "stingy" in Russian
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 Dec 15, 11, 09:15    #64
haha, a clasic one from Czech language:
Polish >>> Czech meaning

mieszkac (live), mieszkanie (place to live, flat) >>> look for
szukac (look for) >>> fu** (yeas, the everknown swear word :)

szukam mieszkania - looking for a flat in Polish
very similar to:
mieszkam szukania - looking for a fu** in Czech
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 Dec 20, 11, 09:55    #65
That's really interesting,however, they are two different languages although have something in common.People learning Russian and Polish with Rosetta Stone Software(source for it http://www.rosettashop4u.com/) can really more funny things between them .
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 Dec 20, 11, 12:05    #66
sa11y:
mieszkac (live), mieszkanie (place to live, flat) >>> look for


sorry to burst your bubble, but definitely not true.
to look for in Czech is "hledat"
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 Dec 20, 11, 15:16    #67
Magdalena:
sorry to burst your bubble, but definitely not true.
to look for in Czech is "hledat"


The "I can speak Polish therefore I can easily understand Czech" myth will never end on PF. I'm sure that someone will be along to say "hodovla divek" in a minute :D


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