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Interesting inconsistency between Polish and Russian

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AlbinoniThreads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Jan 22, 11 ♀	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. )))

AlbinoniThreads: - Posts: 7 Joined: Jan 22, 11 ♀	Jan 27, 11, 18:52 #63
Another interesting inconsistency is the word "żaden" - noone, none in Polish and "greedy", "stingy" in Russian

sa11yThreads: 4 Posts: 191 Joined: Dec 12, 11 ♀	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

bcbhxdsdThreads: 2 Posts: 2 Joined: Nov 28, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	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 .

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	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"

Sidliste_ChodovThreads: 2 Posts: 683 Joined: Jul 27, 11 ♂	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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